The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-02-21
STATE BUDGET
BILL SLASHED
IN THE SENATE
Chief Cuts Come in Depart.
ment of Public instruction
in Various. Items
WARM FIGHT STAGED
Charge Made That State En-.
plOyes Lobby When They
Ought to Work

After applying the AK freely to
appropriations for the state depart
ment of public instruction the SEN
ate yesterday afternoon passed the
general departmental appropriation
bill, carrying appropriations total
ling $1,s36,4SO.
With the exception of the depart.
ment Of public instruction. items
there were no important changes
made in the bill on the floor of the
senate today, although the debate,
and roll call votes on the various
department budgets took up the
greater part of the afternoon ses-
sion.
As passed by the senate today the
appropriations for the department Of
public instruction carried by the bill
are $4,000 less than the orig nal
recommendations of the state budget
board for the biennial period. OF
these cuts $4,000 we're Topped off
on the floor of the senate.
Inspection Is Reduced
These latter cuts were finally ma lie
OF: the motion of Senator Fred Path
man of Grant county on whose mo-
tion all items in the school inspec-
tion department were cut off. These
included the salary of the state high
school inspector, $4,000; assistant
r,,ro1 onI
graded school inspectors, $4,000;
travel expenses, $4,000; and $2,4O0
for clerk hire.
The vote for killing these items
was "a to 20, no roll call being held
on this phase of the subject.
Several fruitless efforts were also
made to get reinstated in the bill
cuts which had been made in other
items of the public instruction de-
partment's budget by the senate
committee on appropriations.
At the opening of the debate on
the public instruction budget Senator
Mccoy of Richland county. moved
that all items for inspection, and
state aid be stricken out. "We're
down here to cut taxes" declared the
Richland county senator, and it is
time we began. By cutting out these
items We can save over $60O,OOO to
the taxpayers of the state, and it
won't really hurt the schools either"
His motion was voted down, 33 to
l3 on roll call vote in which party
lines we're entirely laid aside.
Institute Bill
Senators Benson of Rolette, and
hamilton of McHenry county urged
that an item of $l0,600 for holding
teachers Institutes which had been
hpped off the bill by the committee
on appropriations should be restored
This motion however, was voted
down without a roll call as were
several other similar motions in
terded as q compromise.
Senator Pathman then made his
motion to cut out the inspection de-
partment items, and the debate i'm
mediately broke out fiercely.
Senator Frank Ployhar of Barnes
county supporting Senator Pathman' )
motion declared that the back of the
senate chamber was at that very mo-
ment infested by employees of the
department of public instruction who
ought to be at work, but who we're
instead there to lobby for the depart.
mental appropriation. He also in
quired if Senator Hamilton's inter-
est in the bill was due to the fact
that he was also interested in the
office of state land commissioner
which would shortly fall vacant.
"Well, we are the servants of these
employees the same as all the other
people of the state, and I for one am
glad to have them come in and see
the animals PERFORM" declared SEN
ator Dell Patterson of Renville.
Following the acceptance of SEN
ator Pathman's amendment the SEN
ate voted by roll call on the accept
ance Of these sections of the bill as
amended in committee and on the
floor with the total cut of $73.20O.
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