Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-01-10
Budget Requests Contain
No Very Great Surprises

dation for Capitalization of admins
tration and the absence of any APP
nominations whatever for permanent
improvements during the next bien-
mum.
Permanent Tax Bill.
A permanent tax bill was urged, in
the language of the report because "it
was recognized that we should sta
bilize our tax laws so as to induce new
industry to come into the State and to
reassure present industry as to our
intentions. This can only be done by
demonstrating to industry the sta :
bilitv of the taxing system of the
State so that it may know with some
degree of certainty what taxes they
will be required to pay.
On the subject of diversion, the
budget report was explicit and UNI
yielding.
The budget director and the Ad-
visory Budget Commission feel that
it is imperative that this provision
tax on gasoline be allowed to remain
as that now provided in the law for
this biennium."
The sentence concludes a lengthy
argument that there should be con-
tinued provision that the sales tax
shall be applied to gasoline sales and
the funds transferred to the general
fund revenues whenever they are in
sufficient to meet the appropriations
This is what the governor and his
budgeteers maintain is not diver
sion" at all, but merely "the applica-
ton of the sales tax to gasoline" On
the other hand powerful forces, head
ed by the Petroleum Industries Com
mittee, insist that it is ''diversion" in
fact no matter what other name is
given It.
On this issue many anticipate the
hardest fighting of the entire legisla-
ture. The anti-diversion forces are de-
handing a constitutional amendment
banning the practice, but may be for
ced from the offensive on that front
to a defensive stand against this con-
tingent diversion proposed and insist
ed on by the governor
The budgeteers found it the part Of
wisdom to steer clear of any fight on
the proposal of the Department of
Agriculture to increase fertilizer
taxes about one-third norder to give
more money for the departments OPP
Grafton.
The Department of Agriculture re-
quested an increased appropriation
based upon proposed increase in
taxes on fertilizers. Since this is a
matter for the General Assembly to
act upon first, no recommendations
have been made concerning this mat
ter" reads the Budget report.
All in all neither the budget nor its
resultant revenue and appropriations
are such as to create any marked
surprise or excitement.
School Funds Left Open.
North Cardinals budget commission
left squarely up to the 1899 General
Assembly decision between a twelfth
grade in the public schools and an
additional salary increment for teach
ers of nine or more years experience.
In short the commission declined
to commit itself as between service
to the parents and children of the
state and a salary increase to those
teachers already in the highest paid
brackets. g.
Ing DuuSeL OOIuInlSSlOIl was dSkcN
TO recommend appropriations which
are sufficient to provide for sick leave
a small amount of health work, a
complete restoration of teachers sal
aries to that of the 1929 level and the
restoration of salary incrcments to
that of the 1929 basis,
Total appropriations requested were
S21378,808 for the first year of the
biennium and $28,208,S51 for the sec
ond, these requests being itemized in
every particular. The commission re-
commended first year appropriation
of $25941,313 and a second of $685.
10000, a grand total of $52,691 1913,
or almost three million dollars less
than the $685., $50 sought.
Passing the Buck.
OF its action regarding increments
and the twelfth grade, the commission
said: 49,
1T is proposed to increase incre-
ments by adding an additional or
ninth year increment, making nine
increment years instead of eight The
recommendations include funds fol
The regular increments as already in
effect at this time, which is actually
equal to a salary increase for public
school teachers of approximately one
and one-half million dollars for the