Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1924-09-18


1 pAassB OF DE Aaemaama Taxp&yara Aaso
oA@sssm ahew saAme there waa = DAD
ea@mmy an enc GeneEal wwma om Marco
4 l. z@mz. sawky days afesK ] was gworm
10 as 0ovsrnor. ef e. 2s1 100. wAick
FamFs@sme@a khe excess o. exp@ndikaras
ever lnceme darimg tAs prevsoua tws
y@ara
Il Ina peopls. thsnz@elvea, ma the @sm.
erml ea@ctaom the previous Bs@w@mhes
had By popular vote authorised q bond
Issue Of e6.o00. 600 fer enlarxine The
plants at the:
Agricultural College.
State University.
| School Of Mines,
State Normal College
Orphans Home,
School for Blind, Deaf and Feeble
Minded,
Boya' Reform School, and
0lras' Reform School.
The people. themselves, the Novsus-
Der previous had by popular vote lev
led an additional IN mill to support
the four state colleges.
During The four following pears. the
total assessment OF property steadily
shrunk $500 600 900.
$1,000. 600 eshlnd IN 1920
The Legislature, realizing the threat.
ened closing down OF some OF the
states institutions, on It's own militia
tive. and at the suggestion Of the same
men who are now criticising, author
lied the sale OF $s,000,000 short-term
7e5 state notes to take M this floating
Indebtedness that had already been
created. See Chapter Is, page TEA,
Legislative Acts, March, 1921.
On account Of the legal TECHNICAL
tien involved. the Board OF Examiners
was only able to float $4,000 OF
these short-term notes. instead Of the
100000 authorized under Senator
Booths bin.
In view Of the deliberately unfair
Misrepresentation with which the
state has been flooded as to the state
finances at the time was elected Gov
ernOr. this week asked State Auditor
Porter fer an official statement OF the
facts. Here is copy Of my letter to
him and the copy OF his letter ia reply
10 me:
September 4, 1924.
Hon. George P. Porter.
estate Auditor,
"Heaena. Montana.
MY dear Sir:
"WiiI you kindly give me the exact |
statement from the official records !
showing the actual overdraft on the |
General Fund at the close OF the fiscal
yeaF ending November 80. 1907
~Yours very truly,
-tsigOsd)
JOS. II. DIXON, GovERNoR"
'.september 4, 1894.
'0ovesner Zee. n. Ddxsm,
'Helema. Montana.
MY dear Cir:
''In reply to your inqulry OF this
aata. requesting me 20 give you the
sxaes aaatqm@nt fEum fhe official re-
sasd aA@wima ma acsual pxerafaft en-
ne @enarni RmnA at the cEess OF the
1meal year ending November 90. 1890
w@@aA cay
szAas the offlesaI seeerds In say
'ekSce SHOW that al the close Of tAe
lseml year ending November ~, 1oao.
be everdra1f On the General Fnnd a.
he ssate YVES s.. 100 s8s.8s.
yours very truly,
s.(sfGNEDl GEO. p. PORTER.
STATE AUDTTOR.
wv. A. LOGAN.
DEPUTY AUDITOR
Warned The Legislators
Three days after taking office and /
n the cOnvening OF the Legislature, in I
" first message I urged upon them O
Re danger that confronfed. In the fol- a
wing words I
The time has now come when the {
overnor and the Legislature OF Mon Il
ma must cali halt, II we are 10 I
rcid ultimate and serious conseQaen- II
~ 4
Prom ehe best sources b
Information available.
nd that the General Fund v
the State, on November n
J, 1870. was 0verdrawn 81, 100 47 a
-And 10 addition there b
ere outstanding deficiency vs.
aims estimated At 900 zoe "A
'sThns making the total &c a
"a for Ghe weaK o. 620. a47 al
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