The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-12-29

bismarck, an. u, dec. G5~- J. ne leS~
lslature of 1901 provided what is
known in North Dakota as the one mill
tax, or the educational institution
tax" sectiop chapter 156, session
For ~ Lufpose Of providing for
the maj .effance of the state university
and senool of mines at Grand Forks;
the Agricultural college at Fargo; the
state normal school at Valley City; the
state normal school at Mayville; the
deaf and dumb asylum at Devils Lake,
and the school of forestry, as part
Of the public school system Of this
state, there is hereby levied upon all
taxable property in the state, real and
personal, an annual tax OF one mill
on each dollar of the assessed valua
ton Of such property in each and
every year hereafter"
Section moneys, how appropri
ated. The moneys arising from the
taxes hereinbefore levied are hereby
appropriated for the maintenance of
the state university and school Of
mines at Grand Forks; the agricul-
tural college at Fargo; the state nor
NAL school at Valley City; the state
normal school at Mayville; the deaf
and dumb asylum at Devils Lake, and
the school Of forestry, the same to be
paid monthly to the board of trustees
of the several institutions herein men
| toned, and in proportion as herein
provided, upon vouchers of the said
board, signed by their respective presi-
dents, and to be expended by the sew
n,-In In tn hn
establishment and maintenance of said
institutions hereinbefore mentioned"
According to the laws of 1901 the
one mill tax levied by law was to be
divided among the several institutions
mentioned, as follows:
University and school OF mines,
| Grand Forks, 40-100 mill
Agricultural college, Fargo, 2o-1OO
mill.
Valley City Normal school, Valley
City, 12-100 mill
Mayville Normal school. Mayville,
12-100 mill.
School for deaf and dumb. Devils
Lake, 13-1O0 mill.
School of forestry, Bottineau, S-1OO
mill.
| The session laws of 1901 were
amended by chapter lot. session laws
| OF 1907, so that the industrial school
at Glendale and the academy of sci
ence at Wahpeton were added to the
list of state institutions to derive bene-
fits from the one mill tax, and the
apportionment was changed as fol-
| lows:
University and school of mines
Grand Forks, 3S-100 mill.
Agricultural college, Fargo. 2o-1oC
mill e4
I Valley City Normal school. Valley
City, 15-1O0 mill
Mayville Normal school, Mayville
1900 mill.
School for deaf and dumb, Devil.
Lake, 500 mill
School of forestry, Bottineau, 2-1ot
mill
Academy of science, wahpeton, 4.
100 mills.
Industrial school. Glendale 7-1ot
mills.
Hence. at the present time there
are eight institutions receiving bene,
fit from the one mill tax instead o
six as originally provided for in thu
law. 1t is hard to tell in what man
ner it was decided to place the TIVE
latter on the list, and by what meani
the apportionment was decided up
on.
The law provides that this money
shall be for the maintenance of 'tht
institution" In looking over the ap
propriations of the legislature the fac
is disclosed that in many cases thu
appropriations have included in tn,
list the item of maintenance
Therefore the question arises, "Wh!
have a one mill tax to provide main
tenance for certain state institution
unless it entirely relieves the legisla
tive assembly of the trouble of de
Gliding upon an appropriation for sucl
institutions for the same thing tina
is supposed to be provided for by tn
one mill tax?
As stated in the law. this amount i
paid over to the institution treasurer
monthly, in bulk sum, without othe
voucher than a receipt for the money
In other words, this money Is MONTH,
handed to the several institutions &C