Show KELLY FAVORS BUDGET SYSTEM SYSTEr FOR THE STATE Au Auditor Shows How it Would be bo Of Appropriations Benefit Appropriations t Exceed Possible Revenues for Two Years Tho last legislature having appropriated appropriated ap ap- i so much more money than the state can garner in the way of revenue in two years the University University University sity of or Utah cannot build its 50 normal building this year and other appropriations aggregating will be withheld by Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Spry because there will be Insufficient in insufficient insufficient In- In sufficient funds to meet them State Auditor Lincoln G. G Kelly is in favor of remedying this continual over over appropriation by the legislature by adopting the budget system for Utah and he is now preparing a bill providing for this system to be Introduced Introduced introduced In in- in the next legislature The budget system declared Mr Kelly is Js the only like business-like method for the state and the only way to prevent the legislature from appropriating more money than we have Governor Spry State Auditor Kelly Kelly Kelly Kel Kel- ly and members of ot the board of equalization have fIgured that the total tax assessment or ut the state as reported by county assessors be increased by equalizing In other words that the total assessment assessment assessment as as- is that amount below the proper figure Even in the event that equalizing brings the total assessment up the state auditor does not estimate the total valuation more than which will wUl not produce sufficient revenue in taxes to provide- provide money enough to fulfill the appropriations of ot the last legislature In spite of the tho warning against over by Governor Spry in his message message message mes mes- sage and a n. considerable number o oj bills bUls he vetoed because they s 4 1 a r appropriations the state com coui ola Ob stand the last legislature 1 more than the to total total total to- to tal revenue of at the state for tor the two years until the next legislature would meet The governor and the auditor have figured that of ot the total appropriations may be withheld but there still remain appropriations of 1 In excess of ot the estimated ed revenue T The e budget system said Auditor Kelly yesterday would prevent all aU this If It we had the budget system which is in successful operation in ina a number of f states tates we could call on every state department institution and board for an estimate of the money it required for the ensuing two years These estimates would be called for in September and the legislature legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture docs does not meet until January The Tho board of examiners acting with the state auditor should pass upon all these estimates The board could conduct hearings at the he state departments could argue their their claims in the event that the b lu H them too high The final recommendations of ot the board of examiners as to the appropriation appropriation for Cor each dep department and institution together with com para tivo statements of or the past could be set before the legis laure lauge when it met met met-In in other words a n. complete budget made up The law should make malte it permissible permissible sible for the tho legislature to cut down dOWIl the appropriations recommended by bythe bythe bythe the board but not to Increase them This may sound like giving too much power to the board of examiners but butI I 1 think It is necessary and awl well within with with- in constitutional rights I It does not delegate any legislative legislative legislative legis legis- power to the board of ot exam exam- iners It would not be otherwise unconstitutional because there Isnow is isnow isnow now now a clause In the state constitution tion prohibiting the l legislature from appropriating more funds than the state tins has available except In extraordinary extraordinary extra extra- ordinary cases such as to help defend defend defend de de- fend the United States in hi case of war and so on Mr Kelly Is preparing a n draft of ofa a budget system law which ho he will submit to the t legislature o |