The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-10

wishes of the people SO emphatically
expressed at the primaries by turn
Ing the governor down. The record
made during Mr.. Sarles' first term is
/. N enviable one. Notwithstanding the
Payment of $45S,O00 of extraordinary
expenses during the years 1905 and
1906, up to July / of the latter year,
the books of the state auditors office
show a balance of $20AO00 in the gen.
eral fund of the state at the beginning
of the fiscal year July 1. During the
recent primary campaign in the state
1t was charged that the administra-
tion was in bad way financially and
that the general fund was depleted.
This charge is met with the above
statement, that the present admins
tration has had to meet extraordinary
expenses to the sum above stated and
in addition to paying these expenses
and the current running expenses of
the state up to date has more than
100000 left in the general fund. The
only receipts by the state aside from
the tax payments and ordinary reve-
nues were from the sale of $150,000 of
bonds, to take care of $154,000 appro-
priated to pay deficiency building ap-
prOpriations for the state institutions
which were contracted under previous
administrations. so that the net
amount of extraordinary expenses paid
by the administration is $308,000 This
is showing of which the administra-
ton feels Justly proud and is one of
the reasons advanced by the support
ers of Governor E. Y. Sarles why he
is entitled to denomination. In ad-
dition to the satisfactory business
record of the administration, as above
indicated, new, systems of auditing
have been adopted by the governor
All bills of expense from any source
are accompanied with sub-vouchers, so
that there is a complete check upon
all expense accounts coming to the
state for payment. This means a saw
ing of many thousands of dollars every
year to the state.
The appropriations of the legisla-
ture two years ago included extraor-
dinary expenses of several hundred
thousand dollars for new buildings at
state institutions rendered necessary
by the rapid growth of these institu-
tions. In addition to these expenses,
large sums of Indebtedness had been
contracted by previous administrations
for additional buildings, in the ex-
pectation that bonds could be issued
to meet them. These bonds were de-
clared invalid by the supreme court
and it was necessary for the sums to
be paid from the ordinary revenues.
OF these deficiency appropriations, the
payments made are as follows:
State University, Grand Forks. $685. 900
Agricultural College, Fargo. 10000
Normal School, Valley City,. $4,000
Deaf School. Devils Lake. ...... $4,000
The following extraordinary appro-
priations for buildings and improve
ments made by the last legislature
have also been paid:
Feeble Minded institution. $4,000
Buildings, Hospital for Insane. $4,000
Buildings, State Penftentiary. 10000
Normal School, Valley City,. ;. 42,695
Normal School, Mayville. ....... $1,000
Blind Asylum. 1000
Agricultural College. ............ $4,000
> On July 1, 1904, the balance in the
general fund was $2S9, ,769.42. On July
1, 1906, after the payment of net ex-
traordinary expenses of $30S,000 as
above shown, the balance is over $780,
900.
On July /, 1904, the total of all cash
on hand by the state was $743. .602.29
On July 1, 1906, the total of all cash
on hand is $1,305, ,290.29, an increase of
nearly 100000.