Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-26
Several Departments OF State
Close Run Because OF Nom
payment OF Taxes; Gov
ernor Nestos To Issue A
Strong Appeal In A Few
Days To State Taxpayers.
lBy staff Correspondent J


lBy Staff Corespondent.)
Bismarck, n. D., Nov. 26.-On ac-
count of the depleted condition OF the
state treasury Governor r. A. Ncstos
will in a few days issue a strong ap-
peal to all taxpayers of the state who
are at all financially able to do SO to
pay UP their taxes before the annual
tax sale which is to be held Decem-
ber 13 .a T. 81
Both the state and its sub divisions.
school districts. etc. are urgently in
need of funds the governor points out
and investigation of the condition OF
the various state funds as shown in
the records of State Treasurer Johu
Steen confirms this view.
Drafts Are Large.
Take for example the general fund
from which the ordinary running ex-
lenses of the state are paid. On No
vember 23, when the new administra-
ton came into Office the balance re-
naming in this fund was $1.371, Tax
receipts not yet apportioned will add
about 100000 to this fund on De-
cember 1. but the drafts drawn
against this fund will just about wips
out both the balance and the addi-
tional receipts for this month at the
rate the latter are at present coming
in.
Other funds are in the same cond;-
ton. The permanent school iund
contains only $32,1ss. The perma-
nent fund Of the state university now
has a balance of only $S90.40 and
NJ hn Stat 10
at fargo one of $4,4O9. t
In Worst Condition.
| OF the special funds, that of the
state license department is in the
worst shape. On November 23 the
balance in this fund amounted to
$1,626. and there are unpaid current
| bills amounting to over 5000 to be
! met. 1t is probable that some of
these bills will have to go unpaid until
1922, as the receipts for this fund
will be small until next June.
The Real Estate Bond payment
fund presents a serious problem. At
! present there Is in this fund $2e, ,6S5.
There will be few additions between
now and January /. but on January
Interest," must be paid on some $2,-s
100000 worth Of real estate bonds
drawing interest at five and three
fourths per cent or about $1l5,O00.
| Tax Levied for 1922.
A tax to meet this interest has been
levied for 1929. but this will not be
available in time to pay the 1921 in
terest which must be raised from 9TH
| er sources. Defaults of interest pay
ment on the part of makers of real
estate mortgages against which The
bonds are issued has caused this situ-
alton.
Some Funds in Good Shape.
On the other hand some Of the stats
specia! funds are in good shape. There
is for example in the Workme1s S
sum of s1.os2,545. This is a separate
fund however raised by premiums
charged employers for employees in
surance, and may not be put into the
general fund 20 pay the current ex-
penses of the state government.
These conditions are chiefly due to
non-payment OF taxes. On October I.
the last date for which figures are yet
available not more than so per cent OF
the 1921 taxes had been paid. There
have been a large number of pay
ments during the last month. but that
a great amount of tax money is still
unpaid is shown by the long tax sale
lists now appearing in practically al,
of the official papers of the state.
Mr.. Nestos Is now urging that as
many as possible of these delinquent
taxes should be paid before Decem-
Der 13 the date of the sale as the
state as well as the various sub-di-
visions are all in urgent need of the
tax funds.
Bismarck. n. D.. Nov. ga big
cut in the expense Of operating the
Bank of North Dakota is being
planned by the new State Industrial
Commission consisting of Governor r.
A. Nestos, Attorney General Sve.n-
biorn johnson and j. A. Kitchen,
commissioner OF Agriculture and La
>: tor.
At an informal meeting held last
y night the commissioners had before
them list Of the employees of the
bank, which also showed the nature
Of the work done. and the salary re-
ceived by each. 1t is probable that a
J number Of employees will be elimiu-
} ated entirely.
! 1t is entirely certain that there viii,
be a big cut made in the salaries of
some of the. higher paid officials OF
the bank. It is likely for example
that the salary of the manager may
, Oe Cut IRON S1V,VVVE 10 s$O,VOu pei
year.
\ No announcement has been made as
vet as to who the new manager is to
be but it is understood that steps are
being taken to draft a man who has
had wide experience in banking, and
) who is in a position to give his serv-
, ices to the state at a much lower sal.
, ary than 1t would be otherwise neces-
fsary TO pay a man OF his experience
and standing.
n Policy To BE Outlined
Il Under the new administration the
two chief officials OF the bank are ex,
pected to be the manager and the di.
rector OF the rural credits experiment
The members of the industrial Com.
mission will meet with these two mer
as soon as they are selected and vii
outline the general policy to be pur.
4 sued. The executives Will then bs
tpermitted to carry out the details o.
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