Texas Almanac, 1954-1955 Page: 388

                                
Texas State Government Expenditures.-Table I
Below are listed expenditures of the Texas State Government by departments, boards,
commissions, institutions, etc., for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 1952. (See p. 385 for sum-
mary of expenditures in 1953.) (Also see Table II, which follows this one, for expenditures
by purposes for which expenditures were made, e.g. salaries, expense accounts, materials, etc.)

Department and Fund-

Amount

Legislative:
Senate ..    .....    .............    $39,154.96
House of Representatives..........     48,028.70
Legislative Council ...............    64,744.16
Legislative budget committee.......    54,273.12
Commission on uniform state laws        2,399.68
Total legislative ................  $208,600.62
Judicial:
Appellate Court reports ...........     $4,179.50
Supreme Court of Texas .........      221,665.45
Court of Criminal Appeals.........    108,622.33
State's Attorney ................      11,065.24
Court of Civil Appeals:
First District, Galveston .......    50,357.00
Second District, Fort Worth.....     52,702.14
Third District, Austin ..........    48,989.88
Fourth District, San Antonio.....    50,365.24
Fifth District, Dallas .............  50,378.08
Sixth District, Texarkana ......     50,572.35
Seventh District, Amarillo ......    48,708.56
Eighth District, El Paso.........    50,398.09
Ninth District, Beaumont........     49,162.64
Tenth District, Waco ...........    50,422.54
Eleventh District, Eastland .....    50,403.43
Judiciary section, Comptroller's De-
partment  .......................  2,487,936.60
Total  judicial  ..................  $3,385,929.07
Executive and Admimnistrative:
Governor's office, general revenue
Fund 1 ...... ............. .$269,376.14
Attorney General's department ....    429,495.47
State Board of Control........... .   759,828.07
State Comptroller of Public Ac-
counts  .......  ................  2,011,237.78
General Land Office...............    325,649.01
Texas State Library...............    170,526.93
Secretary of State .................   233,110.16
State Treasurer ............... ..208,814.97
Board for leasing state lands......     1,916.38
Board of county and district road
indebtedness                          59,267.06
State Commission for the Blind....    125,334.93
Good Neighbor Commission........       23,173.15
Veterans Land Board ............. .   134,443.78
Total executive and administra-
tive  .........................  $5,118,996.54
Protection to Persons and Property:
Adjutant General's Department....    $571,388.18
Veterans Affairs Commission......     350,797.55
Department of Public Safety......    6,301,080.04
Texas   National   Guard   Armory
Board  ..........................    469,294.42
Total protection to persons and
property  .....................  $7,692,560.19

Regulation of Business and
Industry:
Texas Real Estate Commission....
State Banking Department.......
Bureau of Labor Statistics..
Industrial Accident Board.........
Board of Insurance Commission...
Railroad Commission of Texas....
Texas Liquor Control Board ......
State Board of Architectural Ex-
aminers .....   .............
Board of Registration for Profes-
sional Engineers ...............
State Aeronautic Commission......
Interstate Oil Compact Commission

$99,954.76
71,290.66
199,449.19
130,561.73
1,267,378.04
1,352,081.47
1,237,279.70
8,855.38
35,714.79
30,086.38
41,171.52

Total regulation of business and
industry  ......................  $4,473,823.62
Conservation of Health and
Sanitation :
State Health Department.......... $11,397,883.41
State Board of Barber Examiners..    98.096.17
State Board of Medical Examiners     18,010.00
State Board of Dental Examiners..    38,178.26

Support of Free Schools and
Vocational Education:
Texas Education -Agency........... $200,100,830 78
State Commission for the Blind....    153,276 24
Total support of free schools and
vocational education........... $200,254,107.02

Department and Fund-               Amount
State Board of Hairdressers and
Cosmetologists ................. .  184,949.35
State Cancer Hospital and Division
of Cancer Research ..............  1,813,672 51
State Board of Chiropractic Ex-
ammers   ........ ...............    22,265.29
Board   of  Examiners   in  Basic
Sciences  ...................       11,484.89
Naturopathic Examining Board.....       7,441.86
Board  of Vocational Nurse Ex-
aminers  ........................    44,033.28
Total  Conservation  of  Health
and Sanitation ............... $13,636,015.02
Development and Conservation of
Natural Resources:
State Department of Agriculture...   $519,408.89
Board of Water Engineers........      247,293.04
Game and Fish Commission........    2,665,875.96
Livestock Sanitary Commission....     329,077.81
Texas Citrus Commission ......... .    15,820.60
Texas Agricultural Experiment Sta-
tion System ..... ...........   2,592,449.73
Rio Grande Compact Commission..         6,732.00
Sabine River Authority ............ .   2,130 43
State Soil Conservation Board......    83,196.50
Interstate Compact Commission...        1,544.56
Pecos River Compact Commission..       30,193.02
Texas College of Arts and Indus-
tries  (citrus  fund) ...............  1,830.45
Cotton research committee.........    149,908.15
Total development and conserva-
tion of natural resources........ $6,645,561.14
Highways and Road Debts:
State Highway Department....... $132,274,216.88
Board of County and District Road
Indebtedness  ...................  5,444,631.89
Total highway and road debts...$137,718,848.77
Eleemosynary and Correctional:
State Orphans Home..............     $476,708.09
Waco State Home......          ...    306,710.10
Texas Blind, Deaf and Orphans
School .... .............. .....   262,445.37
Board   for  State  Hospitals  and
Special Schools ................   "189,844.85
*Net amount after refunds.
Texas Confederate Homes........       594,689.79
Alabama Coushatti Indian Agency        35,911.69
Moody State School for Cerebral
Palsied    ......................197,990.51
East Texas Tuberculosis Sanatorium  1,148,145.42
Weaver   H.   Baker   Tuberculosis
Sanatorium ..................   1,181,496.17
McKnight State Sanatorium........   1,154,706.89
Mexia State School ................ 1,629,277.67
Kerrville State Sanatorium.........  1,000,702.40
Austin State School -Farm Colony..    348,933.51
Abilene State Hospital ............  1,703,975.08
Austin State Hospital ............ 2,807,921.34
Austin State School ..............  1,618,470.26
Rusk State Hospital ..............  1,739,907.61
San Antonio State Hospital........  2,981,222.97
Terrell State Hospital .............  2,737,698.83
Wichita Falls State Hospital.......  1,960,088.80
Big Spring State Hospital..........   529,080.23
Gatesville State School for Boys...   635,766.72
Gainesville State School for Girls..  397,391.24
Colored Girls Training School ......  104,852.14
State Youth Development Council..     130,546.19
Texas Prison System ..............  5,650,197.65
Board of Pardons and Paroles....       62,466.07
Total eleemosynary and correc-
tional  ........................  $31,586,947  59