The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-25
BUDGET TOTAL FOR TWO YEARS
 BUT S1,563,927
Heavy Reductions Made in Essential Items and
 Many Stricken
TOTAL IS 3212 PERCENT LESS THAN IN 1931- B
Schools Cut Over $250,. 000-Salary Slash of
 8 l-3 Per Cent

With a total of $1,563 ,927.56 of recommended appropriations for all Territorial departments and for all essential governmental functions, the biennial budget, two weeks overdue, was received by the AL aska Legislature today. The total recommended is 31la per cent less than the total of all appropria tionS made for the last biennium It is more than 21 per cent un- der the aggregate of all sums re- quested by the several departments, and approximately II per cent less than the expenditures for all purposes ending March 31, of this year. Practically every item has been reduced and several were entirely eliminated
 Salary Cut Proposed
 A straight salary cut of 8 1-3 per cent for all Territorial officers and employees is provided for by the budget report This includes school teachers.
 The item for the Territorial school system calls for S703, ,924.20 which is S126,575.3O less than the sum requested by the Commis- sioner of Education, and $251 ,076 less than was appropriated in 1881. A general 10 per cent reduction was recommended in refunds to municipalities, and to match this a similar cut was made in rural school estimates.
 College Is Reduced
 The appropriation recommended for the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines is $113,690 This is s17500 below the sum re- quested by the Board of Trustees and S2O.730 under the appropria- ton two years ago.
 Several small items were elim- mated, salaries of teachers reduc- ed 10 per cent, and the scholar ship item reduced $2,0O0
 Roads Cut Heavily
 The Road Department suffered heavily at the Budget Boards hands. The reduction recommend ed for construction of roads and trails, etc, is more than 65 per cent under that made in 1881.
 The last Legislature appropriat- ed S300,o00 for roads, of which $129,65908 had been expended up to the first of this year. Highway Engineer w. A. Hesse requested $210,000 for the next biennium. The Board reduced this to $10000O.
 Shelter cabin construction, re- quested to get $15,00O was Topped to $2,OO0.
 The Territorial Mine Inspectors estimates calling for $28,4 were sliced to $8,56O, elimination of the item for associate engineers being urged, travel reduced $5,000 and salaries Topped 1-3 per cent.
 Eliminate ProspectOrs Aid
 The Budget disallowed entirely the estimates for continuation of Prospectors' Aid, for which S20,0O0 had been requested. This seems to be in line with prevailing senti- ment in the Legislature itself. A bill was introduced several days ago in the Senate to repeal the Pros pectors' Aid Act
 A reduction of $2,950 was rec commended in the appropriations for the Historical Library and Mu- scum This would be covered by eliminating the position of Assist ant Librarian, reduction of 8 Ia per cent in salary of Librarian, and cuts of $500 and $450 for sup plies and subscriptions and bind ing respectively.
 Other Reductions Proposed
 For maintenance and upKeep of the Territorial building at the cor ner of Seward and Third Street, $500 was recommended, a cut of $500
 Other reductions included: Health and Sanitation Department, s4,750, covered by the blanket salary cut and s4,0O0 for contingent quaran- tine expenses Pioneers Home, $3,900, salary cut and $3,600 gen. eral maintenance and operation ex-
 
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