264 THE FISCAL PROBLEM IN MISSOURI
there was a deplorable lack of suitable buildings and other
facilities, particularly in the case of the penal and eleemosy-
nary institutions. It was found also that a satisfactory
building program for the institutions of higher education in
the state had not been developed to an extent comparable
with the progress made in other states with a capacity to
support education approximately equal to that of Missouri.
At many institutions there had been no important construc-
tion for many years, and in order that a well-rounded
program might be developed for the future a large part of the
expenditures recommended by the Commission was for
building at ‘these institutions.
TasLe 82: EstiMaTED REQUIREMENTS FOR CAPITAL
QutLAYSs AND EXTRAORDINARY REPAIRS
Source: Report of the State Survey Commission
Educational institutions. . ..$16,178,000
State aid:
Construction of public school buildings. ............. 2,100,000
Eleemosynary institutions. ........ 3eeik 175,000
Penal institutions. . ................. £512,000
Administrative office building. ......... 500,000
Governor’s mansion. . . 150,000
139.615.000
A recommendation of $2.1 million for construction of
public school buildings was included in a proposal of the
Commission, which if put into effect would require that the
state grant additional building aid to certain school dis-
tricts. It was contemplated that many smaller districts
would be consolidated, when the second step toward carrying
out the school program of the Commission was taken, and
that there would be no need for any part of the $2.1 million
until the fourth year after the proposed state aid program
went into effect. The amount of $2.1 million might, there-
fore, be disregarded in considering the immediate needs for
capital additions. The question may well be raised, how-
ever, whether the state should not consider the advisability
of making immediate provision for additional building aid
in the interest of carrying the consolidation program for-
ward as rapidly as possible. , oo
Another recommendation involves the expenditure of
