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No. 52.

IN SENATE

May 27, 1910.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF STATE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEARS 1909 AND 1910.

By Senator HENRY W. HILL, Chairman Finance Committee.

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This increase is made up in part of such general statutory and other necessary governmental expenses as follows, most of which are taken from a statement made by the Governor on June 18, 1910:

Increase in salaries of justices of the Supreme Court under the recent constitutional amendment:

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Increased appropriations for support of common
schools and normal schools..

Special bill for accumulated deficiency, in main-
tenance of hospitals for the insane.
Increase in appropriation for maintenance of
hospitals for insane for ensuing year......
Increase in appropriation for maintenance of
charitable institutions for ensuing year... ..
Increase in appropriation for maintenance of
prisons and convicts in penitentiaries for en-
suing year, together with compensation of
sheriffs....

Increase in appropriation for advances to county
treasurers on account of taxes...

325,000 00

1,231,139 28

699,754 00

137,167 76

105,500 00

45,000 00

Increase in appropriations for highway construction and maintenance (apart from proceeds of

bonds)....

526,210 46

Amount allowed for grade crossings (no appro

priation last year)....

600,000 00

Increase in appropriation for Secretary of State

to enforce new Motor Vehicle Law:

Appropriation bill. . . .

$190,000 00

Supply bill...

60.000 00

250,000 00

Increase to provide for appropriation for health
officer, port of New York (no appropriation
last year)

Increase in construction items, land, buildings
and equipment (not including appropriations
this year for new State Educational Building
and power plant, $1,500,000). . . .
Increase in contributions to the canal, and high-
way sinking funds, as provided by law over
those of 1909....

These items aggregate.....

$175,820 00

858,738 62

558,400 00

$6,052,830 12

After deducting this aggregate sum from the total increases there remains only $17,614.45 to be accounted for. This sum of $17,614.45 is exceeded several times over in appropriations made this year such as the $200,000 for the new normal school buildings at Oswego, and the $1,500,000 toward the new educational building and power plant, for which no appropriations were made, or if made, were not approved in 1909.

Furthermore, the appropriation bills for 1909 were reduced to the extent of $2,864,784.87 the aggregate of items of reappropriations contained in such bills, whereas the aggregate balances of $1.100.178.31 only existed this year to be reappropriated and thereby reduced the aggregate appropriations only to that extent.

It is believed that the appropriations this year will carry forward the State departments and institutions without necessitating any deficits, as have occurred in previous years, which in the Commission in Lunacy alone amount to $1,231,139.38, which deficit has been provided for by special appropriation bill this year. There have also been large deficiencies in other departments, such as the Education Department, where the school attendance and statutory expenses occasioned thereby exceeded the estimates, necessitating large appropriations this year to meet the State's necessary obligations which should have been provided for in 1909. The contributions to the canal sinking funds made this year aggregate $1,601,100.

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