The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-03
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~. their size, number, productivity
etc.
County Aid
The county aid subdivision Of the
budget probably is the longest Of
the subdivisions. Most Of the items
are self-explanatory.
One Of the items is aid to veter.
ans. Some 20 years ago an act was
passed allowing the counties to ap.
propriate $40 a month for aid to
Confederate veterans. This has
been done in New Hanover county
each year, until now there is but
one surviving veteran of the War
between the States now living in
the county.
The appropriation for the library.
located in the city hall, was jumped
from $1,000 to 1900 this year to
from receipts from the operation OF
the ABC liquor stores as the com.
missioners are not allowed to levy
a tax for this purpose.
There is an appropriation Of $240
for milk for INDECENT children. the
milk to be dispensed through the
milk station operated in the SOUTH
ern section Of the city by a chart.
table group.
Each of the military companies
in the county receives aid in vary.
ing amounts and there is al ap.
preparation of $500 for the &C ]
folks home which goes to the ne.
gro institution for the aged, sup.
ported in the main by private sub.
scriptions.
An appropriation Of $50 is made
to care for INDECENT pupils in state
institutions for the blind, the deaf
and the mute, and there is an ap.
preparation of $25 for the N. c.
|Children's Home society, W h
places homeless children for the
county, or cares for them until
they are placed. This money is
sent the society each Thanksgiving
Day.
There is apparently a tremen.
dous increase in the appropriation
for women's activities Of the WPA
program, but this is actually not
the case. Though the figures show
an expenditure last year Of only
81, $50. 80 and an appropriation this
year Of $500, the difference is
merely a bookkeeping difference.
for the latter figures contains many
items which we're not included in
the former. Both figures include
funds for the operation Of the WPA
sewing rooms. but among the items
covered by this years appropria.
ton and not covered by the figure
for last years expenditure r the
WPA nursery school, the w A
adult education program, the
WPA housekeeping project and
others. For these items, an expen-
diture is shown in other sections Of
the budget for last year but no in
dividual appropriation is made this
year, as they are all covered in
the all-embracing head of women's
activities in the budget for this
year.
There is an appropriation Of $50
for donations to training schools,
this money being sent to state
training schools in which New Ham
over county boys or girls are being
held at Christmas time.
Trade Body Cut
There is a decided cut in the
annual appropriation for the Will
mington Chamber of Commerce,
formerly the county has provided
$25 a month for the trade body as
an appropriation for rent. This
year the appropriation is only $25
for the year, the county paying it's
$25 for the month Of July and not
making any appropriation for the
other eleven months.
There is an appropriation of ST..
040 for Legion field. No tax is lew
led for this money, as it is derived
from the ten per. cent cut which
the county gets on all gross re-
ceipts at the field. These funds, eol-
lected through the operation Of the
field, are used in its operation,
maintenance and improvement.
An appropriation Of 5 1890 is
made for aiding the blind in the
county in cooperation with the fed
eral governments social security
program for aiding the sightless. 4
No appropriation is made for ths
operation of the WPA Commodity
Warehouse, as the warehouse has
been closed due to the inaugura.
ion of the food stamp plan of dis
tributing surplus commodities, sup.
piled by the FSC. to relief clients.
Malaria Control
There is a big increase in the
appropriation for the WPA malaria
control project this year due to
the work icing done around the
Taylor-C olquitt plant to keep the
land in that vicinity dry so that
poles on the yard of the creosoting
company will not rot prior to e
soting.
An appropriation of the Institute
Of Government is shown as a new
appropriation this year, but this is
not the case, for this also is a
bookkeeping change in the budget,
last years expenditure for this
item being shown in another fund.
No appropriation has been made
this year for the Wrightsville Beach
Water Carnival, nor for advertising
Carolina Beach. Last years appro-
priation for special officers at Le-
gion field during the annual Coastal
Fair has also been eliminated. Also