The Bismarck tribune., 1925-01-14

mentS of Government Ar
Carried Out in Appropria
tiOn Bills introduced
Appropriation recommendation Il.
presented to the state Legislature i,
the score or more bills introduced
in the senate by the appropriation!
committee indicate that the bulge
board heWed true to The line in the
matter of economy for, according Il
ID. c. PoindeXter, retiring state au
dtor, who served as secretary to the
budget board, requests of instltu
tions and departments were slashed
by more than S3,500.O00. Only three
new buildings were allowed in bud
get board recommendations, these
in purely emergency cases. while
the maintenance funds Of state de-
partments and institutions are chan
ged in but very few instances.
Although the bills have been draft
ed and ready for presentation to the
legislature since before the first of
the year. introduction was delayed
until today awaiting the naming of
the personnel of the appropriation
committee in house and senate.
The only change in the governors
fund over that Of two years ago is
an additional $500 to pay expenses of
the chief executive to the national
conference of all governors. The
executive department appropriation
is S2l,s 800. The lieutenant governor
$4,000 salary for the biennium is
unchanged.
An extra stenographer is allowed
to the supreme court $4,000 increase
for the biennum, with the total ap-
preparation $79,500.
The supreme court reporter and
law librarian appropriation is prac-
tically the same addition printing
items being allowed raising the
total $l5G over the 1923 appropria-
tion. The total is $3.50.
Salaries and judges expenses of
district court remain the same
$l35, 100.
Ask Census Clerk
A census clerk to serve u few
months of each year compiling the
reports of the assessors is allowed
the secretary of state, bringing the
total for that department to $409S0,
just 5000 more than the last two
years.
Slashes Of $500 for publication,
$4,000 for publicity pamphlet, de-
crease of 81 800 allowance for post
age on publicity pamphlet, and an
increased appropriation Of $500 for
printing the authenticated edition of
the session laws, and 5000 increase
in the cast of the popular edition Of
the session laws results in net
decrease of $1,000 for the state pub
lie printing bill of the secretary of
state for total of S25,l
A decrease of $1,000 in miscel-
laneous items of the state auditors
budget, is listed, the total being
$3S,200.
A decrease of $1,000 for the 1928
appropriation for the state treasurer
IS recommended. This cuts three
items $4,000 for postage, $500, furni-
ture and fixtures and 1000, print
ing. The total budget is S40,640.>
An increase of 5000 in a deputy's
salary, cut Of $500 in office supplies
and increase of $1,000 in printing
for the department of insurance
raises the budget of that office
$1,000 to total of S30,7OO.
.ss- Some Increases
An increase of 81 200 for the
biennium in the salary of the chief
assistant fire marshal; $1,000 in
crease for Investigations of suspi-
cious fires were allowed the fire
marshalls department, total in
crease of S2,700 bringing the budget
to $22,400.
A decrease of $4,000 in the sal
aries of special assistant attorneys
general is recommended in that Of
ficials department. However COM
merce counsel who will devote all his
time to the railroad commission is
allowed with biennium salary Of
$7,200; a cut of 5000 in postage ac-
count, increase in the misc. court
cases fund of $4,000, are listed while
a further reduction comes with the
ending of the Minnesota, North Da-
kota drainage case suit for which
$4,000 was allowed two years ago.
The changes bring the attorney gen.
erals budget to $4,000 less at total
of S83,100
In the public instruction depart
ment, the salary of the assistant
superintendent is cut $500, printing
was increased $1,000, the postage ac-
count was cut $7O0, travelling ex-
pense is cut 5000 a total reduction
of $4,000 in the budget of S49,800.
A total reduction of $4,000 is made
in the budget of $69l 200 for state
aid and examinations, of the public
instruction department, this coming
in cut Of $400 in travel expense of
the high school inspector; 200 in
travel expense of three rural, grad
ed and consolidated school inspect