Milford chronicle., 1931-10-02
LEGISLATURE TO
BE- SUMMONED IF
FOUND NECESSARY
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touching the school fund, the onl!
fund in the State which now has
surplus, and further, it would pro
vide additional funds without in
creasing the tax rates of the State.
A special session of the Legisla
ture will be called only if the two
sources of work-the public works
project and the road building pro
gram-are found to be insufficient.
Governor Buck stressed that every
dollar TO be spent by the State in
unemployment relief will be spent
on work.
None, he said, will be spent fol-
food, clothing or housing. The un-
employed will be aided by furnish
ing work and not charity. the Gov
ernor said in stating he bans any
state dole" system.
The five million dollars which the
Governor said is now available for
public works lies in the general
fund of the state, and comprises
what remains of nearly $5,5O0, 600
in appropriations made by the last
Legislature.
IN the hue and cry of some per-
sons for a special Legislature to ap-
propriate a million dollars for I'M
employment relief" Governor Buck
said everyone has apparently for
gotten what the last Legislature did.
They have forgotten that The Legis-
lature, far-seeing as it was, apprO-
priated nearly S5,500,000 for new
building projects to be carried out
this fall and winter.
Many have forgotten that out of
this large fund only about $25O,OOO
has so far been spent
Governor Buck encouraged the
last Legislature to appropriate much
of the general fund for building
projects to be carried out this fall,
with the idea in mind of providing
as much work as possible for the
unemployed. The Governor approv-
ed the majority of the principal ap-
preparations but disapproved sever
al because there was insufficient
money in the general fund.
The building project referred to
by the Governor includes a new
State Welfare Home in Kent Coun-
ty. new buildings for the Ferris In
dustrial School, the Delaware Col
Ony, the Girls Industrial School. the
COlored Girls Industrial School, new
at the State Hospital in
Farnhurst, a $3,OOO,O6O new school |
building project and the first of a
group of new State buildings at |
Dover.
s,,1iaoTO1 hidC /
for the new Capitol Building will |
be received the latter part of Octo-
ber. Construction of the new We'll
fare Home is to be started some time |
his winter.
Governor Buck added that it is
mis- desire and the desire of other /
to have the $5,000,000 re-
for the public works spent !
as fas as possible on construction
work.
The money to be used by the State
Highway Department in it's con-
itructiOn program will not come
rom the $5,000,000. The highway
Governor Buck explain
I'd, has its own fund which by early
leXt year may approximate $2,000,-
700 to $2,500,000. The department
will receive several hundred thou
and dollars in Dec. from auto Ii
ense plates and other fees which
o toward building roads.
If the highway department needs
lOre money for road building activ-
lies than it has available it can is
ue bonds to raise the money with
ut the permission of the Legisla-
ure.
Governor Buck, however, would
refer a plan which would provide
honey without issuance of bonds.
1T has always been my policy"
e said, ito retire bonds as quickly '
s possible and not to issue new ]
nes."
The Governor is receiving reports |
ON all State departments setting t
,rth what construction work they f
elieVe they could do this fall and
inter. The Governor will examine {
lch report and prepare another d,
lilding projects authorized and the 9
lad building program will provide U
work for the unemployed.
Pierre S. dupont, it is understood, p
i'll decide within a few days what
an he will adopt in endeavoring to n
nd out as accurately as possible h
e actual number of unemployed
en- in the state. He is considering 7
70 plans, one of which provides for q
nding questionnaires to about | =
tythousand residents of the state 7
Id the other providing for an ap- =
al to all unemployed to register "
various offices in all sections of a,
e state. =,