The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-11-20

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that the auditor ought to be on the
auditing board, but even he may be
removed.
Then. too, the governor, secretary
of state, attorney general, superin-
tendent Of public instruction and
state auditor comprise the board of
university and school lands. Miss
Nelson hasn't got any power any,
power anyway. the governor may re.
main on the job with her, but here is
where the pruning knife again comes
lin.
Then too, LANCER, Hagen and Fra
zier compose the industrial commits
sion which handlessthe bank, mills,
elevators; ETC. LANCER, as a mem
ber of that. is conversant with :too
many of the: deals pending. on
comes his head there. These pro-
vide splendid ways and means of
facilitating" the program.
The withdrawal privilege" of the
hail tax law is scheduled for re-
peal. Too many farmers refused to
pay the state for protection from
hail so the state must make;th farm
er come through. Besides that is the
only way it is possible to raise the
limitation, of $4,000 placed on the
expense account of the hail depart
ment.
The Home Builders law is in for
a dissection. AS it now stands there
is no money avilable to put the
Home Builders law: into effect
There must be an appropriation,
which raises the question Of how in
the name of the sacred point to the
nose Of A. G. T.. can the appropria-
tion be made Bond issue? Well
yes, but how, for the League has
failed to sell the $3,000,000 worth
of bonds alredy placed on the mar
ket, and besides the state is up to
its bond limit anyway.
The governor failed to include in
his proclamation the raising of mon
ey for current state expenses. Money
must be raised, but how? That will
be one of the hardest nuts to crack,
but it will be cracked some way. It
must be. At the present time state
departments are being operated by
the transfer of money from the
school and endowment funds. So
far $2S0,O00 has been transferred
under Section Is of the banking act.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul is al
right, but Pete must be repaid sooner
or later.
The debt limit is fixed and cannot
be changed by the legislature. The
legislature might remain on the Job
for ten months and couldn't bond
for ten cents except to submit bond
issue question to the vote of the
people. Auditor Kositzky, whom
Judge Robinson seems to have taken
under his wing as Second John
the Baptist" and an honest man, re-
fuses to pay these warrants.
AS long as Kositzky is in Office,
every little while he is pretty apt to
refuse to pay warrants. Which calls
to mind another bit of legislation
that is planned to facilitate" mat
ters. Some one else will be author
lied to draw warrants besides the
auditor. Simple little matter Of
slipping over the needed legislation
is all there is to it.
Bishop Lemke some time since
announced the repeal Of the situs
Tax Law. His ideas were later
backed by J. r. Waters and Job
Wells Brinton. The Situs Tax Law
is that particular statute which pro-
vides the attorney general with ways
and means and power of forcing for
eign corporations to pay a mill tax
on the business they do in North
Dakota. The attorney general has
been pounding away at these Mime
sofa, Wisconsin, Illinois and other
corporations which do business of
various kinds in the state and has
uncovered a great share of approx
mately $50.000,000 Of taxable mon
eys and credits. This means q rev.
enue Of about $150,000 a year. Still,
it hits such organizations as the
United States Sisal Trust and be-
sides the state doesn't need that
$150,000 and the business men in
the state may Just as we'll pay it.
His taxes are being boosted so high
anyway that a little more or less
won't hurt him.
The repeal of the law which Great.
ed the state license department is
another bit of special legislation
which must be put through by the
Socialist leaders whose toes have
i, 'haan mad IN This dona ri ant