Show county commissioners pass 1942 budget the iron county budget for tip ti year 1942 was passed by the board of county commissioners at its final 1941 meeting held on wednesday the budget calls for the expenditure x pend iture of an increase og 1941 1 budget the item which received the largest raise in appropriation wa was s the county road fund which got a boost of to make the total for road construction special earmarked funds for use at cedar city were also set up jis 33 part of the budget when a committee consisting of H H lunt myron myro n F higbee ana arthur jones met with the board and asked for an additional appropriation of for the compi t tion of the city and county puli r safety building the matter was taken under advisement and later in m the day was incorporated rated into the budget under the general fund 1640 was designated for the theina im improvement provement pro of the airport at cedar ced ir city and was appropriated tor for the cedar city livestock show at that place at the request of a committee consisting of myron F bif hi bee clarence lamoreaux erastus L jones E M corry and elton L jones the latter amount ls is to come from the advertising fund which was increased from in 1941 to for 1942 A letter from B J lund at modena asked the commission for an appointment on january 12 for a committee representing 1 the escalante valley power co in in regards to securing financial fun ancial aid from tle the county in having the area around uie the beryl district surveyed and mapped so boulder dam powei power can be brought into the valley t they estimated that thel project would cost in the neighborhood of and asked the commission to incorporate this into the budgets budget which was later done and is to come from the advertising fund thus leaving an bated total in that fund of editors note in regard to the public safety building in cedar city the first request for funds to build this building was and was to be the countes coun tys share of the cost of the building later another request was made and grantt granted d which makes the amount the county has spent up to dec 31 and with the additional appropriation just granted the county will have tied up in the build ing a sum which seems to us would pay office rent and the expense tor for carrying county prisoners to the jail in parowan carowan for quite some time the 1942 budget also shows increases in the public welfare hospital indigent and general funds several land sales were made by the bo board rd all bills against the couri coun ty for the year 1941 were pasel passe 1 and some routine county business taken care of before the metting meeting adjourned |