Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-08-26
CONDITIONS OF INSTITUTIONS
Governor White Talks of Condition of
the State Institutions as He Found
Them-Thinks Extra Session Advis-
able, but Wants to be Assured of
Cooperation of Legislature.

generally supposed, and it will acco- !
modate 200 patients when completed. !
There will be funds in hand to COM
plete and furnish the building but the |
maintenance fund will be little |
short. At the state university at
Grand Forks, there is debt of $780,
900 for buildings which have been
erected, on the credit of the institu-
ton. They have the buildings but the
debt is yet to be met | did not have
an opportunity to see the trustees or
the managers of the state normal
school at Mayville. but there is need
of funds there. The agricultural col
lege at Fargo is badly in need of a
new heating plant The present plant
is insufficient and needs replacing
There is also pressing need of a
new chemical laboratory, Additional
work has been placed upon this
branch of the college by the new pure
food law and there is a large quantity
of foodstuffs that have been sent in
from all parts of the state for analy-
sis under the new law
Il am satisfied after an examina-
ton of all the conditions" said the
, governor, that the emergency could
and should be met by an extra session.
| will not act. however. without the
assurance of the cooperation of the
legislative body. | have seen num-
Der of the members, living in the Vi
cinity of the institutions, and they are
unanimous in the opinion that the ex-
ira session should be called and re-
! lieve the present conditions In the
course of week | hope to be able
/ to get in touch with the members and
/ find out what they think should be
done and whether they will cooperate
to the end that an harmonious agree
ment may be reached at a short ses-
! SION
The governors attitude in the mat
ter is agreed to be wise A short ses-
sion could dispose of all the business
if the members come together with a
definite and settled plan of action
agreed upon, and that is the aim of
the governor in the present emer-
gency.
With respect to some of the criti-
cisms that have been passed regard
1 ing executive vetoes of appropriations
made by the last legislature, consid-
ering the improved financial condition
of the state, the governor calls at
tention to the fact that in 1898 there
was levied tax of $69S. .49S for the
biennial period. OF that amount. ow-
ing to poor crops. and financial dis
turbances, only $446.S33 was collected.
Had the same conditions arisen again
} this year" said the governor I'VE
would have had good reason for con-
graduation that we had proceeded
along conservative lines. There was
) no means of determining last winter
when the appropriations were made,
, what the crop and financial conditions
of the state would be, In the follow
ing two years. 1894 and 1895. the tax
levied was $715, ,95l. and the taxes col
, lected were only S60S,54l. The exc
cutive veto was used to insure our
, keeping within our revenue, and | be
, lieve the people of the state will ap-
, prove of what was done. Certainly
: desired last winter, we would not have
had the funds to meet the emergency
t which has arisen now
The increases in taxes and fees
: which have been paid into the state
1 come from all departments The in
S surance department of the state has
: paid in this year to the general FUND
f SCI ,421 in fees and taxes. With the
a natural increases, the amount paid ir
g for the present biennial period by the
e isurance department will approximate
g $4,000
!. Wolf bounty certificates to the tota
t amount of $4,l6350 have been flee
: with the state auditor under the new
K law This represents a total of 1,66;
/ wolves that have been killed sine,
e the present wolf bounty law went in
l. to effect.
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