Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-02-26

he wishes to wipe out the "appar-
ent" deficit.
We note that j l. chooses to Jug
gle our statement in reference TO
illustration we used in our former
article. viz: the north east quarter
section S-96-53 asserting that we
used this quarter section as an aver
age of taxes paid in Turner County
for the past ten years. We would
advise j. L. to at once consult an
oculist or, have some one read our
article Alright for him. We said in
reference to this quarter Using as
an ILLUSTRATION for the past IL
years, averaging all taxes for that
period and comparing said average
with the 1913 tax, we will take the
North East quarter of section 8 Twp.
SO Range 53' wherein we showed
that local taxes County, School and
Township had increased all the way
from % per cent to l02 per cent
while state taxes showed an increase
of 16 per cent and what is more, WE
CAN PROVE OUR FIGURES to the sat-
isfaction of j. L. assuming that he
is intelligent enough to understand
figures.
Now, in reference to Juggling"
figures. j. L. alleges a deficit of
S4l7, ,643. 70 state taxes We e
now asking for further Information;
and quote the following from the
Chairman of the State Tax Com
mission at meeting of County
Auditors at Pierre, to that body,
wherein he says in part:
''You also asked for an estimate of
financial condition of the state at
the close of the fiscal year ending
June Both 1915. Source of income
for year 1915 Q914 tax)
Surplus from year 1914 $l42, ,O57. 90
Miscellaneous receipts. ATS, 100000
Receipts from one mill
levy on all property
making no allowance
for increase over 1918
assessment II. 1876, ,425 90
Amount available for ,ap-
preparations ,S12. 49,. 90
Amount appropriated for
1915. ................. 49,. 1893, 774.OO
Surplus after meeting
all appropriations. ........ Ats, 735. 90
This surplus can be used to retire
the revenue warrants outstanding,
amounting to 1910, 100000 still leav-
ing balance of $1O8, ,638 90"
This does not exactly correspond
with J. l.. s arithmetic; and we are
asking, who is correct-J. L. or the
chairman of the state tax commits
sion-J. l., has deficit of SAT- ,643 733;;
while Mr.. Henry of the tax commits
sion gives US surplus Of $lOS, 735. 90
after all expenses of the state is
taken care of; and retiring the
1870, 600 90 revenue warrants in the
bargain! Who ought to know the
financial condition of the state best,
j. L. or the Tax Commissioner?
In speaking of Deficiencies, j. l.
mentions that among the appropria.
tions of the last legislature were
items aggregating over $93, 900, to
cover deficiencies, created by state
officer of the state administration
in excess of appropriations allowed
by former legislature We are after
further information-We these
claims aegregating $93, 900, just anc
legal claims? If so, should not the
state of South Dakota pay her bills.
If, on the other hand they were moi
just and legal bills. how did they gel
by the so called watch dog Of the
treasury" whom, by the way, we be
lieve is trying to land the nomina
tion for Governor of South Dakota.
At any rate, the legislature evident
ly thought that The claims were jus
and right, and they provided fol
payment of same, and we have n,
reason to believe that the legista
ture was wrong IN so providing
Along this line, j. L. seems yer,
we'll posted. So we are after NOR,
information. How much, deficienc.
was turned over to the Crawford
administration from Elrod's regime
The reason we ask is, j. L. SEEM
! fond of going back to 1906 and cit
ing that $l94 was the state tax OF
each quarter section of land in tn,
state for that year; so we ask, hav,