The Tomahawk., 1916-03-16
MONEYS COLLECTED BY STATE,
AVAILABLE AUGUST !, ATTOR-
NEY GENERAL RULES.
EVENTS AT STATE CAPITOL
Interesting and Important happenings
OF the Past Few Days Selected
and Arrange for the Conven-
fence Of Busy Readers.
St. Paul.

| ending with that date will be available
for state road and bridge purposes. A
ruling to this effect has just been
made by Attorney General Smith. De-
| auctions are to be made for expenses
| incurred by the department, which is
| in charge of the secretary of state. Mr..
| Schmah, said that he thought the earn
ings of his department by next August
would be between 100000 and $780,
900. Beginning January l, 1917, the
cost of automobile licenses will be in
creased to SIS each and the revenue in
consequence will be many times great
| err.
Automobile registration in Mime
sofa is more than $4,000. Tags have
been ordered with numbers running
to the 100000 mark, and Mr.Schmahl
expects that the figure will be reached
in a few weeks. Numerous requests
have already been made for license
No. 100000 and requests are also in
for license No. 99,999.
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Reports High Fire Loss Ratio.
Minnesota citizens paid for fire in
surancc in 1915 the sum of $8,324,-
$500. The companies in the same
period paid them $4,90S, 1914, the lat
ter figure representing the aggregate
of adjusted losses. The figures are in
an official statement by Samuel d.
Works, state insurance companies
which collected S7,648,000 in premiums
sents a fire loss ratio OF 1912 per cent,
the highest since 1911, when the loss
ratio was 81 per cent.
Mr.. Works said there had been
reduction in cost of insurance, which
he hoped would be further reduced
the coming year as the result OF his
order placing rates in the state on a
basis. The average premium rate in
1915 was $1.25 a 500 of insurance,
compared with $1.3O in 1914.
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Certifies School Allotment.
C. G. Schulz, state superintendent OF
education, has certified to the state
auditor the March apportionment of
the current school fund, amounting to
1886, 1862 10 and derived from the mill
state tax and partly from the interest
on the permanent school fund. The
average total enrolment of the state
schools is 421 1897, and the March dis
tribution allows the districts $2.1O for
each pupil, compared with $685. allow
ed in the April .pportionment Hen
nepin county, with 54,4S6 pupils. leads
with an allotment of $114,420; st.
Louis county, with 34,02S, will get ST..
45S, and Ramsey county, with 3O,621
pupils, receives $64,304.
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Would Improve Girls Home.
The state board of control has decid'
ed to ask the next state legislature
for money to build two additional cot
tages and a central heating plant at
the Home School for Girls, Sank Cen.
ter. The decision followed a special
visit of inspection to the school by
the entire board. The board placed
q girls on parole, making 1OS in all
now out on parole, with 1913 left in tho
institution.
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'Phone Companies Delinquent.
There are 25S Minnesota telephone
companies delinquent, out of about
1000 in the state, in paying their 1915
gross earnings taxes. A. G. GOoding
state treasurer has attached the 10
per cent penalty required by law to
the unpaid taxes, which range in
| fc t0
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Smith Receives Complaints.
Many complaints alleging violations
of the liquor laws are being received
| by Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith
| who says that it will require his en-
tire staff to follow them up. Il am
writing in answer to all complaints"
said Mr. Smith, that am willing tc
give assistance
| Final Hearing On Lake Level.
Word has been received by 7. 4. o.
Preus, state auditor. that the inter
national joint. boundary commission
| will hold final hearings in Washington,
beginning ASril 4. The commission
has been conducting hearings regard.
| ing proposed levels of the Lake Of
| the Woods.
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May Raise az" Fees. 4
It's going to cost student $40 moro
| yearly to 60 work in the universities
| academic college if the Board of Re-
| gents authorizes an increase in fees.
| Heavy increase in enrolment out OF
proportion to the increase in size Of
the teaching body has led to fee rails.
| in project. The amount suggested is
| SIS each semester which, for total OF
about 900 students, would bring in
about $4,000 year. Dean Johnston
of the college has prepared a state.
ment of the situation in Justification
OF the proposed fee raising