Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-10
VETOOF MAJOR
BILLS TO HOLD.
TAX RATE Low
Total Appropriations
Stand at $44,776,935,
Permitting AID Val
orem Rate of 22c

AUSTIN, Aug. 10.-tPl-Governor
Moody cut $3,016,000 from the ma
jor appropriation bills. list OF
vetoed items filed with the secretary
of state late last night showed.
This reduced the aggregate total
of the money measures to $44,776,-
935 and will ! obably permit the
fixing OF the I'D valorem tax rate
at % cents, the amount Of the levy
for the past year. and not over %
cents at the outside.
OF six new buildings proposed for
lEtate colleges, he let appropriations
&or only two stand, those Of teach
efs colleges at Commerce and Al
pine. He vetoed new construction
for the school of mines at FL Paso,
Teachers college at San Marcos,
College of Industrial Arts at Dem
ton and Texas Tech at Lubbock.
Cuts A. g. NJ.
The Alpine building will cost
Sl5O,000 and the one at Commerce
s175,0OO. The governor cut out of
the Texas Agricultural and Me-
chanical extension service appro-
priations for construction, including
superintendents' residences, Incl
dent to the establishment Of a dairy
experiment station and others in
the ninth senatorial district, Win
ter Garden section, and within SO
miles of Abilene. Establishment OF
these was authorized by the regular
session of the 4lst legislature.
Mr.. Moody permitted the item OF
contingent expense" for salary in
creases in A. & NJ. 10 stand al
though vetoing come salaries.
If the authorities Of the school
wish, each salary vetoed can be re-
placed from this contingent fund,
the governor said.
He commented that the "contIn-
gent expense" item means an in
crease in salary expense and i
more than feel can be allowed at
this time" but realizing some OF
should be allowed and because he
could not reduce the amount he
permitted all of it TO stand.
Items Removed
From the North Texas Junior COL
lege he took 900 for science
building equipment; from John
Tarleton Agricultural college a S20.-
900 item for additional teachers and
adjustment Of salaries He elm
Mated similar items for other
Echools and colleges, as follows
Prairie View normal. $4,000 each
year; University Of Texas, S35 ,00o
each year: College Of Mines. FL
Paso. $26.400 each year; College OF
Industrial Arts, Denton, $4,000
each year: Texas Tech, Lubbock.
$4,000 each year; East Texas State
Teachers college. Commerce, si2.-
500 each year; North Texas State
Teachers college. Denton. $4,000
each year; Sam Houston Stah
Teachers college. Huntsville. S23.-
600 each year: Texas Colle~e OF
Arts and industries. Kingsville. $50.
600 each year; Southwest Texas
State Teachers college, San Mar
COS. Sl2.500 each year; Sui Ross
state Teachers college, Alpine, SIS
600 each year; West Texas State
Teachers college, Canyon, So. 500
each year.
Buildings and equipment items
stricken were: College Of Mines. 81
Paso, administration building. Sl75.-
900; power plant additions and re-
pairs. S25,0O0.
College os Industrial Arts. Den
ton, hospital and equipment. $50.
900; Texas Tech. Lubbock. library
and equipmelt. Sl50.000; Southwest
Texas State Teachers college. San
Marcos, Sl50.000: Texas State
School for Deaf. Austin. to COM
plete gymnasium building, Sl2.750.
In the eleemosynary bill. the gov
ernor vetoed all Of the salaries for
the first year for the psycopathic
hospital 70 be established BY vote
OF The board Of control at either
RlveSton or Dallas. because the
tirRe which will be required for
building the hospital will prevent
Is opening during the period for
which the appropriations were
made.
DiSapproveS Many Items
He diSapproved $1,000 for bridges
fences and grounds and $1,000 for
general repairs at the Abilene state
hospital; S2.500 for addition to dairy
barn at Austin State School for
Feeble Minded; $35.000 each wear
for attendants, $4,000 for turbine
and generator, and $4,000 for re-
pairs and material for heating line
at the Austin state hospital: $500
for addition TO dining room and
dormitory. and $1,000 for plumbing
and overhauling sewer system al
Texas Confederate Home; $l5,JoG
for store room with quarters for
nurses and attendants at the Con-
federate Women's Home: 5000
general repairs and equipment fo-
Deaf. Dumb and Blind Institute foI
negro youths; $4,000 for general
repairs and $4,000 for industrial
building equipment at the Juvenile
Training School at GateSville: ST.
90 for general maintenance, S25, ,00I
for general repairs and converting
dining room into dormitory, and
sf 500 for manuel training equip
m~nt at the State Orphans home
6orsicana: $35,000 for dormitory
IL officers and employees at the
Rrisx State Hospital; 5000 foI