Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-10-06
State LEVY Will
BE MUCH HIGHER
THAN last YEAR
Probable That 1t Will Not Be
Fixed Until After Recall
Election. October 28
General Fund Levy May Be
Twice as High.

Bismarck, IN d., Oct. Sc (Spec-
ial) The state tax levy for the next
year in North Dakota will be consid-
terably higher than last year but it
probably will not be fixed until af-
ter election. n.
While it is required by the law
that the tax levy be fixed by GER
tain date officials to not regard the
provision as mandatory, and there
appeared today little likelihood of
board Of equalization before election.
Governor Frazier, Attorney Gen
eral Lemke, and Commissioner of
Agriculture Ragan, three of the
members Of the board, are booked to
speak almost every day until the
| election. The other two members
are Treasurer Steen and Commission
Ter of Insurance Olsness. 4.
Although officials 4 have been
seeking means by which the tax levy
|can be kept as low as last year; it
appears that the levy for the gener-
|al fund may be twice as high, because
of increased expenditures, and a
somewhat decreased valuation. The
entire levy also will be Increased by
AN increase Of one-fourth mill in the
soldiers bonus levy.
n The total valuation of state prop
lerty on which the levy will be made
lis s1,376,71O,776. The toal of the
biennial budget general fund ex-
|penditures is set at $7,984,411. SO,
or about s4,OO0,O0O to be raised by
taxation in the next year. The. to-
tai amount levied for the general
fund last year was 81 ,566,555.OO.
The amount to be raised by direct
taxation will be decreased by indirect
taxes and collections of various kinds
and by other deductions. /
It has been figured that the net.
amount to be raised for the general
fund by taxation will be $2,331,828.
This would require a mill levy of
4 i Il for the -gene fund, This estis,
mate, however, is held low by some
officials, who believe that not less
than two mills should be levied for
the general fund to take care of all
expenditures. s3,.s
Miscellaneous receipts, derived
from sale of licenses, etc, are esti
mated at $1,368,172 for the next
year, and there is a book balance in
the state treasury of about $500, 900.
This amount is deducted from the
$4,OOO,OOO, or, about one-half the
biennial budget ito get the estimate.
Of the probable amount to- be levied.
A total of $1,376.71O would be
raised for the soldiers bonus fund
under! the one-mill levy ON the new
valuation, as compared to $1,l25,O00s
on three-quarter of mill levy
last@year In addition it may be; nee
essary for the state board to levy.
some tax for the state bond and
state bond interests funds. The.
general fund levy, the soldiers bon
us levy and other possible levies are
expected to be about 3 mills for the
new tax year. Fi :s{ Z. sf #
Il Under a law enacted b ythe last
legislature. the taxing power OF. var
ious political su bdivisions was linn
tied to one third of the amount rais-
ed during the years 1918, 1919 and
1920. "a test of the constitutional
ity of the law now is pending in the
supreme court. The state, which was
not limited by the law, will In its
lew levy;Eit is believed; find it neces-
sary to exceed such a limitation.
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