Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

School for Girls, are not State de-
partments.
To pass any measure providing
for appropriations for any of them
would require a special act for each
and such an act would have to have
a three-fOurth vote in each branch
OF the Legislature. This also ap-
plies to all the hospitals in this city
and the larger hospitals in towns
throughout the State, which hereto
fore have been given an annual ap-
preparation by the State. 1t includes
further the rural FIRE companies and
other private and semi-private cor
pOratiOns and institutions which
have been receiving State funds over
the expenditure Of which the State
has had no Jurisdiction.
Must Make Own Appeals
"In view of the fact" Governor
Buck explained in his budget, that
the deficit already existing, together
with any supplementary apprOpria-
tiOns, will have to be provided for
by either increasing, or adjusting
revenues, leave these items to the
judgment Of the General Assembly,"
This means all those institutions
which heretofore have been prOVid-
ed for in the budget will now have
to go before the Legislature itself
to present their claims and il any
OF them are allowed the Legislature
will have to find ways and means of
providing the money with which to
meet such appropriations.
One Of the biggest reductions in
the entire budget was made in the
appropriation for the State Board
OF Education. This department re-
quested annually for the biennium,
including Wilmington and the 13
special school districts. also trans
.por.aaiOn, $3,S4G. 1898 for the year
ending June 80, 1886, and S3.98S.S70
for the year ending June 80 1880
The Governor recommended that the
department be allowed $3,48S12S for
each Of the two years which in
cludes transportation and also $780,
600 annually to be set aside in a
special account, known as the
Smith Hughes Special Account, to
match Federal aid. This shows the
school boards. request for the two
years was reduced approximately
$S53,607 for the two years.
Tentative Bhdget Not Final
The tentative budget as submitted
by the Governor Is practically the
same as sent to him by the State
Budget Commission which held a
series OF meetings last Fall to hear
the representatives OF all depart
ments, bOaEGs and commissions
present their financial claims. The
appropriations provided are not f.
nal. The joint budget committee |
OF the General Assembly will have |
hearings which will begin shortly (.
after the session opens and that +
committee will give all departments !
an opportunity to argue their claims .
and, object to the amounts recon-
mended for them. This committee
may make any changes it sees fit
and then its budget will be trans
nitted to the Legislature for final
adoption. However, it is seldom the
budget committee makes any radi-
al changes in the appropriations
by the Governor in
lis budget SO that the amounts
ipecified by the Governor in all
probability are the sums that will
'e provided. by the Assembly.
Governor Buck recommends the (
appropriation of $274 4,329.53, an
lnally, during the coming biennium,
or the University of Delaware, /.
igalnst the request of S3O5, ,564.53, |.
nnually, by the institution. The
recommendation is almost the same
s its appropriations allowed for
he current fiscal biennium. II hav- l.,
lg been $274.S29.10 for the first half