, 1923-02-17
budget FIGURES
BEFORE SOLONS
IRE DETAILED
Total for State Slightly
Over Two Millions in
Final Estimates.

CHEYENNE, wyo., Feb. 17.-tspe-
eial to The Tribune.)-The
blll, one of the little matters with
which the Seventeenth wyoming
legislature is wrestling as the end OF
It's session is distant merely n matter
OF hours, carries appropriations total
ing S2,o76,539.75 for salaries and ex.
penses OF state officers and state IN.
stitutions during the biennium that
viii begin April 1, 1923.
The blithsome taxpayer should moi
jump at tho conclusion that the
amount carried by the budget" bin
is all that viii be necessary to finance
the state government during the next
two years. II is not so by a JugfuIl-
n jug in which. II II were filled with
water instead OF dollars, n man might
drown. The budget does not take
cognizance Of special tax Ievies for
state institutions. OF percentages OF
state and federal government mineral
royalty funds appropriated by other
legislation, OF fees which offices are
permitted to apply 10 their expenses
and of divers and sundry other
sources Of revenue applicable to gov
ernmental expenses,
The appropriations carried by the
budget bill follow.
Governors onice Including $50, 900
for law enforcemenu, s57. $40; secre-
tary OF state. S63saS5; treasurer, S2T.-
500; board OF deposits. $500: auditor,
$27.bes; board of supplies. 81 900; SUI
p~erintendent OF public instruction.
$lll,4oS; adjutant general, SEQ, 900;
pay for members of national guard In
federal service, $500; uniforms for
school cadets, $4,000; medals for
wyoming soldiers. $3.50; attorney
general. $4,000; commissioner or
child and animal protection. SIS
4S7.1s; board Of immigration, $4,000;
commissioner Of labor and statistics,
Sl0,346; commissioner OF public lands,
Ss5,l20i dairy, food and oil commits
sioner. $4,000; chemist. S~15,7s6.6O;
engineer, $50 900; board of control,
s34.43O; examiner, S43,s20; game and
fish department, S1So,75O; hay for
game animals. $4,000; destruction OF
predatory wild animals, $4,000;
geologist, S29,140; historian, SIS, 600:
coal mine inspector, district No. /,
$S,924.6S; coal mine Inspector. district
No. 2, $3.50; board OF examiners of
coal mine inspectors, $500; commits
sloner OF insurance, St7, 500: state IL
brnry, S15,A60i veterinarian, S29,6S0;
supreme court, $4,000; district court,
First district. 2,45s; district court,
Second district, $16,73T; district court,
Third district. 2 2.450; district court,
Fourth district. s2O.05O; district court,
Fifth district. stS.69O; district court,
Sixth district. $1,000; district court.
Seventh district, Sls.77S; board Of
law examiners, $4,000. board OF dental
examiners, $4,010; state advisory
board, $24 900; board OF equalization
and public service commission. Sa5..
900: board OF health, $24,5OO; board Of
pharmacy, $4,000; board OF live stock
commissioners. $4,000; board OF sheep
commissioners. S2O.O 900; stntl hight v
department, $500. 600; state board Of
charities and reform, S2s.7OO: Big
Horn hot springs reserve, s1O,l5O; In.
dustrlnl institute. $40 1000; homo for
dependent children, 22,4OOi state
hospital for insane, S1O3, S32.70; penl,
tertiary, S~17,793.G0; state training
school, SIS $50; soldiers and slllors'
home, $4,000; university extension
divislonl, 500, OOOi state fair, $4,000;
capitol commission, 1890: SLAUGHTER
diseased animals, $4,000. UIisceI'
laneous, $1,000.