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Show EXPENSE TOTALS OF SALT LAKE REDUCED SAIT LAKE, Aug. 7. Under the I l'iKl' L r-r ntly adopted by the city commission, the appropriations of every ev-ery city department are less this ear than in 1921. 1 The 114 mill city tax levy is based upon the budget which totals 12,896,-829.80, 12,896,-829.80, compared with a budget of 88,-010,414.06 88,-010,414.06 for a year ago. In ;uldition to making reductions in the various departments, the comrals- l son set aside 82000 as a bond rest rve. Provision is made in the budget for an j unappropriated surplus, for emergen- i cy i ti rposes, or j.y.uuu The 1022 appropriation for the department de-partment of streets and public im- I provements, incluiiinR th interest on Sewer bonds, totals $553,749.04. corn-i pared with S61.50l.89 in 1921. The i appropriation ol the department of I parks anl public property is 5212,000, a.s against $232,544.81 a year ago. The j amount provided for the wuter supply and water works di-pu rtinent reaches i $416,602.26 this year, compared with 4. 102.26 In 1921. Both figures m-elude m-elude interest on water bonds. Aside I roil) the $130,000 set aside for the completion of the new inunl-Icipa! inunl-Icipa! ialh house at Warm Springs, the aggregate tor the public affairs and finance fi-nance department is $182,195.90. against 1189,121.22 in 1921 Totals provided for the department of puoiic safety ;ir $C24.516.4S this year and 2626,292.62 in 1921. The budget ap- j propriation tor public library purposes purpos-es for 1922 amounts to $62,611.52. However, the flfrure absorbs the overdraft over-draft Of $10 4 2 5.V3 ":i last year's appropriation ap-propriation of $61,702.19, so tliat the difference in the two years is approxi- j mo ,y $20,000. The auditor's depart-p ment nas an appropriation ol $15,000. compared v.'ith vl6.9S0.0l oo |