Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-05-20 | Page 21 | USAC Board Adopts Budget Retaining Extension Division

hoard Board Adopts I Budget Retaining Extension Division Details of Finance Go Unexplained Lee Suggestion Believed Taken Special to tho ho Telegram CEDAR CITY Iron County Ma May 20 Trustees 20 Trustees of Utah State Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- cultural college Friday adopted a budget for the 50 1949 school year which they said would insure re retention retention te- te of the college extension s service I All members of the college staff staf i I Including those In the extension I service will be retained a spokesman spokes spokes- man for the board of trustees said The board met early Friday I II morning prior to attending co commencement commencement com com- I e ex x e ere r c i i s c e c s at the Branch Agricultural college No details as to how the extension extension extension exten exten- sion service will be financed were revealed Friday But Indications were that the trustees decided to follow the suggestions of Gov J Bracken Lee to operate the extension extension extension exten exten- sion service on funds transferred from the general administration fund t Continuance of the extension service after this year has been in m doubt since Gov Lee vetoed an appropriation appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap of for the service Atty Gen Clinton D D. D Ver- Ver non has advised the college admInistration administration administration ad- ad I ministration that it cannot legally fl transfer funds specifically appropriated appropriated for one item for use in another another another an an- other department He said operating operating ing funs funds could be obtained only I by a sp special cial session of the he legislature legislature legisla legisla- I ture being called I Gov Lee turned thumbs down on calling a special session A tentative budget was sent for approval approval approval ap ap- ap- ap to the governor and the finance commission This budget was returned by Chairman 1 P P. H. H Mulcahy of the finance commission commission commission commis commis- I sion who informed college officials officials officials the budget was incomplete because it did not Include allocations allocations allocations alloca alloca- for the extension service If the decision of tho the trustees to go ahead with all operations whether or not there Is an appropriation appropriation appropriation specifically for them is not met with protests the same procedure may be used by the University University Uni Uni- of Utah It faces a similar problem in the operation of Stewart Stewart Stewart Stew Stew- art training training- school chool and experimental experimental mental menta work appropriations for I both of which were also vetoed