Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1903-01-15

past two years have been extremely
good and amounted for general pur-
poses to $935, 1854. 46, and as will be
observed, almost equals the total
amount of the levy of those years.
Quite a considerable part of this was
from taxes of prior years that has
been brought in as one of the results
of the activity In the real estate mar
ket and the numerous changes and
clearing up of titles. Our misccllane-
GUS fees, too, have been unusually
large, especially the insurance tax,
land office, and Incorporation fees,
amounted all told to something over
$3.50, 900.
ESTIMATES OF RECEIPTS AND
EXPENDITURES.
In estimating the probable receipts
for the coming biennial period, have
taken into consideration the probable
increase OF valuation as equallihg and
proportionate to the increase of the
last two years and levy the maxi
mum permitted by law. 1 have not,
however, considered quite as close
collection as probable nor that the
amount from taxes of prior years will
equal the collections Of the past two
years.
ESTIMATES OF RECEIPTS GEN
ERAL FUND.
Balance on hand Jan. l,
19O0. ............ ......1 2I,2IO.l 10
General taxes 1903. ....... AS 1000. 90
Miscellaneous receipts.... 100000
Total for year. r........S 552,275. Is
General taxes, 1904. ...... 400, 700. 90
Miscellaneous receipts.... IS 100000
Total for the two
years. ........ 81 ,l27 ,275. 16
This amount exceeds somewhat the
collections OF the past two years and
in my judgment, represents the high
limit and to quite an extent is de-
pendent upon conditions favorable to
the collection of taxes. 1t should not
under any consideration be exceeded
by your appropriations and if equalled
will necessitate the issuing Of a large
amount of funding warrants to carry
us through the first year Of the
period, that year being called upon
to pay, outside Hof the ordinary ex-
penses, the expenses Of the Legislative
Assembly and usually many special
appropriations.
EXPENDITURES.
Our expenditures are of three
classes.
First. The standing appropriations,
the amounts of which are fixed by
law, such as officers salaries, amounts
allowed for clerk hire and limited
annual appropriations.
Second. The standing appropri
ations, the amounts OF which are
unlimited but depend and are gov
erned by the operation of some law.
Third. The biennial appropriations
Of the Legislative Assembly.
The first class can be accurately
figured, the second quite accurately
estimated and will not vary greatly
from those Of the past two years, and
the third will be governed by what
you may deem the needs Of the vari-
Gus institutions and the miscellaneous
appropriations.
ESTIMATE OF EXPENDITURES.
FIRST CLASS
Salaries of state officers. ...S $1,000
Clerk hire state officers. ..... O.4OO
Judges of district courts.... $4,000
District Veterinarians. go. 12.OOO
Salary adjutant general. 1000
Clerk hire adjutant general. LOCO
Salary public examiner. -. 1000
Salaries deputies public ex-
aminer. .................... 5000
Salary assistant dairy and
food commissioner. ........ 1.2OO
Salary state librarian. $500. LOCO
Salary superintendent state
board of health. ....... 1.SOO
Agent for prevention of cru
city to animals. 1000
Contingent fund. governor. 1000
State library. 1900
Expenses dairy and food COM
missioner .................. 800
Expenses wool market. ..... 400
Travelling and educational Ii
brary. ....................... 2.1OO
Aid to high schools. ........ 5000
Travelling expenses superin-
tonAonf, nnh1ic inSfrnpfiOn I C00