The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-29
NEW EXPENSES
TAKE MUCH OF
STATES TAXES
Nearly Half of Each Dollar
Paid Goes to Expense
Created Since 1919
MUCH FOR STATE BONDS
Duplication of Courses in
Higher Institutions of
Learning Shown
MUCH FOR STATE BONDS

More than AZ cents of each dollar
paid for state taxes goes to meet OBJ
legations which the state did not have
before the year 1919, according to
records compiled in the office of the
state tax commissioner.
Out of each dollar Of state taxes
levied in 1928, 1921 cents goes to-
ward payment Of interest on indus
trial bonds; 27.17 cents out of each
dollar goes toward payment of the
soldiers bonus and 1.36 cents goes
to the home builders deficit fund,
or in all. "53.74 cents out of dollar
levied in state taxes in 1923 goes to
three items of expense not included
in the expenditures of the state prior
to 1919,' according to statements Of
Lyman A. Baker, county tax commits
sioner, made before local organiza-
ton.
During the last five years we Lave
levied $5,659,0O0 for the soldiers
bonus" said Mr.. Baker. ut is esti-
mated that $6,OOO,OOO more must be
levied for this purpose. Consequent
ly, this item of expense will continue
during the next six years.
"ln 1924 the state board of equali-
zation will have to levy 100000 for
the purpose of retiring the bonds of
the Bank Of North Dakota. This levy
vii! continue for ten years. 1t pro-
badly will be necessary to make
levies for the retirement of the mill
and elevator bonds in 1882 and sub
sequent years
Mr.. Baker showed that out Of each
dollar levied for state taxes $50 cents
went to the maintenance of penal
and charitable institutions, z9.41
cents to the support of state educa-
tional institutions or distributed to
rural and high schools, 500 cents
goes to tho support and maintenance
of state departments.
Duplication Shown
"The constitution Of the state pro-
vides for II state educational insti- |
tutions Nncluding the school for the
blind and the school for the deaf and
dumb) which arc permanently located
in various parts of the state" said
Mr.. Baker. "Some of these schools
are duplicating professional courses
given by other schools.
"In 1915 and 1916 survey of the
state educational institutions in
North Dakota was made under the |
direction Of the United States Com
missioner Of Education at the request
OF the state board of regents. In |
to the commissioner Of edu-
cation the objects which the board had
in view in requesting the survey. at
tention was called to the fact that (
the various institutions in question |
were established by constitutional
provisions back Of which it was not.
deemed the province of the survey to
20. The board of regents requested
careful study of unnecessary dup
ication Of work."
This commission, in it's report, he |,
pointed out called attention to a
arge number of duplicate profession
II courses offered at the university
md agricultural college, such as dup
ication in the industrial arts and
inc arts, duplication in home econ
mics and agriculture, and duplica-
ion in engineering work.
Useless Courses
I'm regard to engineering courses,
aid Mr.. Baker, "thc report says:
North Dakota has two colleges of
engineering preparing to cover all
ubjects for which there is demand,
Though there is no manifest need
or more than one such school. In
eed the question has been seriously
aised' whather North Dakota is at
resent justified in maintaining 50
xpensive an institution as college
engineering Of the first rank. The tl
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