The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-10-12
BIG REDUCTION IN
TAXES OF STATE
STATE AUDITOR R. P. CHASE
MADE VERY IMPORTANT AN
NOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY
WILL SAVE $4,000, 900. 90
GENERAL REVENUE TAX OMIT
TED-BIG CASH BALANCE ON
HAND OCT.

HAND OCT. 1
A reduction of over $3.50, 100000
in the 1923 state tax is announced by
the State Auditor.
This means that the tax payers of
Minnesota will be saved an amount
equivalent to over one dollar for
every man, woman and child in the
state.
Announcement of the state rate
for 1923 has just been made by the
State Auditor coincident with certi-
fication of the coming levy to the
eighty-six county auditors and the
figure he has fixed is in accordance
with the recommendations of the
Governor and with the cordial sup
port of the State Treasurer and
members of the Tax Commission.
The state rate for 1922, collectabIe
in 1923, will be 4.1S mills, which is
less than last years low mark and
little more than half the 1919 tax.
Last year for the first time in the.
states history the tax levy for gen.
eral revenue purposes was omitted
entirely and that in a year when 9TH
er states found it necessary to- i'm
pose unusually high levies.
This year Minnesota repeats and
for the second time since admitted to
statehood, does away with the direct
tax for purely state purposes.
AS result, the tax payers burdens
are proportionately lighter and the
running expenses of the state gov
eminent will be cared for by the re-
ceipts from the gross earnings tax
on corporations, inheritance taxes,
fees from various departments, earn
ings of various state institutions and
the occupation tax, which has been
held constitutional by the Federal
District Court. az
The only items on the state levy
are those imposed by express legis--
lative direction. They are, therefore,
entirely statutory and not subject to
the discretionary action of any ex-
ecutive state official, and are as fol-
lows:
For the relief of Soldiers and Sail
or, one-tenth of mill.
For State Road and Bridge, one
mill.
Redemption of Soldiers Bonus Ger
tificates, one an three-tenths.
Redemption of Historical Society
Building Certificates, two hundredths
of a mill.
Redemption of Itasca State Park
Land Certificates, two hundredths of
a mill.
Redemption of National Guard
Armories, Certificates, four hundreths
of a mill.
Redemption of State Board of Re-
lief Certificates, two hundredths of
a mill.
Redemption of Forest Fires Relief
Commission Certifcatese, one tenth of
a mill.
University of Minnesota Buildings,
three tenths of mill.
A total of two and ninety hun
dredths mills.
In addition thereto, the one-mill
state School tax for per capita al
lowance to public schools, one mill.
For special support of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, twenty-three hum
dredths of a mill.
For Teachers Insurance and Retire
ment Fund, one-twentieth of a mill.
Making a total of four and eigh-
teen hundredths mills.
AS a result of emitting the general
revenue tax last year, the state has
borrowed no money and has paid no
interest on borrowed money. The
funds are in excellent condition, there
being balance of all funds on Octob-
er 1st, of $11,018,930.87.
This is striking illustration of
the fact that state expenditures and
state taxes are being held down and
that wherever in the state the tax
burden may be oppressive, the men who
pay the bills should consider careful
ly their local expenditures.