The Bismarck tribune., 1934-12-13
N.D.A.C. REQUESTS
FUND OF $61o,36S
FOR NEXT B|ENNIUM
Figure ls $24o, ,e33 Less Than
1881 Appropriations, Shep-
perd Points Out

Budget requests for 1e35-37, sub
mitted by John Henry Shepperd
prestdent OF the state agricultural
college shows . decrease OF $2lo. .83s
from the appropriations Of 1881
comparative standard used by the
institution.
In line with other institutions, the
college maintains the 1881 appropria-
tions to be q fairer figure for com.
par1Son than those Of the last legis-
lature, which slashed appropriation
sharply, to be followed by further
cuts by former Governor william
LANCER.
Joining with other institutions In
the state, In . requested return ia
the standard Of four years ago, les
70 per cent, in accordance With M
anltiated measure voted then. the
college asks q total approximation OF
e6l0,S68 for 1o35-37.
This figure exceeds the present ap-
preparation by $26e, $50.
Salaries take Z large leap under the
proposal-salaries not only of pro-
fessors and instructors but also thoee
OF clerical workers and campus Ia
borers.
Income Drop Of $lO,lsS
income OF the college from various
sources Is expected to drop $lO,455
curing the coming two years, the
budget table shows. The decrease d
accounted in q drop Of $500 Ia
smith Hughes aid, and $7,O95 In ex-
pected student fees.
various departments In agriculture
ask total salary increase from 3e2.-
875 to $l1l,786: the engineering de-
partment, an increase to $l15.7a2
from $9O,812; division OF home eco
Monies. increase from $29, ,222 to 937..
~; division Of applied arts and
sciences, $l31, ,972 to $l72,l64: college
library, salary increases totaline SIS
o76 from $l4,Ol3.
The department Of music and band
asks its aggregate salaries be boosted
from 1926 to $3.50. Physical edu.
cation for men, $4,000 to 1l3. .72a:
physical education for women. 81 Gas
ia $6,070: military science and tac.
tics. from nothing to $4512: student
welfare, from 400 to $1,000.
In the general educational fields,
salary raises also are asked, from
total now Of $o,O52 to $l4,122.
Janttors and superintendents. nisht
watchman and messenger also are
named in the asked.for raises In the
physical plant budget which totals.
ior salaries, increases from $53, ,402 to
t62,773.
Extension Service
A drop Of nearly $4,000 in in
come from federal agencies has push
ed upward by more than $7S. 900 the
biennial budget request Of the ex-
tension division Of the state agricul.
tural college.
The division budget Is marked by
decreases IN requests by various SUBJ
departments, for the most part, every
one asking for q stzeable Increase.
The decrease In federal income to
the division Of $780, as set up in
the budget request, was explained BY
officials pointing out that for the
next two years, they do not know
whether there will be any AAA money
available after July I, Of next year.
An increase Of $23.4l1 for field
agents In agricultural work Is asked.
Only one very small increase -$l0l-
IS asked In another department.
With income from the federal gov
ernment dropping from $41l,3l7 for
the last biennium to 245,l65 esti-
mate for the coming two years, the
states share, on the basis Of request
was raised from $4,000 to $85,689
Experiment Station
Advanced costs Of maintenance. to-
gether with . drop In estimated In
come, bring requests for Q $l87,Oe
increase In appropriations for the
next two years for the agricultural
experiment station.
While income offset the $225 ,O34
maintenance costs in the 1888 bud
get for the main station, during the
next biennium, total appropriation
Of $l24,769 will b needed. Income
Of the station has dropped 1l2,534
under that for the past biennium.
For four Of the five branch stations,
increases Of 5000 for the next two
years are asked. At Dickinson, Z
.t4.600 biennial increase Is requested.
Costs Of water, light, heat power
and serv1cing Of the campus win In.
crease $4,000 during the next two
years, It Is estimated. On this basis,
total appropriation OF $4,000 for
this portion Of expense, Is asked.
Salaries advance $o2,074, under the
requested budget submitted to the
state budget board. Total salaries
paid ct the station under the 1893
appropriation are 4307, 7,843.
One hundred and forty.einht for