Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1912-02-29
THE EXPENSE OF
RUNNING A STATE
AUDITORS SHOWS THAT EE
COSTS NEARLY $4,000 PER
DAY TO RUN NO. DAK-.

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North Dakota finances are ex-
pended at the rate of $10,971.H a.
day to meet expenses Of the various
departments of state and of the bet
terment of it's educational system.
and the improvement of its various
penal and charitable institutions.
mat showing is made in statement
issued by State Auditor DIX. Bright
bill covering the states expenditures:
during the past year.
To pay this sum of over ten thous--
and dollars day an average Of on+-
ly fraction under thirty-eight checks;
must be written out each day, includ-
ing Sundays and holidays.
In year it cost the state $4,005,-
677.12 to maintain it's financial stand
ing at the point Of perfection, while
13,471 checks were issued through
the auditors department in the same
period.
North Dakota's banking business is;
carried on with total of 503 differ
ent banks, leaving only 2O1
banks in the state that have not,
established relations with the COM
monwealth's treasury
Never, at any time during the
year Of 1911, did the state" balance
on hand'fall under 734,274.14 that
low point being reached on December
/. The greatest balance carried by
the state any day was s1,S77,336.59,
while the average daily balance on
hand was $1,145,746.
During the same period in which
over four millions were spent, the
state had an income of s3,979,755.-
81, but there was balance on
hand at the opening of the year of
$796,067.79, so that the state was
| never "overdrawn.' AT the close
of the year the balance on hand
was approximately $4,000 less
| than it was IL months before.
The sources from which the state
receives its money are varied. One
of these is the twine and cordage
plant at the state penitentiary,
| which earned, on the face Of the
figures compiled, about $4,000, the
income from it being $197,392.32,
| while the cost was $174,209.31.
There was balance in the twine
plant fund at the opening of the year
OF $94, 4,487.46, making the total BAL
ance at the present time $117,670.47-
Hotel inspection is feature that
| is self sustaining and which brings
in but little revenue over that point.
| The department was in fact, los
ing proposition in 1911, but as there,
| was balance on hand at the opening
of the year, the work progressed
without interruption. The income was
only $2,56O, while the expenditures
were s2,794.97.
Fines, penalties and forfeitures,
which ultimately go to the school
funds netted the state $12,124.86,
while interest on bonds netted the
state $26,92346. Practically all 9TH
er cash was raised by direct taxa
tion, with the exception of that COW
cred into the general fund by the
secretary of state, commissioner of
insurance, educational superintend-
ent and other officers.
For educational purposes the COM
mon school fund is the greatest.
The total amount expended for the
common schools was $4,674,s2s.57>
of which amount 1886, 1888 was
raised by district taxation in the city
and rural sections. The state paid
the balance, the money being deriv-,
ed from the interest and income
fund of the state land department,
from appropriations by the legisla-
ture, and from fines and penalties,
To further agricultural interests
the state spent $283,537.7s in the
year, this money being used in the
agricultural college as we'll as in the
many demonstration and experiment
tai farms that are conducted through
out the state.
The several state educational insti-
tutions received cash as follows: Uni
versity, $194,711.31; school Of
mines $13,357.4O; Mayville nor
NAL school, l,$60.367.45; Valley City
normal. $102,323.s1; industrfaR
school, $47,176.19; academy Of scii-
ence, $39.707.93; school Of forestry;.
$11,163.69.
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