Show 44 Legislatures Trim Expenses More Than Was Lopped From Budgets Washington Legislatures Le Washington Legislatures In tn 44 states which met this year cost tax lax taxpayers taxpayers payers O In salaries and ef et- effected savings sa estimated at mor more than a survey re- re revealed caled The rue salaries salares were paid to GGS legislators Incidental expenses e for legislative e sessions bring the total above In four tour states states- states Kentucky Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi and Virginia Virginia-no Virginia no legislative e sessIons were held Twenty four states tates paid legisla legisla- legislators legislators tors on a work day basis ranging from 3 to 15 per day The larger figure is paid patI In n Arizona and antI the lower In Kansas Michigan and antI Ore Ore- Oregon Oregon Oregon gon The remaining twenty states paid their representatives a set amount a session ranging from OO for New Hampshire to for Illinois and for Pennsyl Pennsyl- Pennsylvania Pennsylvania vania anla Legislative e experts computed that had alrea already y been saved sa to taxpayers although 32 legisla legisla- legislatures legislatures ture tures are still In n session making additional reductions Favorite methods of ot making sav sav- savIngs savings savings ings were consolidating an and abolish abolish- abolishIng abolishing abolishing ing state bureaus and commissions reducing salaries of or employees re- re retained re- re re retained tamed and slowing up expenditures such as road building and construe construction tion of state Institutions When the entire legislative season Is com com- competed completed completed experts estimated that the present figure ou would be at least doubled New Yorks York's legislators tors plan to save sa and Iowa Efforts to Increase declining rev rev- revenues revenues revenues constituted one ono of the the probe problems problems lems before the legislatures tills this de- de depression depression de depression year ear Typical means of ex- ex expanding ex expanding receipts were through pas pas- passage pas pas- passage passage sage of or sales gift and antI Inheritance taxes |