The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-12-10
DRASTIC SLASHES
WOULD Bring COST
DOWN With NCON'.''
Recommendations For 1885
Biennium Hit Every De.
partment.Institution
GENERAL FUND IS REDUCED
Drop From $s,563,433 to S..
763,oo3.53 Tells Story Of
Boards Proposal
GENERAL FUND IS REDUCED

Appropriations recommended b,
the state budget board for operating
the state government and institutions
for the 1885 biennium are g 1914 s7o
under the present biennial budget, &C.
cording to figures announced Satur.
day by the board on completion Of it,
work.
For expenditures to come out OF tina
general fund. the board allowed S..
63,903.53, compared with an appro-
rriation Of $8,568.433 voted BY the last
legislature for the current bienntun.
In addition, the budget board rec
commended cut of $9O,433 under tina
amount appropriated two years ago
from special funds for the motor We
hicle department.. highway DEPART
ment, workmen's COMPENSATION bu.
reau and game and fish department.
The board allowed $586,752 for those
activities. compared with $777,196 ap-
propriated two years ago.
8. j. Atkins Of Cando, chairman Of
the senate appropriations committee.
and D. L. Peters OF Wolford, chairman
OF the house committee, who with
State Auditor John Steen worked out
the details Of the budget, estimated
that approximately 80 per cent OF the
cuts made in budgets of state institu.
tons result from the 20-per-cent sal.
ary decreases which become effective
under an Initiated measure adopted
at the November 8 election.
Governor George F. Shafer, chair.
man, and Attorney General James
Morris are other members of the
board.
Departments Feel Axe
State departments asked for bud
gets totaling $2,977,186.57, or $275,-
241.04 under their current budget.
The budget board slashed $957 ,467 O4
from the requests. allowing ST. ,7lS.
State institutions asked for IS 1884,
418.l9. or $1,8l1.90 more than their
present budgets. The board cut ST.
573,631.19 from the requests, allowing
$3,710,787.
These departmental and institu-
tional budgets are to be met with ap-
preparations from the general fund
which will also include $13,40O stand
ing appropriations from the general
fund and over which the budget board
has no control.
The amount recommended for the
next two years Is about 100000 less
than the maximum expected to be
available in the next two years from
taxes, fees, and miscellaneous general
fund collections.
A financial statement drawn up
by the budget board estimates that
$6,082 800 would be available from
the maximum four-mill levy and
miscellaneous general fund collec-
tions from special taxes. fees and Ii.
censes for the biennium, 1885.
This represents the m ximu UNI
amount that can be appropriated by
the 1888 legislative assembly, pro-
vided that no levies will be neces-
sary for principal of outstanding
bonds in 1888 and 1884.
Here Is Statement
RESOURCES
Cash balance general fund
July l, 1882 ...........$ 51O,443. 90
Supply department over
oratt .................. 5,941 81
Unpaid -193o-1s3l taxes, less 8
per cent uncollectible. 81, 844, 463 80
Estimated miscellaneous general fund
collections July l, 1882, to July 1.
1888 ..................$ 81 ,050 10000
1888 tax levy less 6 per cent uncol-
lectible So 8O, 55276
Total IS, 491 .401 81
LIABILITIES
l931-1933 general fund appropria.
lions unexpended as OF June 80,
1882 ~, 003 ,83025
Less estimated savings in institu-
tional expenditures made under
revision by the board Of admins
tration Of the 1932-1933 budget Of
state educational. penal and char.
liable institutions u.s. 100000
$3,703, 83S.25
Prior appropriations which it Is es-
timated will be expended (total
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