Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1891 — MONEY THEY WILL SPEND. [ARTICLE]

MONEY THEY WILL SPEND.

■World’s Fair Appropriation Rills Before the Various Legislatures. World’s Fair appropriations are under consideration in the several Slate Legislatures, and the following statement has been prepared by the Department of Publicity and Promotion. In the follow ing eight tlic Governors have prepared arid recommended bills appropriating money for exhibits, but the Legislatures have not yet convened: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nevada, Wyoming, and Utah. In the following twenty-live States bills have been introduced in the Legislatures appropriating the amount appended to each; Alabama $ 100,000 Arkansas 100 000 California 830,000 Colorado 150,000 Illinois 1,000,000 Indiana 150,000 Kansas 150,000 Massachusetts 60,000 Minnesota 250 000 Maine 40i«00 2 e braska 150,000 New York 260,000 New Mexico 25,000 ohl ° 100,000 Oregon 250.000 Oklahoma 7 000 Pennsylvania ..] 5o!ooo South Dakota. 40 000 Tennessee 25o!(X)0 Texas 300,000 Vermont 5 000 W aahington !... 24^000 Wisconsin. 75,000 Total $4,097,000 In the following four the bills have passed the Senate: Colorado, lowa, Oklahoma and Vermont. In the following six the bills have passed the lower house: California, lowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Vermont. In the following three bills have passed both houses: lowa, Oklahoma and Vermont. In the following two they havo also been signed by tho Governor and are in full force: lowa and Vermont. In Arkansas the bill has been defeated.