The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-21

OF taxation which is four mills for both
together.
Now from where shall the surplus
come with which Pembina shall raise
the price of bran new court house
within two years as the Cavalier BOOM
ers are saying?
As we nave shown, there is no fund
possible from which to take surplus
balances except the bankrupt road and
bridge fund, which under the present
Epressure and demand for bridges from
the people of the county is likely to
remain IN debt almost indefinitely. To
sum up?in order to build that new court
house during the next two years Cava-
lier says that Pembina has to get three
corrupt commissioners, some of whom
are on the present board and Others will
be of those now being selected at the
ensuing eiection-and these will be
confined to getting the surplus suffi-
cient to build new court house from
the bankrupt road and bridge fund
alone. Really if Pembina people can
do that, it would certainly pay the tax
lpayers to let them do it as a financial
proposition.
But there is one more law on this
subject that has never before been
quoted by either party. 1t wasn't
passed in 1903 which is the date of the
law quoted above, but is the latest utter
ance of the very last legislature on this
subject. just read what becomes Of
l"building funds under the provisions of
the latest law even if that fund was
good for anything, which it isn't as a
money raiser. In fact, the above dis
fcussion amounts to almost nothing
except to show how people with q pur-
pose will chase wild goose, because
the following law provides specifically
that even the "building fund.- business
must be voted on before it can be made
available.
CHAPTER 81.
| An act to amend sections 24O5, 2lO7,
A06 and 200 Of the Revised Codes of
the state Of North Dakota for 1905,
relating to the authorization Of Public
EImprovements in counties and providing
for the levying Of taxes to aid in the
constitution Of the same.
Be it enacte& by the legislative as
sembly Of the state of North Dakota:
i g 1. Amandment.] Section 24O6 of
the revised codes Of the state of North
Dakota for 1915 is hereby amended 80
as to read as follows:
s 2405. Board to submit extraordin-
|ary outlay to vote It shall submit to
the people Of the county at any regular
or special election ANY QuEsT1oN ANvoLv.
ING AN EXTRAORDINARY OUTLAY Of money
by the county or any expenditure great
Ier in amount than can be prot ided for
by the annual tax, OR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF ANY COURT HOUSE, JAIL OR OTHER
PUBLIC BUILDING BY ESTABLISHING
BUILDING FUND TO AID IN THE ooNsrRuo.
T1oN oFTHE SAME when the board shall
consider the permanent buildings Of the
county, aforesaid, inadequate for the
needs OF its business and that it is not
to the best interests OF the county to
issue bonds to aid in such construction
OR FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH
BUILDINGS BY ANY OTHER PROCEDURE AS
1s, OR MAY BE PROVIDED By Law.
| A number of other amended sections
Of the law mentioned in the title refer
ring to the same subject, are mostly
directions as to the methods Of voting,
etc. and are all corroborratiye Of the
same idea that any extraordinary ex-
penditure, no matter how otherwise
provided for, must be left to a vote of
the people.
Additional court house laws on page 8.