or immediately available appropriations recommended total, in round numbers, $5,800,000, a decrease of $1,200,000 from last year. To a slight but not material extent the recommended appropriations classified under this head are supplemental to existing appropriations and thus properly classified as deficiences. The major part of such recommendations are for such items as state aid for town and county highways, indemnities for tuberculous cattle, taxes on state land, excess of teachers' quotas over the amount previously estimated by the Department of Education, and the like, which it has been customary to provide for in current year by immediately available appropriations instead of in advance for the ensuing year. Some of these items are so variable that it is difficult to estimate for them in advance. Of the $5,800,000 of so-called deficiency or immediately available appropriations recommended more than $4,000,000 are for teachers' quotas and indemnities for slaughtered animals. The remainder is for miscellaneous items of which only a relatively insignificant sum represents actual deficiencies. Reference to Item Numbers. In part II of this document requests of each agency are summarized, contrasted with the appropriations made in 1922 and the recommendations of the Board reconciled with the amounts so appropriated. For the sake of brevity Item Numbers have been used in these reconciliations. When Item Numbers are so used they refer to the corresponding Item Numbers in the printed "Requests for Appropriations-1923 " prepared and published by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Table The following tabulated statements appear in the order here mentioned: Ais a summary of the budget for the fiscal year 1923-24, showing an estimate of available resources and appropriations recommended. B shows how the totals of appropriations recommended are determined. C-Contrasts the appropriations recommended with the appropriations made by the Legislature of 1922 Dis a tabulation of departmental requests, excluding requests for capital outlay appropriations. E is a general summary showing sums appropriated in 1922, appropriations requested for 1923 and the recommendations of the Board. Excluded from this summary are all capital outlay appropriations and requests. Fis a tabulation showing capital outlay appropriations made in 1922, contrasted with like requests for 1923. By the Board, December 28, 1922. NATHAN L. MILLER, WILLIAM J. MAIER, Chairman. Secretary. SUMMARY OF THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1923-1924 (EXCLUSIVE OF CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS) ESTIMATE OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES General Fund Estimated surplus, July 1, 1923 (From estimate of the State Comptrol Estimated revenue receipts: General property taxes....$20,094,005 24 $35,647,080 36 Special taxes 98,818,627 69 Less: Commitments by existing appropriations for capital outlays (estimated balance, July 1, 1923) 26,691,479 74 |