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. 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: Increased appropriations for support of common Special bill for accumulated deficiency, in main- Increase in appropriation for advances to county 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 Increase in construction items, land, buildings 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. |