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Show STATE SENATE HAS V BALANCE TO CRETf Amount Cast Up Shows 51039 Left From Contingent Fund Appropriated Appro-priated at Opening. "With all bills paid, the upper house of the state legislature found yesterday that it still had a bank account of $1039 of the $12,500 contingent fund appropriated at the beginning of the session. The contingent fund of the house was $22,500. Vhile the audit of the lower house accounts has not been completed, it is estimated that the rosult will show a balance in the neighborhood of $1000. The traveling expenses of the legislature legis-lature were considerably higher this year than usual, because free transportation transpor-tation was taboo. The coal investigation investiga-tion also put a dent in the legislative bankroll to tlie estent of $433.00, and the legislative reference committee reduced re-duced it another $1000. Economy was effected by reductions in the number of committee clerks and in the printing. |