The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-02-19
CLAIMS LEVY WILL
WIPE OUT ALL OF
THE STATE DEBT
Chairman of Tax Com
mission Makes State
ANSWERS CHARGE
Financial Statement Is Fea-
ture of Annual Meeting
of County Auditors.
ANSWERS CHARGE

Pierre, S. D.--The meeting of tho
county auditors, while no longer re-
Cuired by law, was as we'll attended
this year as in former years, hut
counties failing to send their auuit-
ors. Those present being. Auditors,
Erland Johnson. Aurora; A. c. Ack-
orman, Beadle: f.. c.. Bettilyoun,
Bennett; G. +. Stoddard, Bon Hom-
me; +. II. Ripley, Brookings; j. j.
Roberts, Brown j. +. Mack, Brule;
-. ii. Alternately, Buffalo; +. e.
Bennett, Butte; Deputy Frank Sch
iber Campbell; j. r. Olson, Clay =;
j. c. Miller, Codington; Ralph E.
Smith, Corson; II. A. Zangle. Davi-
son: Chris Grue, Day; A. l.. Larson.
deuel.; A. l.. Putnam, Dewey; c. f.
Mayer, Edmunds; Geo. NJ. lImaler,
lIdmunds; VI. Il. Hall Faulk; w. S.
Nixon, Grant; Guy Olson, lIamiin ID.
i. Lewis. Hand; w. A. Caldwell,
llanson; w. Il. Gardner, Harding; j.
II. Stickney, Hughes; f. w. Eisen-
berry, Hutchinson: W. NJ Look, Kings
bury; NJ. ID. McGillivary, Lake; T. q.
rorferson, Lincoln: f. c. Leggett
Lyman; A. e. Aecklin, McCook; j.
Il. Wittmayer. Mcpherson: Carl Mo-
Inn, Marshall; Bert Burton. Meade:
+. j. Cummings, Mellette; Fl. H.
lowe, Minnehaha G.. a. Chorpenins
Noody; j, II. Hopkins, Pennington
IL, p Benjamin, Perkins; T.. b. Toom
John Kingsberry. Sanborn; II. r.
Jas L. ODonnell. Sully: Y. +. Wells
NJ
Edward Holden, Union; A. A. Tay-
lor, Walworth; Julius Engle, Yank-
ton: G. f. Richardson, Ziebac!l
Miner county was represented by
States Attorney c. c. Caldwell, who
is candidate for attorney-general
The afternoon session was taken
up in discussion of the details of as
sessment work, especially in regart
TO horse assessments on which there
was considerable complaint from
west river counties.
Frank Cock, secretary of the state
live stock board appeared and asked
that the auditors would use their ef
forts to have assessors collect sta
tstics as TO number and value o
hogs which died the past year from
hog cholera, that proper data coult
be secured for asking legislative re
lief from the next session.
Henly's Statement.
Chairman Henry of the board tool
up the statement that the board die
not make n sufficient levy to NEE
appropriations, and gave to the au
ditors the following itemiZed state
ment:
"rhe total appropriations made b.
the 1913 session for the biennial per
iod ending June 30th, 1915, tw
years, was:
AMOUNT available during
1914 .......... S2,149,66
Amount available during
1915 ... 1888, 4
Total S3.4S3,4 1
Sources OF income OF state I
apply on appropriations are as fol
lows:
Surplus funds on hand in Genera
fund, at the end of fiscal year u .
Miscellaneous receipts -.
Direct tax ........
Amount paid prior to July
LIST, 1913, as shown by
records in State Audi
tors Office .........S go. -,
balance to be provided for ], l9,29
Balance on hand to credit
of general fund, July l.
1913, as shown by state
treasurer's report 3S5,9.
Receipts from Miscellan-
eous sources, for the
year ending June so,
1913, as shown by state
ou6itOr's rnnOrt j q. ut
1.-The income from miscellaneo1
receipts has been increased fro
$4,000 to $4,000, during the la
few years but in making an estima
of income. we did not consider al
increase for this year.
The total valuation OF
all properey in the
state is 1,195,425
A one mill levy on
same will produce. 1,l95,4
"A summary income from
sources available for the 1914 a
preparations are as follows:
Amounts paid prior to July
1st, 1913 ......... IS 21O,3
Balance on hand in gener-
al fund ooo'o
Miscellaneous receipts tes
timated) ........... 44o,o
One mil! tax on all pro-
perty l,l9e'f
Making at total Of s2,291,7 4
Less appropriations for
1914 ............ 2,l49,o
Surplus ,........S l42.o
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