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Show oo APPROPRIATION BILL SIGNED BY SPRY The Governor yesterday signed the general appropriation bill after vetoing veto-ing six Items lu the measure carrying carry-ing appropriation amounting to $43,-500, $43,-500, leaving the total of the bill $2,-848.2-43 72. In addition to the amount carried by the general appropriation bill there is contained in special bills special appropriations for various purposes, including the urgency ap-j ap-j proprlation bill and the bill for legislative legis-lative expense an appropriation of I $302,284.57, bringing the total of appropriations ap-propriations by the stale legislature up to $3,160,628 29. Included in the general appropria-I appropria-I tion bill are the fish and game appro-' appro-' priations, amounting to $84,560. The appropriations for the protection of t the fish and game of the state come , trom the fish and game fund, which I is provided by the sale of fish and game licenses, by the fines impose J for violations of the fish and game I laws and by the sale of confiscated fish and game Deducting from this ! the total amount of legislative appropriations, appro-priations, the resulting amount is $3,-065,968 $3,-065,968 29, which must come from the general revenue derived from general gener-al taxation, from the operation of Mie inheritance tax law and from the fees received in various departments oi" the state government Of the sum trom general taxation not to exceed 4 1-2 mills may be used for general state purposes, 3 1-2 mills being set aside for school purposes. Eight-mill Tax. Assuming that the state board of equalization levies an 8-mill tax. as now appears certain, the legislative appropriations are approximately three-quarters of a million dollars iin excess of the estimated revenue of I the state for the ensuing two years : from general taxation, from inheri- tance taxes and from fees. I However there was passed by the recent legislature a law providing for extended powers of investing the state I redemption fund, and the revenue de-1 de-1 rived from this Investment will go to the general fund of the state. Another An-other law permits the state to receive re-ceive interest on state funds, which will add somewhat to the revenue of the state More than 1100,000 was returned to the general fund of the state this year by the various stale institutions as fund- saved from the maintenance appropriations It Is altogether al-together probable that the amount estimated es-timated for the Inheritance tax was placed too low, and that $200,000 will be added to tho revenue from this source. It is considered not unlikely that by increased revenue from sources not altogether taken into account by the state auditor In making his estimate esti-mate of the revenues for the two years, the excess of the legislative appropriations over the revenue will be reduced to approximately $400,-000. $400,-000. Public Buildings. A section of the appropriation bill authorizes the governor to withhold r ppropriatlons for tho construction and improvement of public buildings, the purchase of land and water for state institutions and road and bridge appropriations not authorized h specific spe-cific statutory provisions other than the appropriation bill, until such time as ho is satisfied that there Is ample am-ple revenue to warrant the expenditure expendi-ture of the funds for these purposes This class of appropriations carries total of approximately $350,000. and if these appropriations are all withheld with-held the appropriations would only slightly exceed the anticipated revenue reve-nue of the state. However, this would I mean that there would be no new j buildings for which provision was made by the legislature, erected for ' two yean j The appropriation bill has given the governor much vexation. Many of the items were either provided for by specific spe-cific bills or by previous statutory enactment, so the governor's power' I to scale down the bill was limited. Most of the items vetoed were of minor Importance The largest item was that of $20,000 to care for unpaid bountv warrants. The legislature passed a new bounty law carrying an annual appropriation of $30,000. and I in that bill provision was made that county warrants due under the old law might be paid from the new fund ' created. This made the special Item ' I of $20,000 for this purpose unneces- I sary. Light and Power. The legislature appropriated $10.-00t $10.-00t for a transmission line to carry I light and power from the Logan power pow-er plant to the various state insti-, I tutlons However the governor hopes I to make arnnicements for the transmission trans-mission oi the light and power from the plant without the necessity of this expenditure, and therefore vetoed tho item. The other Items in the bill were believed to be among the least necessary appropriations made for! state institutions. The Items of the appropriation bill j vetoed by the governor Follow To the slate board of land commissioners For hydrographlc surveys sur-veys $ 2,000 I To the state board of examiners exami-ners For expense of transmitting lipht and power from the electric power plant at the Agricultural college to the state institutions situated 1 at Ogden and Salt Lake .. . 10.000 1 To the branch of the Agricul-ral Agricul-ral college school at Cedar city For improvement of the grounds . 2.000 To the Agricultural college: For further maintenance .... 7,500 To the Utah State Fair association associ-ation For repair and upkeep of buildings . 2.000 j To the state bounty fund For payment of bounty cer- 1 tificates filed in excess of revenue derived from 1912 taxes and annual appropriation appropri-ation for 1913 20.000 |