Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-01

c~hautaugua next June. He states that
great preparations have been made TO
give one of the best programs ever at.
tempted the coming summed.
Property Exempt From Taxation.
There has been considerable inter-
est manifested in S. B. %, which was
introduced by Senator Talcott, and
which will become q law on July l..
There was no emergency clause at
tached. The bill read to amend ses-
sion laws OF 1911 and as a matter of
fact it is a change back to the law
as it stands in the code at the present
time. The personal property exemp-
ton has been placed back at $50,
where it has been so for the past two
years. Sections !, 2, 3, 4. ) are prac-
tically unchanged. Section 6 makes
it plain that dormitories and boarding
halls in educational institutions must
not be operated for a profit ii they
wish to be exempt, section Z remains
unchanged and 8 is the same, with
the exception that properties of soror-
tiles, fraternities or organizations Of
college students.
Following is the bill given in full:
Chapter = S. B., no. 23-Ta,cott-
property Exempt From Taxation-An'
Act to Amend Chapter 290 of the
Laws of 1911. Relating to Property Ex-
empt From Taxation.
Be it Enacted by the Legislative
Assembly Of the State OF North Da-
kota:
Section /. Observation-Disclosures
290 of the Laws of 1911, is hereby
amended TO read' as follows:
Section 1884! Property Exempt
from Taxation.-All property describ-
ed in this section. to the extent here
in limited shall be exempt from tax
alton, that is to say:
/. All public school houses, acade-
mics, colleges, institutions Of learn
ing, with the" books and furniture
therein, and the grounds attached to
such buildingS1 necessary for their
proper OCCUPANCY. use and enjoyment,
not to exceed forty acres in area, and
not leased or otherwise used with a
view to profit; also all houses used X
lusively for public worship and the
lots and parts of lots upon which such
houses are erected. 81, ~,.
2. All land used exclusively for
burying grounds Or cemeteries.
3. All property, whether real or
personal, belonging exclusively to the
state or to the United States.
4. All buildings belonging to the
counties, used in holding courts, for
jails, for county Offices, with the
ground, not exceeding in any county
ten acres, on which buildings are
erected.
5. All land, houses and other build
ings belonging to any county, town
ship or town, used exclusively for the
accommodation or supprot of the poor.
6. All buildings and contents there
OF, belonging. to, institutions of public
charity, including public hospitals un-
der the control of religious or chart.
table societies, used wholly or in part
for public charity, together with the
land actually occupied by such insti-
tuition, lot leased or otherwise used
with a view to profit; and all moneys
and credit appropriated solely to sus.
tanning and belonging exclusively to
such institutions; also all d%ormitories
and boarding halls, including the, land
upon which they are situated, owned
and managed by a religious corpora
ton for educational and charitable
purpose for the use of students in
attendance upon the state educational
institutions; provided, that such dor
mitories and boarding halls be not
managed or used for the purpose of
making a profit over and above the
costs of maintenance and operation.
!. All properties belonging to
ties and to municipal ,corporations
that are used for public purposes.
8. Personal property of each indi.
vidual subject to taxation, to the
amount Of fifty dollars.
8. The personal and real property
owned by charitable associations
known as posts, lodges, chapters.
councils, Communicates, consistories,
and like organizations and associa.
lions not organized for profit, grand
or subordinate. and used by them for
places of meeting, and to conduct
their business and ceremonies; pro
vided, however, that such property is
used exclusively for such charitable
purposes; provided, further, all per
sonal and real property owned by any
fraternity, sorority o organization Of
college students.
10. The real.and personal property
of any agricultural fair association,
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