The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-10-14
STATETAXLEVY
FOR 1921 FIXED
BY YSTATE BOARD
Telephone Communication Re-
suits in Levy Being Certified
to County Auditors
INCREASE OVER YEAR AGO
Levy Including Soldiers Bonus
Will be 1888 Mills as Com
pared to l.9 Last Year

pared to l.9 Last Year
George r. Wallace, state tax COM
missioner, has certified out to the
county auditors the levy for the state
for the year 1921. In this levy 2.2S
mills is for the general fund and 10
for interest on. real estate bonds re-
Gently sold by the Bank of North Da-
kOta and for the first time in years.
no levy is necessary for the state bond
sinking fund There is ! mill sol
diers bonus levy. The old state bonds
at this time have been retired until
they are practically wiped out and
there are funds on hand from former
levies to take care of the sinking fund
this year.
The total tevy for 1921 as announced
by Mr.. Wallace will be general fund,
bonds, 10; soldiers bonus, mill; to-
tai 1888. Last year it was general fund,
1.044 mills; state bond sinking fund,
.05 mills; state bond interest, .O56
mills; soldiers bonus, rs mills; total
19 mills.
Amounts to be raised this year are
general fund, $3,141,S40; real estate
bonds interest $137,735 soldiers bon
us, $1,377,355.
Amounts last year, general fund,
$1,566,555; state bond sinking fund.
$71,791; state bond interest, $S3,S40;
soldiers bonus, $,125,0s0 Soldiers
bonus nets little more in 1921 than last
year although rate increased because
1S VOL 1,yot do hv tho
4 state board. e.
Mr.. Wallace got in touch with some
members of the state board of equal
ization over the telephone, and the
tax levy is certified out, to the audi
tors with assurance that when the
state board meets, probably not until
after election, it will formally pass
the levy. Members of the state board
are the Governor, Attorney General,
Commissioners OF Agriculture and. La
bor, State Treasurer, and Commission
1er OF INSURANCE..
Mr.. Wallaoe, in discussing the raise
Z in the levy said as follows: The levy
for 1921 has increased over 1920 for
various reasons. The legislature at
its last session appropriated more
money than had ever been appropriat-
ed before in the history of the state.
NO party is responsible for this be-
cause the power was divided. The
house and the senate being opposed
to each other politically The 1921
legislature appropriated practically
$l,O00,0O0 more than the preceding
legislature.
I'm addition to this, the def1atiOn
period which has 6vertaken the whole
civilized world, caused material
slump in the income tax collections,
10th of persons and corporations.
1.-The capital stock tax law is in
litigation and is now awaiting disposal
in the Supreme Court of the United
States The railway companies have
failed to pay several years taxes un.
der this law, waiting the decision OF
the courts.
I'm addition to the above, there has
been a general failure Of collection OF
taxes, which in some parts Of the
state, has seriously embarrassed To-
cal government. At this time there
is approximately so per cent of the
real property taxes unpaid, also, the
taxes on bank stock, with few excep-
tions, remain unpaid at this time and
are in litigation. These conditions
made it necessary to levy 125 per cent
of the amount which otherwise would
be levied. In time Of course when
these real property taxes are paid, i
will mean reduction in taxation
some time in the future. Experience
has taught that there is always loss
in the collection Of taxes which ap
proximate 10 per cent.
Educational Cost
THE educational appropriation by
the last session of the legislature in
creased over the appropriation two
years prior, amounting to 73.49 pc
cent. The cost of maintaining the 1u-
dietary increased but 2.61 per cent
while the cost of maintaining the pen.
al and charitable institutions increas
ed ILL per cent.
ION the other hand, the following