The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-02-17
RIJDGET OF STATE EXPENDITURES
SUBMITTED TO LEGISLATURE

BUDGET OF STATE EAPEftDllOREo
SUBMITTED TO LEGISLATURE
The fight in the Minnesota Legislature is
Monday~the state budget prepared by
the "Big Three" appropriating funds for the
carrying on of the states business for the
next biennial period was transmitted to the
House and Senate by Gov. Christensen.
Heretofore the appropriations commit
tees of the House and the Finance comm tee
of the Senate have threshed out the needs
of each department after lengthy hearings
at which the department heads attempted to
Justify their demands for increased appro-
priations.
Under the law passed two years ago the
preparing of the estimates was left to board
to be appointed by the Governor who care
fully investigated the needs of each depart
ment and then made their estimates with
out prejudice -,
The law called for the submitting of the
budget very shortly after the Legislature
convened and the members of the legislature,
especially those opposed to the Governors
economy program, have grown FESTIVE over
the delay.
In his message to the Legislature Gov
Christensen insisted the total appropria-
lions should not exceed $40,0O0,000. The
estimates by the department heads exceeded
this amount by about $8,000,000 and it was
no small task to pare the estimates down
to meet the governors requirements.
The budget as submitted Tuesday calls
for combined appropriations of $685.
O97.9O. This is S1,012,225.31 less than the
amount actually appropriated two years ago.
The educational requests were the hard
est hit in the budget. The state aid for
schools was reduced So, GAL 900. The amount
providod fo,. in tho hud rot ic CT 1E1 200 &C
against $11, 100000 appropriated two years
ago. The curtailment of some of the
special departments maintained by the Pub
lie Schools is inevitable.
If the recommendations of the budget
are carried out the states building program
will be practically suspended for two-year
period at least.
The outstanding features of the budget
are:
Amount recommended by governor for
legislature to appropriate to operate state
government for next two years, $780,
632,097.90.
Total is $1,O12225. 81 less than the
1925 legislature appropriated, and repre-
sents $8,655, 487.17 reductions of requests
of state department heads for next bien-
num-
Heaviest individual reductions are in
requests for state aid for public schools,
and for the University of Minnesota.
Building programs requested for board
of control institutions and state teachers
colleges virtually eliminated.
Budget is result of 10 months steady
work by state department of adminstra-
ton and finance
Two years ago the appropriations for
the Home School for Girls, Sank Centre, was
$178,950s in 1926 and $183, $50 for 1927.
The Board of Control asked for $191, 700 in
1923 and 1854 500 in 1929 The budget
gives the School $18O,7OO for 1928 and
S183,500 for 1929. An appropriation of
$4,000 for gymnasium at the School was
disallowed.
In transmitting the budget to the Leg
islature Gov. Christensen said, in part:
eff any substantial additions or increas-
es are made, the burden must fall in its
entirety the owners of FARMS homes
and other real and personal property. / =
convinced that during the present per-
iod of economic distress the people will
neither desire nor tolerate any such in
crease.
The budget does not contemplate any
such radical reduction of expenditures as
is proposed in some neighboring states If
the budget commissioner has erred at all,
it is on the side of liberality. He has made
his estimates on the assumption that de-
partments can with few exceptions,
continue to function with the funds ac-
tually expended during the present bien-
MUM. In most cases he has recommends
ed appropriations which shall equal pres
ent annual expenditures less accumulated
balances
This budget represents an effort Ito
maintain the present relation between
the disbursements of the government and
the income of the people. Thus it recog-
nizes the generally accepted doctrine that
should be given to the ability to pay
them
Senator A. j. Rockne, of Goodhue coun-
ty, chairman of the Senate Finance comit-
tee, and one of the ablest members of the
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