Evening star., 1949-03-06
Assemb|yAwaits
Lane'sProposa|
On 1850 Budget
Supplemental PIon
Due to Explain Way
Of Meeting Costs
By Whitney Shoemaker
Assoeioted Press Stoff Writer

Associoted Press Stoff Writer
ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 5. - Gov
Lane is about to unwrap his sur.
prise budget package and answer
Maryland lawmakers who have
been asking:
"How's he going to pay for it?'
The package contains the last
installment of the administra.
tion's record 1850 State budget.
Gov. Lane already has sub
mitted the main budget. 1t calls
for expenditures totaling $780,
846,152 during the year beginning
July /. Although greater than
any in Maryland history, it leaves
a balance of $402,485 from ex-
pected revenues.
The supplemental budget, which
Gov. Lane hopes to submit next
week, takes care of items omitted
from the primary budget. These
follow-ups are a Maryland custom
They fill in details that might
have been overlooked or projects
for which policy was not set
when the main budget was pre-
pared.
S577,985 Supplemental Fund.
On the face of it, Gov. Lane
has only $577,985 to appropriate
in the supplemental budget.
This, a House Ways and Means
committeeman remarked today
looks like small change in view
of what State departments insist
they still need. The administra-
tion's own plans for mental hos
pital improvements take money.
But a source close to the Gov
ernor gave assurance yesterday
that there's more to be found.
The s577,985 came about this
way:
When Gov. Lane submitted his
primary budget in January, the
Board of Revenue Estimates
figured taxes would yield $72. 1885,
2o5 to the States General Fund
next year.
Offsets Liquor Tax Drop.
Subtracting appropriations left
q balance of $402 .485 in the black
The board met again this week
and decided horse racing and in
heritance taxes would provide
more than had been expected
enough to offset a decline in liquor
taxes and still leave SITS, 500 above
its original estimate.
The State House spokesman
pointed out that kickbacks from
money allotted State agencies this
year, but not actually spent, might
produce another S250,000. And a
Jump in revenues estimated for
the current year could furnish
$2os,S59.
This ordinarily would increase
the treasury surplus, which Gov
Lane has promised for buildings
at mental hospitals and tubercu-
losis sanitoria. But his proposals
for these institutions total $685.
S50,000.
Surplus Would Meet Cost.
The surplus originally expected
could just about meet the cost, re-
leasing any extra income fol
operating expenses next year.
Other adjustments can bt
made" the spokesman insisted
Take the General Emergency
Fund. for instance-now $5O0,OOt
a year for emergencies. 1t could
be cut in half to free another
s25O,00 for ordinary expenses.
If the supplemental budget sat-
isfied every agency which has
asked for more money. it would
run into millions. But as was the
case with the primary budget. the
most optimistic look forward tc
heavy cuts.
County commissioners have
asked an additional S3,900,0OO te
build schools.
A special committee which
studied the State Welfare Depart
ment last year suggested a cushion
fund for relief payments that
would cost almost S2,000,00O more
than now provided,
Fund Sought for Bayside Park.
Proponents of a scenic park or
the bayside property recently
bought at Sandy Point want hun
dreds of thousands for its devel-
opment.
Conservation officials have asked
$ for funds to cultivate fish ano
forest resources.
And topping them all are the
mental hospitals. These lnstltu'
tions, and ways to improve them
claim priority with most Senators
and delegates.
They predict pay raises for at
tendants alone will cost ST 500 600
A legislative committee which
has been inspecting the hospital:
is due to report Monday. Just how
closely it agrees with previous
surveys will determine how soor
Gov. Lane presents his supplement
tai budget.
Many differences would cause
a delay. Otherwise he hopes u
submit it late next week.
After that, Gov. Lane said NJ
will deliver separate messages OF
hospital administration and OF
capital improvements.
Since the surplus will be taker
up by hospital and sanitoria build
ings, the capital program for othe'
institutions requires a new Stat
Bond issue. The Governors stat
is working on that now.
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