The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-04-25
Fiscal Bill
IsTaken Up
by Senate
Appropriations Go to Third
Reading After Six-Hour Dis
cussion-$6O0.OOO Added
TO House Total.
Salaries Cut 10 Per Cent

Special Eispatch to tho Omaha Bee.
Lincoln, April 24.-In six-hour
session this afternoon the senate ad-
vanced the blanket appropriations
bill to third reading and everything
indicates it will pass on third reading
tomorrow. thus placing it at the dis
posal of the house Thursday.
The total appropriations of the bill
as passed are approximately $500, 900
more than the bill passed by the house.
4 Additions in the bill were several hun
'dreds of thousands more than the
5000 600. However, a number of house
items were trimmed sufficiently TO
make the total in the neighborhood
of only 100000 more than the house
bill
The bill as recommended by the serf-
ate finance committee was exactly
100000 less than the bill which was
advanced to third reading late tonight.
The 800 900 represents an addition
for the Yankton bridge tackled on by
Reifenrath of Knox. The senate voted
16 to Is in favor of this hike.
Less Than Budget.
Despite all additions made to the
bill it still calls for less in the way
of direct taxation than the budget
recommended by Governor Bryan. Fol-
lowing is comparison of the totals
necessary to raise by taxation under
the house BILL the senate bill and the
Bryan budget:
Bryan budget. s15.S1S. .3S0.90: house
bill. 15,206.653.42; senate bill. sl5.-
S16.709.42.
The senate bill takes care OF appro.
priations for existing activities in con-
formity with the governors request
and the appropriations for the activi-
ties are arranged in such a manner.
according to Senator Purcell, demo.
crat, that they can be arranged to
dovetail with any subsequent bill that
may change the present method of
handling state activities.
Following are the chief increases, in
addition to state activities appropria.
tlons, of the senate bill over the house
bill:
Senate Bill Increases.
~, New guaranty fund commission.
$4,000; bureau Of securities. $4,000;
fire prevention. seS.69o: state board of
agriculture, $4,000: state reference
bureau. s21 500 home for dependent
children. 100000; new cellhouse at
state reformatory. 100000; mainte-
nance Arbor lodge. Nebraska City.
$4,000; eradication bovine tuber-
culosis. s2S5, 900; state railway COM
mission, 10000.
The principal reductions in the SEN
ate bill under the house bill is $40 900
from state normal schools. $50 900,
Wayne; $4,000, Peru; 1900. Kear-
ney; $4,000, Chadron; approximately
a 10 per cent reduction in salaries and
wages in all departments of state gov
ernment, which totals more than
500, 900, and several good sized reduc-
lions in buildings and repairs at state
institutions.
Specific Cuts Attempted.
Numerous attempts were made to
cut and increase certain specific ap-
propriations. The most notable were
those of Larkin and Chambers of
Omaha. to reduce the SEQ, 900 appro-
priation to 100000 for law enforce.
ment and Good of Dawes TO put in
$55 900 for state parks.
In addition TO the totals raised by
direct taxation given out by the SEN
ate finance commission S5.31i $40 46 Is
reappropriated for specific activities
from federal funds. fees and cash
funds. ReapprUpriations of this money
is made by Governor Bryan in his
budget and by the house.
A fight was made by Good of Dawes
>7..d McGowan Of Norfolk to put nor
rial school appropriations to the
figures in the house bills. Strenuous
objection was made in that all other
educational institutions had suffered
deeper cut than the normals and If
he normal hackers continued the
fight the university people would re-
fuse to maintain their present atti-
tude OF acceptance under protest of
university reductions.