The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1921-01-06
JUSTICE ASKS
REPEAL IF LAWS

Aala AIaA 81 AAHD
Addressing himse7 8, the state leg
islatu.e Justice J. s Robinson of the
North Dakota sup % le court advises
TIE ,epeal with + exceptions of all
'tax laws passed 81 the last three
yeas, asserting Stat it is time to
throw off the q 4evous burdens of
taxation and ~ break every yoke
and ?es the oppressed go Free"
Juat;ce Robinson says "every tax
levied by the state and all of its
political subdivisions should be cut
by ct least half" He would repeal
the highway commission law and
the motor vehicle registration act;
he would fix the rates which the
state workmen's compensation bu-
reau would levy; he would exempt
all incomes up to $4,000 year from
taxation.
Justice Robinson's letter follows:
"ln accordance with my best judg-
ment, beg leave to advise you that
with some few exceptions, all the tax
laws Of the past three years should
be repealed. So far as it is possible
it is high time to throw off the
grievous burdens of taxation, to
break every yoke and let the op-
pressed go free. It is time to reduce
by so percent all the assessments,
appropriations and tax levies. The
tax burdens have become grievous
and wholly inexcusable. Boards and
boards, bureaus and bureaus have
been created for the doing of this
and that, and in every case the over
head expenses have been ruinous and
enormous. In the public service and
in the expenditure of public money
there is neither common business ef-
ticiencY nor economy. One remedy is
to cut down the assessments, ap-
propriations, to reduce the number
of boards and bureaus and to limit
the expenses.
"Here is the short title to some
acts commended for passage:
81. An act to provide for the or
panization of each state industry
under a corporate control, with pub
lie capital and private capital, public
directors and private directors, so it
NAV be truly efficient and not IN any
way political factor. !,
:'2. An act to reduce all assessed
valuations for 1920 and to base all
tax levies on the reduced valuations.
go. An act to repeal the highway
commission and motor vehicle acts:
CHAPTER 131, Laws 1917; Chapter 14l,
Laws 1919; Chapter 1872, Laws 1919;
Chapter Al, Special Session, 1919,
and all acts imposing a motor We
hicle tax; and in lieu thereof, to
subject such vehicles to assessment
and taxation the same as other per-
sonal property. 1>. -, -
"a. An act to amend the work
mems compensation or insurance
act by classifying hazardous en-
ployments and fixing the lnurance
rates on the same and limiting the
expenses of the bureau.
IS. An act to provide the manner
Of conducting industrial enterprises
hv cities and counties in accordance
with the recent constitutional amend
ment permitting the state and any city
and county to engage in any industrial
enterprise or business.
&c. An act to repeal Chapter o,
Laws 1919, being an act for the IL
censing and inspection Of poolhallss,
theoters. ETC.. and to permit each
citv and village to provide by ordl-
nance for the inspection and hcen-
sing. -. w. ;,con,o
tax statute-Chapter 224, Laws 1919
Except so far as the same relates
to net incomes in excess Of $4,000 a
g. An act to limit the inherit
ance tax imposed by Chapter 225,
Laws 1919, to uniform rate OF one
20. An act to repeal so much OF
CHAPTER SO, Laws 1919, as imposed on
attorneys-at-law special tax OF $1o
10. An act to reduce and limit
the annual appropriations for the
university, the agricultural college
and the normal schools, and to au-
thorize the same to charge each
student reasonable tuition fee.
al. An act to repeal Chapter 2l9
Laws of 1919, creating the Office OF
tax supervisors. -.
""12. An act to reduce, simplify
and limit the work and the expense
of the tax commissioners office, and
to repeal all Section 5, Chapter 2l3
Laws 1919, the tax commissioner
act.
"The tax supervisors and tax COM
missioner have been too well dis
posed to magnify the duties of theil
office by increasing the assessments
and tax burdens. The present system
of taxation is ruinous. The state car
i'll afford to continue it."
THE FOXES"
ARE SH0WERED