The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-01-21
DAKOTA BUDGET
TOTALS EXACTLY
S 4,6 5 1,3 9 60 6
More Than Three Million Pared
OFF Original Requests
by Board
CARTOON PRESSES POINT
Commission Adopts ''The Great
American Home" from The
Tribune to Illustrate

The exact amount OF North Dakota S
budget as finally corrected by the
budget board, after pairing almost 49,,
100000 from the requests Of the var
ious institutions, was announced to-
day as $4,GS1 .396.O6. This is more
than 100000 greater than the budget
as it finally went before the assem-
.ly two years ago.
AS Il striking explanation of the
difficulties with which the board has
to contend, the second page Of it's
printed report will carry reproduc.
ton of one OF Alman's cartoons on
The Great American Home 1t is
probably the first time in history that
a serious public document has car
ried syndicated comic as an integral
portion. 1--WE might devote a page
Of close print to explanations and not
get our position over so clearly as we
can do through this cartoon" said
State Auditor Kositzky. Alman's
"Great American Home" is being used
through the courtesy Of the Newspa,
per Enterprise association.
Some Of the Items.
Some of the bigger items which go
to make up this $4.68l 1906, are
Agricultural college, $302.504; aid to
high schools, $l7O,0C0: aid to rural
schools, 1926, 900; feeble.minded insti-
tute, $210,565; hospital for the insane,
$299.415; nth legislative assembly,
$4,000 Minot normal, $1S5, 1874;
state penitentiary, $2S6,2S1; reform
school, s119.760; tuberculosis san
itarium, $179,750; Valley City normal.
y2o0,245.99; state university, $4ol $50;
wolf bounty fund, $4,000. 49,. =.
Special fund appropriations not in
cluded in the general budget comprise
$4,000 for a governors mansion and
new history building; $S6,64S for the
game and fish department; $70,l7o
for the motor vehicle registration de-
partment and $190,8SO for the state
highway commission. The new execu.
tive mansion and history building will
come out Of the capitol building fund
of, $76O,OO0, while the other depart
ments named earn their own fees; -
I, The. budget boards report lists as
the nnexpended nppropr1a.
tion July 1, 1918. of $2,565, ,12S,. .04 and
estimated emergency appropriations
by the 18th legislative assembly OF
= 100, 900; making total .of &,665,'
2S!O4st Tho budget board made q poor
guess as to emergency appropriations
to be made by the 18th legislative as
sembly, as the amount called for IN
four league. bills-providing for Its
state Industrial commission. Bank 'ol
North Dakota, mill aad elevator asso
citation and home building association
aggregate half-million. "and there
are Others
The budget board lists as credits the
1917 tax uncollected July l, 1919, al
ter .deducting five per cent which 1t Is
estimated will not be paid by July l
1919, 1857, 7,699.09; cash on hand IN
the general fund July I. 1918, S265.
173.49; miscellaneous collections. es
timated, $460,C00, and tax levied fo1
1918 to carry on business to July l.
1919, $1,572.235.46. making balance
of $2665, ,l2S.04, which will be about
a half-million short If the legislature
gives the league ill the emergency ap.
preparations It is asking. The budge'
board estimates that miscellaneous
collections for 1921 will be $l,Ol5,
200. INK ..s..........
Among recommendations made are
that the school Of forestry at Bottl
neau be converted into an orphans
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