Show PP IN MANY STATE LASHED House Adopts Joint Committee Com Corn Report Providing Additional Funds for Utah School Work Consternation and bitter criticism mingled d In the tho expressions emanating from state officials when it became known that the house this morning had adopted the report of ot the Joint c committee commit commit- tee on appropriations ln In which drastic slashing of ot departmental requirement requirements had been made In o order er to provide I some additional money for tor arious va various a rious state schools to William Bailey le chairman chairman chair chair- man of ot the state board at of equalization the amount granted to hs department by the Joint committee report Is Insufficient insufficient insufficient to meet the salaries of f the office help and the members of ot the board The Joint committee had taken 1839 from that departments department's n as en eo to Representative when he Introduced the original appropriation tion bill and at that time supposed to represent the absolute requirements for tor operation of ot the board I dont don't know what th the committee committee com corn means said Mr Ir DaIle Bailey It If that reduction In the tho appropriations Is effected I guess we will havo have to to- clo close e our doors and quit OTHERS Expressions of ot a simlar nature W were wera r matte made by the tho office of the tho attorney general general gen gen- eral where a cut of 1070 was waa made me by the tho secretary of ot state who lost 2200 In the readjustment and anal from froni the offices of ot the national guard where the greatest reduction of ot all waa wa W J made a total of If It if repairs are not made to the roo root of the capitol right away the department department department depart depart- ment of finance and purchase o will soon have to buy buckets to catch the water I that will begin to fall tall upon the floor floora of ot the building declared Representative tive of ot Ca Cache he count county In the tha course of ot several caustic caustic- remarks on the proposed bu budget get Efforts of ot several members of or the house to secure additional Information from Chairman Jorgensen as to why certain proposed appropriations were wert slashed notably that for capitol maIntenance maintenance main maIn- while others particularly those for state schools were Increased resulted In the explanation th that t th the proposal of placing capitol maintenance in the hands handa of the department of ot finance and purchase would take care cara of ot the structure adequately while the sympathy of the tho chairman and other members of ot the Joint committee were with the schools REPORT ADOPTED After a a. considerable debate the roll was called caned and the committee report adopted with 42 a ayes as 10 nays and 3 absent The transference of control of the capitol Is before the house In another bill this making the director of ot finance and amI purchase also the custodian of ot the tb building Some time lime ago several su subcommittees tees wore Were appointed by the house to tom tomake m make ke inquiry into the several everal state departments to see what could be don done toward economy econom These committee committees were to submit reports to the tho Joint committee on appropriations for tor It It guidance in setting the amounts to bo be appropriated for tor the next biennium The debate In the house this morning brought out the statement from Chairman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Jorgensen that none of ot the these theau o subcommittees had made any report to the Joint committee nor had any of ot the special committees an any report to tomake tomake tomake make to the house Itself This bit of information resulted In some pungent remarks from the floor addressed lothe to lo the Joint committee members The final vote ote wan was not taken until after considerable parliamentary sparring sparring spar spar- ring in which turl further her effort at delay was defeated TOTAL The report of ot the Joint committee increases by the amount sought In the original Jorgensen bill making the tho total appropriations appropriation o 0 date 96 This amount hoever however however how how- ever includes some which h was covered In supplement nt No 1 to 10 tire tho Jorgensen bill Another BU supplement known ns as S No 2 2 was waH not approved ed bythe bythe by toy the Joint committee The 1 is III accomplished by the wholesale slashing of or requested appropriations ap sp for the operations of or the tha various departments of ot the state mate government government gov gov- and even more ore wholesale in increase increases In- In creases crease In th the amounts that tt were vere Continued on page 8 II lii S APPROPRIATIONS Continued from page 1 originally requested for tor the various educational Institutions Each of t the latter gets more money than was provided for tor the original budget t bill as submitted In house bill No 72 as Introduced by Representative Jorgensen Jorgen- Jorgen sen In the original Jorgensen measure the budget called for tor represented a total of To this was later added appropriations contained in supplement No 1 this having haying a total of ot bringing the grand to total total total to- to tal to The grand total of ot the joint committee report which includes the Items Hems In supplement ment No 1 is or more than was given In the original Jorgensen JorgenE Jorgen- Jorgen E sen en bill SOME DEPARTMENTS ESCAPE Some of ot the state departments did not suffer from the pruning knife that thatIs Is they receive from the Joint ont committee commit commit- tee Just what they asked t fo fd when the Jorgensen bill was introduced These include the board of ot agriculture bank commissioner board of ot examiners state chemist district court board of If health juvenile court loan commission commission commis commis- sion slon state engineer road commission supreme court fair association state power plant and state mental hospital The proposed Increases are confined confined con con- fined tined to the state agricultural college which la Js to get maYbe get maybe more I for tor the extension division the b branch anch agricultural college with more for Cor special maintenance state school for tor the deaf deat and blind with more for tor salaries and wages 5 50 more for tor travel trave mor more for tor maintenance and more for tor equIpment equipment equipment equip equIp- ment state industrial school with more for tor salaries and wages University of ot Utah with more moore for mining and metallurgical Not a single penny was cut for any requested appropriation of ot the above listed schools Other slight Increases are I represented by given to to a continuation continuation con con- coni i of ot the Indian war commission commis commis- slon sion and a net increase of ot 1140 in the state land board ALL DEPARTMENTS H HIT The Increases for tor the schools aI a I grand total of ot was waa partially that that word being used because It If falls taIls short of ot being enough secured by l lopping ot oft off 1840 from the governor 2200 from the secretary secretary secre secre- tary tarp of ot state 2400 from the he state auditor a 1440 from the state treasurer treasurer treasurer treas treas- 1070 from the attorney general 2500 from the state board of ot education education education edu edu- cation salary account from the state board of ot equalization from the board of ot pardons pardons pardons-inci- Inci Incidentally dentally this body had only asked for tor fora tora a grand total of and arid got goL from the department of ot tin finance nce and purchase from th the In Industrial industrial In- In commission v from the Insurance commissioner from the national guard ard from the public utilities commission from the department of ot registration from capital maintenance 1 19 from state prison maintenance e from printing department re reports me ports from stream measure ment In cooperation with the f federa fed fed- era eral government and 1000 from ex- ex ej ex peISe account of ot commissioners to f r conference on uniform state laws the legislature has been Since I ia session members of ot that body mada mad a trip to Cedar City for tor the of ot inspecting the Branch Agricultural college the result being the joint committees committee's favorable attitude toward Increasing the sum total of ot for or that Institution some Ill 28 |