Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-01-28
WILL EXAMINE
STATE FINANCES
No New Buildings for Education
|. al Institutions Likely

Bismarck, Jan. ia bill has
been introduced in the house (H. 3.
123) relating to the assessment Of
all property at its true value in mon
ey for taxation purposes, as original
ly provided in the constitution Of the
state. This bill requires assessors,
boards of review and Of equalization
to consider all property on the above
true valuation and provides a pen
atty for failure to do 80. Another
bill provides that salaries of any Of
ficers dependent on the assessed val
uation of town or county be not in
creased by reason of the adoption OF
this form Of assessment. This bill
further provides that the bonded
debt limit of any judicial subdivision
OF the state shall not be increased by
reason of the increase in assessed
valuation which would come with tho
assessment of all property at its true
money value.
l.. l.. Twitchell has introduced also
five other bills to provide for the re-
peal Of all OF the appropriations now
made on the fractional mill basis to
educational institutions. for county
agricultural and training schools, for
wolf bounty fund. for bovine tuber-
culosis fund and for glandered horse
fund.-
The idea is to repeal these frac-
tional mill levies and apportion to
each institution and fund its share
I'm an appropriation in specified
amount.
These measures are In line with
recommendations made by Governor
Hanna.
Will Examine State Finances.
In order to make q fair distribu-
ton of the funds Of the state avail
able for expenses Of al kinds. an ex-.
|apination sof the sf,n&ncese. will be
made. both houses agreeing to res
(olution introduced by Representative
Lathrop of Steele county. A COM
mittee of six will examine the condi-
ton Of tho finances. make recon-
|mendatiOns to the house and senate
appropriation committees as to tho
division Of the funds for the various
departments. and for state institu-
tutions.
The senate concurred. in the Lath-
rop resolution, which provides for
a committee of six to 60 into tho
financial condition of the state and
make recommendations to the house
and senate committees on appropria-
tiOns as to the best method Of pro-
cedure in the matter Of providing
revenues and the proper apportion-
ment of the funds among the differ
ent departments and institutions Of
the state.
Thorough Investigation.
This presumes thorough investi-
cation into the educational, penai
and charitable institutions to SEQ
where economies can be practiced.
Special attention will be paid to the
charges of duplication and waste i'm
the administration Of the various
educational institutions.
The personel of this committee in
sures fair and impartial investiga-
ton, as two Of the members are the
.chairmen of the senate and house
committees.
Both the senate and house COM
tnittee on appropriations are to select
from their respective committees
two more members making, In all, a:
committee of six.
The committee is empowered to do
all necessary for a. thorough investi-
CATION.
Owing to the reduction in the levy
to the constitutional limit Of four
mills, there is a considerable short
age in funds and Il is doubtful
whether any of the requests from
educational institseeDs for new
buildings will be allowed.