Show welfare commission approves requests in tax program the public welfare commission has approved estimates of the 29 county departments of public welfare or 1945 totaling plus state department administration costs to operation ot tho public assistance and welfare program in utah durans therefore 1 expected to cost just under under utah ina county boards lire required to submit or approval ot the state commission e of cost of operation of tha welfare program in their respective counties following commission ap preval the county welfare boards certify these amounts to their respect lv county commissions for the purpose of determining the amount of tho levy necessary to raise tho countes coun tys shara in the cost of the welfare program sot by law at 15 per cent the portion of the estimated cost for 1015 which the boards of county commissioners of the 29 counties will have to ralio total approximately 1 the balance will be furnished by tho santo and federal governments under of the social security act it Is expected that the federal cliare will amount to coat to the state to bo financed from ale tax funds Is estimated at the estimated expenditure in 1945 Is 17 per cent higher than estimates for 1914 it Is expected however that 1944 expenditure will total less than estimated A C ll urton director of departments bureau of finance and accounts pointed out mr burton said that estimates during the last tour years lauve in each instance been greater than the amount actually spent in 1943 actual expenditures fell below estimates in 1042 in 1941 commenting on athla welfare corn J barley chuo pointed out that the annual estimates submitted by county welfare boards arc the data on which the county commissioners base their determination of how much to levy in order to pay their share of tho cost of welfare assigned to them law in view of this we havo been more anxious that the estimates are high enough to meet eventualities than we artto hold them down too closely we take the attitude that it would be unfair to tha county taxing unit it the state corn mission cut estimates down to the point whore we have to go back later and oik aik the county commission ars to make nn additional levy surpluses that might ai a result of overestimates 0 the cost ot welfare anre carried over to reduce ohp amount needed for the following year the estimated 1945 expenditures for f state administration including child welfare services commodity distribution and merit operation arc per cent lower than estimates for 1014 estimate of for this item in 1915 however 1 57 per cent higher alinn expected expenditures for the current year with two months yet to ho recorded november end december |