The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-03-01


bines being formed by legislators dis
appointed in the proposed apportion
ment of state cash for the comm
two years.
The joint appropriations committees
have reduced the general fund tota
of expenditure more than 100000 be
low estimates allowed by the STATE
board of finance in passing upon re
QUESTIONS submitted by the heads o.
state institutions.
$6.5oo,ooo is Probable Budget.
The total of the latter estimates
as allowed by the board of finance
came to s7,237.s44. which woulC
bring the actual budget this sessio.
to $6,637,944. and the probable tota
will be s6.50O,O0O, which would stL
leave the general fund expenditure
for the coming biennium about $500,
900 above that of the session of 1917
If this proves to be the case the nee
essary increase of general fund taxa
ton will be about IS mill.
That most of the new buildings
state institutions planned for tn.
csrling two years on the strength
appropriations asked will be elimin
ated by this reduction is PRACTICAL,
admitted.
No Increase in MilIage Tax Likel,
From present prospects increase
in millage tax not included in tn,
general budget have a dark futu-
for this session. Two of these al
he one-tenth mill levy asked for III
ew normal school at Centralia an
one-fifth mill levy proposed by Il.
Thurston county delegation for tn
creation of capitol building fund
the state to be repaid gradually a.
state capitol lands are sold.
That the military levy can be raised
above three-tenths of a mill, the gov
ernor's maximum, is also regarded as
extremely doubtful and the levy for
education expense has been agreed
upon at one and fifty-five hundredths
of a mill, where educational interests
demand one and ninety-one- hun
dredths.
Will Not Fix Tax Valuation.
Further prospect of tax valuation
being fixed at so per cent for the
state by this legislature was probably
ended when the senate indefinitely
postponed H. B. Ill, which had been
sent back under refusal by the
house to accept a senate amendment
reducing the assessment limit to A.
ton by the senate will weather any
motion for reconsideration that can
be organized
Senate bills passed by the senate
include provisions to give county
game commissions control of their
own finances, creating a game pre-
serve in Okanogan county of $4,000
acres for mountain sheep. providing
British Columbia sets aside a similar
adjoining reserve; authorizing issu-
ance of nonresident fishing licenses
for so days at 50; organization of dis
tricts for clearing logged-off lands by
issuing bonds not to exceed s250,000,
and two drainage district regulations
in s. B. 1913 and 226.
Auto Licenses Are Fixed.
The house passed II. b. 271, which
makes additional automobile regula.
ions and fixes new scale of license
'ees running from $3.50 on motorcycles
and S. for automobiles under rs
horsepower to $3.50 for seven-ton
motor trucks. On passenger cars the
proposed rates is $3.50 for cars up to
40 horsepower and $40 for all over
lsat ro~nr -.ting 1t is understood
that automobile men generally are
not seriously contesting the proposed
charges.
The house also passed bills to regu-
late chiropractice. osteopathy, reguia'
tons for creating state district re-
ports on vital statistics and two bills
which prevent cities from refundins
balances accruing in local improve
ment funds from payment of interest
and penalties.
Precedent Established.
Establishing a precedent, the Wash
ington legislature held q session on