Show EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING NATIONAL AL GUARD IN CARBON GARBON PER DAY Expenses of maintaining about men of the Utah national guardin guard guard- in Carbon county which costs w will ll run at least and probably n more oh than a day probably mean that all hope all hope of a 22 mill mild rate rale for the state general fund in 1922 has disappeared No official on the subject ct has been reached as yet nor is one legally required until the first Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- I day in August when the state board oard of or must fix the rate But those state officials who have protested protested protested pro pro- tested all along that a 24 mill rate the max maximum mum for lor the are state general fund was th the proper thing for the present year apparently apparent apparent- ly now appear fairly confident that this will happen While those who have contended that under no conditions conditions conditions condi condi- should even so small an advance ad all- advance vance as two-tenths two of a mill be made under present conditions ap appear appear appear ap- ap pear to be trying to force themselves to be bo reconciled with an nn inevitable raise The matter was In a general general general gen gen- eral way at a meeting of heads of ot of st state tc Institutions ns aria ana departments at the of Utah last week Such a gathering could take no officIal official official cial action since the legislature has delegated the official authority in this regard to the state board of equalization after conferring with officials In charge of the stat states state's s 's finances and with the governor But nul several of those at the meeting appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear to think that 24 mills will be bethe bethe bethe the state tax levy this year I The meeting of officials was one of ofa a series eries being held periodically The next meeting will be at the Utah Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural Ag Ag- college at Logan during the annual farm encampment there there just after Pioneer day At that session session session ses ses- sion proposed legislation to be recommended recommended recommended rec rec- for action by the incoming i Incoming coming com com- ing legislature will be ba taken up The matter of tax levy was particularly particularly particularly par par- apropos at the last meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing because the three state educational educational educational institutions the University of Utah the Utah Agricultural college and the Branch Agricultural college are just now faced with the absolute necessity of getting their budgets forthe for tOT forthe the coming academic year Into shape at once It is time that professors pro pro- I and instructors knew whether I er they are to be engaged for another I er or year or not and that depends on the amount of money that is to be made available D is Threatened One thing as made apparent at that meeting If the state Is to get through the current biennium without without without with with- out a deficit even disregarding the expenses of the t e national guard guardin in Carbon county county- institutions and d departments departments de de- will have to save money out of their appropriations faster than they have been Inthe in inthe inthe the past fifteen months At that according to figures presented presented pre pre- to the meeting by John H. H Gle Glenn m state director of ot finance and purchase the saving being accomplished accomplished accomplished is not Inconsiderable In the first place it is to be remembered remember remember- ed that the legislature of 1921 figured figured figured fig fig- a revenue for tor state general fund purposes based on a state tax levy of 24 mills and an average assessed assessed assessed as as- valuation for the biennium of The valuation last year ear dropped to or thereabouts and the levy was was cut to 22 mills This years year's estimates are being based on a state valuation of ot which appears to be somewhere near the mark marl though ho gh the final figures will not be be known u until til August or later latet And Mr Glenns Glenn's calculations were on a a a 22 mill mm rate for the state state- general general- fund Balances were taken as of April 1 1922 and from that Mr Glenn reached an estimated deficit of or approximately G Good Showing Considering that after the bond issue for tor the benefit of the state general fund was wao received the present administration started the tho biennium with a deficit or the fact that this could be cut down downIn In the face of reduced tax revenue i to was considered not so I bad However the hope was expressed exI expressed ex ex- I pressed that by still greater gr ater economy economy econ econ- omy In all departments and Institutions Institutions institutions the amount might be reduced sill below the estimate Mr Glenns Glenn's figures figure were based on th the of state finances as of f fA A April ril 1 last He estimated revenues on on- ona a proportionate basis of or the a. a reven revenues revenues rev rev- en es for the seventeen months from J January p ary 1 1920 to May 1 1922 and by taking twelve-seventeenths twelve offU that of at amount as the revenue of the z st state re from all sources sources but but general property taxes for the last half of th tha present biennium The general funds fund's revenue from the general property tax was wits estimated on the theba theba ba ba aS is s already indicated 22 mills on ona ona ona a valuation of From this deduction of 10 per cent was made m de for taxes and from f from J the remainder 28 per cent ent goes to the three educational institutions I Perhaps the most Interesting is an I Item of the figures which 1 pa past t achievement Indicates may bothe be bo I If Ir the f r appropriations unexpended or orsa sa saved ed by various departments during during dur dur- ing g the biennium This was obtained by going through the various appropriation appropriatIon appropriation ap ap- accounts for the first r f half halt of the biennium and where the I amount mount t. t expended April 1 last was wa-s wa less than 50 per cent of the total for fort forthe t the period ending March 31 31 next fighting figuring fig fig- tiring the difference as a saving already already already al- al ready accomplished This amount Was doubled for the h as year two o year period I Thus if a department has an pr of for the biennium I for fot for clerical help and had spent in inthe inthe t the first year of the period only 2000 it would be figured as expending expending ex ex- ex- ex pending a like amount in the second y year ar and therefore would be estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated as having at the end of the pr present sent biennium 1000 saving out of its appropriation Mark lark Tuttle st state te auditor also presented an estimate of or revenues up t to r April 1 1923 and nd of estimated e expenditures Mr Tuttles Tuttle's statement statement state state- ment ent was taken from the tIle v condition o of ot the state books as of June 1 1 He eJ the saving from the appropriations ap ap- at a lower figure than Mr l Glenn or at in all Bo Both h departments figured that none of the appropriated for the Mormon battalion monument fund would be expended during the present present present pres pres- ent biennium Mr Glenn also in included included included in- in in his receipts from the state Insurance fund which has been returned to the state general fund since the tho meeting at the uni uni- Mr Tuttle omitted that as asat as' as asat asat at the time he made the report it was still a matter of debate The only otner important variation oe- oe tween the estimates of the two departments departments departments de de- was in from state officers It was the thought of those who attended the meeting and a d heard the discussion on the tho two estimates that the deficit at the Close of the biennium biennium biennium bien bien- figured on n the 2 22 mill mm rate on would be somewhere between the above estimate determined determined determined deter deter- mined by Mr Glenn and the estimated by Mr Tuttle Should Mr Glenns Glenn's estimate of saving from appropriations prove correct at the end of the biennium and taking into account account the from the state insurance e fund Mr Tuttles Tuttle's estimates amended to conform conform conform con con- con con- form with Mr Glenns Glenn's in these two particulars would show a deficit at atthe atthe atthe the end of or the year of roughly This would be a a reduction of ot from the deficit deficit deft deft- cit which the present administration Uon inherited It can be increased only if It various departments and institutions Institutions are more economical in the last half halt of the biennium than they were in the first However it will inevitably inevitably inevitably tably be Increased by the amount It costs the state stat to hold the national nation nation- al guard In Carbon county an expense expense ex ex- exi i I pense which Is running along as b before before be be- I fore noted at the rate of or a day or say at the rate of or a year On the estimated d assessed valuation valuation tion of and a 22 mill mm rate the revenue net to the state general fund would be The rho University of Utah Irian would get gel the Utah Agricultural college college college col col- col- col lege and the Branch Agricultural Agricultural Ag Ag- rl college With Witha a 24 mill levy which is possibly the themore themore themore more probable now the general fund will wUl get an additional while the sum of ot will be bo distributed distributed dis dis- among the tho three institutions lions in the same sarno proportions as the above amounts |