Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-02-19
Medical Bill Makes Its Regular Ap.
pearance and Its Regular Z:
Return to Committee. IL
Appropriation Committee Springs a
Little Joke in Reporting the
State Officers Bill. r..
Red Indian Packard from the Morton
County Preserves Hangs a. Scalp
at His Belt.
Routine of Procedure in the House and
Senate, in the Legislative
Session Yesterday.
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
The tax ferret bill was defeated in the
senate yesterday by a vote of l2 for to le
against. The bill came up on third
reading and Mr.. Wolbert offered an
amendment to the bill providing that
the powers of the proposed tax discover
er should not exceed those granted un-
der the present law.
Senator LaMoure raised the question
of the power Of the commissioners to
bargain away any of the states share OF
the taxes, as this bill proposed.
Mr.. Wolbert stated the bill was copy
of the Iowa law, which has been held
constitutional in the courts.
Mr.. LaMoure said he didn't care about
the Iowa people-he wanted to know
what would be done under our own
law-if the commissioners could lawfully
pay out any of the states share of taxes
for any purpose, it being provision of
this bill that fifteen per cent of all taxes
on discovered property added to the tax
rolls should be paid the ferret.
Mr.. Wolbert said that as the state
would get taxes under this law that it
wouldn't get otherwise, it would be IS
per cent ahead on the deal.
Mr.. LaMoure said there must be some
good reason for the passage of this bill
and he would like some information.
Mr.. Wolbert said that it had been
found in Cass county-he wouldn't pre-
sumo to speak for others-that good
deal of property didn't get on the tax
rolls. Under the present law it is diff
cult to get it on-county auditors or
members of the board of equalization
didn't like to put property on of their
own discovering--it isn't their duty to
60 and find property that isn't returned
He knew of people in the county who
had property valued at from $4,000 to
$4,000 who had paid no taxes for two
years. There should be some law to get
such property on the tax rolls. There
was no hardship contemplated in the
law. ! It had been stated that this bill
would hurt the poor man. He was SAT-
isfed that if the rich and those who had
property we're compelled to pay taxes on
it, as they; would under this law, the
poor would find the burden of taxation
easier than before i . ,s=,1,,. e..
Mr.. Hale thought the law good one
and it would remedy a defective place
in the present revenue law. At present
party assessed can refuse to make oath
to his property and the assessor must
then use his Judgment. a ~;
Mr.. Wolbert said as an example bf the
present system Of assessment that in a
township adjoining his, the most of
which was owned by the assessor and
his relatives a house and barn costing
about s5 600 belonging to the assessor
himself had been entirely omitted from
the tax rolls. . i 4. NJ. N = e. .. a
Mr.. Layayea was against the bill. 1t
partook of the nature of spying, which
was repugnant to the sense of liberty
and freedom of the American people.
i A similar measure, intending to put
property on the tag rolls, had emanated
from Cass county two years ago and had
been of no value He hoped sthe bill
would not pass. x5s + ~. SD
Mr.. Hale suggested that if the amount
OF funds in the banks Of the state and
the amount on the tax rolls last year
were considered the need Of such a law.
would be seen, 3 453E3 ). Il
Mr.. Murphy said that il this bill was
intended to get at the money Of deposi-
tors in banks it would be srninous 10 the
state the money would go over into
Minnesota. He was against the bill for
that purpose.
Mr.. Hale said he had merely used that
as an illustration Of the manner ia which
property escaped taxation.
Mr.. LaMoure said il the bill would
make the national banks Of the state
pay the taxes thsy should he was for it,
He knew one bank ID the state that
didn't pay a dollar on the bank itself. If
this bill would reach the bank he was
forit. To 1t wouldn't he was against lit.
# Mr.. Noble explained the manner Of
assessing banks and thought that the