Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-25

clothing. 1t should have done so.
Every prisoner, when he goes ont
from the penitentiary receives money
for his railroad fare to the town he
was sentenced from and also receives
a full set of clothing, from top to
bottom, and in the winter. overcoat,
o%vershoes and gloves, and the aver
age cost is for each man about Slo
Now this gift of clothing applies to
"a ma in. for six months for "5OOt'
Logging" as well as to the man WHO
is in for 20 years., and such a large
increase in the number Of prisoners,
and especially short term men, has
caused a very large increase in the
expense Of the penitentiary. We can
not close the penitentiary, nor can
I'VE continue it unless we can get the
money to pay the expense, and 1t
it did for 179.
Other Expenses.
Second. Transportation of con.
conv:cts to the penitentiary.
The reason for a large increase in
this expenditure is, as stated above,
because OF the large increase in the
number of convicts under the new
law.
Third. Maintenance of State Capt.
tol.
Governor Burke in his Message to
the Legislature in 1913, recommended
an increase in the appropriation to
maintain the capitol, but no relief was
given. The capitol must be cared for
or the officers and clerks cannot do
their work. No unnecessary expense
has been incurred. but on the other
hand, every economy possible has
been practiced and expense kept as
low as possible.
Fourth. Public Printing.
The appropriation for the two-year
period is $4,000. OF this amount the
legislature of 1913 in go days used
$4S, 900, and the. new Codes cost
Sc, 900, and printing the Constitutions
al Amendments cost about $4,000,
making a total in these three items
of $50, 600 to "be taken from an APP
preparation of $4,000, leaving only
$4,000 to do all of the state printing
for two years and the state cannot
do its printing for any such sum as
the amount left. -
Legislature Passed It Out.
! sNeither the governor o the state
officers can pay money out o the
state treasury except as the people
pay money into it. Appropriations
have been made in excess Of the rev.
enues of the state and the legisla'
ture has taken by special %so-callen
mill levics 50 per cent Of tee total
tax levy that a be made nnd"r the
Constitution of the state. Trouble
arises from the fact that each msti-
tuticn only takes intO consideration
is own special needs, While the state
administrative officers are forced to
lock at the situation from a broader
and unparalleled viewpoint in CON
Side ing not only the needs Of each
Estate institution, but every branch OF
the state government, as W.
Schools Should Economic.
II the educational institutions
would practices economy, wonll stop
the duplication of wc-k and wnHld
q. mlI.ate from their &C L SOS some Of
she subjects which arc not aecesssr'
iv ...eatials. tEen ohey could easily
y slong and1Seep our of debt on mo
W.. large i. comes W.T. they now
Ekrr. rIH.n:e who HI e : n 'Ts
.r., er con- 4 eratior and thought
Cow that this is true We #%''''.t le
is, we are apt to forget that the ed
ncational and other institutions be
long to the state and not to the par
Ocular town where it may be located
Too many of us are interested in a
local institution Sonly from the view
point of what it maysdo for us or our
home city in a personal aad finan'
cial way, and not from the broad view
point as. to. its. cost and benefits to
the people Of the Whole state. There
would be little or no duplication Of
work in the many educational insti
tntions were it not for the fact tina,
institutions wish to show a big gain
in students and to get ahead of some
rival school, and the towns where the
institutions are located are anxiou:
to see an increase OF students be
cause that means increased bust
ness.
Under the ruling of the court, ii
was found that the preferred claims
against the state for the judicial, leg
~islative and executive bran1hes OF
the government, and for the state
hospital for the insane, the peniten
| tiary and home for the feeble mind
Ell will amount in 1915 to $l,361,
473.42. To pay this will require, il
addition to the receipts from Miscel
laneous Collections and cash on hand
a levy of 2 - mills on the dollar o.
assessed valuation. The n%on.prefer
red claims are as follows for 1915:
NonsPreferred Claims.
North Dakota Historical So
& ciety o,UVt
State Aid High Schools ..... 10000
State Aid Rural. and Consoli-
dated schools ..s....... $4,000
! State Certificate Fund ...... 5000
Various Funds under direction
of Agricultural College 73,50(
Public Health Laboratory,
State University .......... 10000
State University Geological
y Survey I,ou'
Board of immigration $500. 5.OOt
Teachers Institutes ......... 5,00(
Farmers Institutes ......... 6,00t
North Dakota State Fairs ,3,o0'
Domestic Science and Manual
Training schools "a. CO.. 10000
Florence GritteIden Home !. 800
Missouri Slope fair Associa.
o 1900. z,'V'
State Aid Fireme1s Associa-