Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-03-22
BOARD MAY RAISE
STATE VALUATION
INCREASE OF TWENTY PER
CENT IS CONSIDERED TO GET
ADDITIONAL REVENUES.
D0'NGS AT THE CAPITOL
What 10 Transplrlng In the Different
Departments Where the Affairs Of
State Government Are
Administered.
oo'Nes At THE CAPITOL


Administered.
Bismarck
The state board of equalization
held meeting here to consider the
advisabiltty Of increasing the assessed
valuation Of the state 20 per cent In
order to raise 100000 additional reve.
nues demanded by the appropriations
OF the recent legislative assembly,
governor Frazier. originally against
the increase is now said to be waiver
ing IN view Of the fact that unless
the assessed valuation goes up, many
worthy projects, notably new build.
ings at all educational institutions.
must suffer.
Many Acres Added.
more than quarter million of new
lands were added to North Dakotas
tax rolls in 1916, according to reports
which State Auditor Kositzky has
Just received from the various federal
land districts in the state.
Dunn county. with 31,S1s new acres.
leads the list, with Billings, whose
contribution is S1,475, a close second.
Others which did we'll are Morton,
with 25,63O acres; Mountrail, 2O,715;
Mckenzie. 20,466; Golden Valley, 20.
728; Slope. 1916; Bowman, ll,671;
Mclean, 1929, and Mercer, 9,669.
Other increased acreages range
from 80 in Barnes to S,476 in Stark.
The actual aggregate Of all new
lands patented in 1916 is 254,S52.
which is quite a fair-sized chunk.
Must Slash State Budget.
A cut of at least half-million In
the aggregate appropriations called
for by bills which passed the Fifteenth
assembly Is necessary, states Gov.
Frazier. The budget total for the Fiji
teenth assembly was $4,S65, 900. After
deducting the 100000 that was appro.
prtated for the terminal elevator.
which the governor vetoed, there re-.
mains $565,000 in excess of all posi-.
BILE revenues from taxes and other
sources. The governor states fatty
that he will approve no appropriations
In excess of the amount which can bs
raised on the present assessed yalua-
ton.
AS a result, there is some fear for
the Dickinson normal appropriation of
$4,000; the appropriation of $4,000
for the second hospital for the insane.
to be located at Rugby, and large
number of other new items which
were passed by the last legislature.
National Guard Pension Bill Sioned
Governor Frazier has signed senate
bill 1924, appropriating $4,000 for
pensfoning the national guard mem.
bers who were stationed on the Dor.
der. The bill provides for pension
OF ten dollars per month for each
months service on the border. The
soldier guardsman must make appli.
cation for the pension. This will
give each of the enlisted men about
SIS for their services available July
first.
Bank Guarantee Act a Law.
The senate bank guaranty act, un.
dertaking to guarantee deposits in
North Dakota banks, is law, Gov.
ernor Frazier having signed the bill,
which carried an emergency clause.
The original bill, introduced by Sena-
tor Drown as Senate Bill 217, was
much amended in committee, and as
it goes on the statute books it repre-.
sents the ideas of prominent bankers
as we'll as statesmen on this particu-
lar subject. Much is expected from
the bank guaranty law in the way of
Increased foreign denosfts
New Auto License Law.
Governor Frazier has signed house
bill 67. providing for the registration
of motor vehicles, making the mini
mum fee six dollars and appropriate
ing two-thirds of the funds SO re-
ceived for state highway purposes
and one-third for county road work.
Thomas Chosen Assistant.
State Engineer Jay w. Bliss has
filed with the secretary of state the
appointment of p. w. Thomas, for
several months assistant county and
city engineer at Bismarck, to be as.
sistant state engineer.
Deputy Examiners Named.
State Bank Examiner Waters has
announced the appointment of E. A.
Thorberg Of Mandan to be chief dep.
uty and Frank Buxton to be deputy
for the Fargo district.
Rafferty, 10 Appointed.
Governor Frazier has appointed DR..
w. H. Rafferty, of Lakota member
of the state board of chiropractic ex-
aminers.-
| Money In School Funds.
In round numbers $1,50O,000 is
available in the states university
and school funds, after paying 1884,.
700 due the seven institutions for
higher education in appropriations
due since July /, 1916. The state
treasury doesn't look at all depleted,
although in the general fund thers
was only $4,000 a few days ago
Since that date Cass county has come
in with $4,000 tax money, and three
other counties have reported $25,O00