Imperial Valley press., 1933-05-09
TACKLE STATE
BUDGET SLASH
Governor Confers With Legis-
lative Leaders In Effort To
Reduce Amount.
By THOMAS b. MALARKEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

BY THOMAS b. MALARKEY
United Press Staff Correspondent
SACRAMENTO, May 8. U.H -
-Four budget makers who, between
them, produced three different YER
sions of how much the state should
spend the next two years, conferred
secretly today to determine how
much the 100000 budget bill
should be pared.
Governor Rolph, Director of FL
nance vandegrift, Senator Will r.
Sharkey, chairman of the senate
finance committee, and Lawrence
Cobb, chairman of the assembly
ways and means committee, met in
the, governors office and prepared
for an executive session.
SACRAMENTO, May Pros
pect of renewal of the budget
fight after the matter had been
considered closed issue, was re-
garded apprehensively today by a
legislature working night and day
to clear up its work so it could re-
cess and go home before Sunday.
Governor Rolph astounded the
legislature by announcing late yes
terday he might revise the $247, OOO,-
600 budget bill downward between
$2,500,000 and 100000.
The chief executive said he was
considering" cutting the budget
to point midway the senate,s fig
ure of $247 100000 and the assem-
bly's total of $241 100000.
The governor is empowered to re-
wise the budget bill downward. He
cannot, however, increase single
item. That portion of the bill he
cuts back goes to the legislature
for concurrence. Two-thirds vote
in each house is required to over
ride his revision and restore any
item to its original status.
Slashed items back before both
houses would, it was believed, fan
the flames of budget conflict once
again and complicate matters dur
ing the hectic closing hours of the
session.
Legislators today were unable to
reconcile the executives budget
pruning statement with the fact
that the governor himself submit
ted a $3.50, 900 budget to the leg
islature the first of the session
81, 100000 more than the budget
he proposes to reduce.
The governors budget was pared
to $241 ,000, 900 by the assembly, af-
ter which the senate upped it to
$247, 100000. Upper house revision
was later sustained by the assem-
bly,.
Forced to Speed Up
Meantime Ill appropriation bills
were held up pending signing of the
budget measure. The governor had
he could not complete
his study of the bill before Satur-
day. This arounsed such a concert
ed protest from both houses that he
later promised to sign the bill not
later than Thursday.
Legislative pace in both houses
quickened as the hour of recess APP
preached. Theoretically the legis-
lature must stop work midnight of
May IL. But the clock will undoubt-
eddy be stopped" to permit either
one or both houses to work Satur-
day and, possibly, Sunday.
More important bills approved by
either house late yesterday and
sent to the governor provided:
Valuation of the formation of
the Stockton port district and en-
towering the district to obtain aid
from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation.
Payment of delinquent assess
ments on irrigation districts in four
annual installments, plus seven per
cent interest.
Livestock owners may slaughter
stock raised on their own property
and sell the meat under certain
circumstances.
Cosmetology schools must raise
a $1,000 bond before being permit
ted to operate.
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