Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-21
THE STATE
TAX LEVY IS
COMPLETE
TWO AND A HALF MILLS
FOR GENERAL PURPos-
Es LEVIED.
CUT OF $29l,446 MADE
Special Levies and Non.Pre.
ferred Appropriations Get
$45S.544.

$408, ,544.
Tie extraordinary session OF the
board of equalization, which has GOV.
. cred two months, came to close yes.
terday, When the members finally got
the tangle of affairs Strengthened out
and completed their levies: As a re-
suit, they levied tax of 2.5 mills for
general purposes and 1.5 mills for the
speciaI levies and non-preferred ap-
propfiations.
Aad to, Cut Somewhere.
In accordance with the ruling Of the
court, it was necessary for the board
to provide for the expenses in full
for the three coordinate branches OF
government, Legislative, executive and
judicial; also, for the penal institu-
tions, insane hospital the hospital
for the feeble minded and several
other liabilities which the state is
bound to care for. All other appro-
priations outside of these are of sec.
ondary consideration and must share
in the discount, for to increase the
levy over four mills would be ,lnco1-
stidutional and of course inopera-
tive.
Discount 1886 Per Cent.
The levy of Is mills special tax, in
cludiig the wolf bounty, bovine tu-
berculosis glandered horses, educa-
tiOnal institutions, agricultural train.
ing schools and terminal elevator,
sand also the non-preferred appropria-
stiOns, will be insufficient to meet the
full amount Of these claims and will
require reduction of 1886 per cent
from the total Of each item which
would be realized had the levy been
sufficient to meet the full amount ap-
aropriated by the Legislature. The
total st these different items would
agsrel ate the san or $T499, $50, but
this amount must be reduced 1886
per cent, in order to meet the levy
which the, 1.5, mills will produce.
which IS $458,,544. 7
No One to Blame.
Neither the court, the board Of
equalization, nor the administration
is to blame for this condition; it
comes from natural causes, similar
conditions arising in the course Of
any ordinary business. The time has
arrived when public sentiment Is
against the exceeding of the constr
tutional limit for taxation; the state.
and all it's institutions are growing,
and with this condition the expense
naturally increases, but the tendency
has been to be more liberal than the
increase in the states assets would
permit; the legislatures in past years
have caused the diversion of certain
FUNDS which it has been necessary to
replace; the question of the validity
OF the oil inspection fees has caused
the cessation of a vast amount of rev.
enue. Besides these, there are others
which have centered at this time, and
there is nothing to be done but to re.
,'enth. 1t is strictly matter Of re.
trenchment; of hard business figured
cn a hard slate.
Non.Preferred Claims.
Following is the list of non4prefer-
red claims which will have to take
the discount:
worth Dakota Historical So
ciety .s.....s......... S 5000
state Aid High Schools ..... 60,N0v
State Aid Rural and Consol-
idated Schools ............ ss5 900
State Certificate Fund ...... 5000
Various Funds under direc,
tion of Agricultural College 10000
= ubiic Health Laboratory,
St"te University .......... 10000
State University Geological
Survey ,.....,..,. 1000
Board OF immigration ...... 5.OOO|