The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-11-19
FIVE MILLION
MUST BE PARED
FROM REQUESTS
Cut Is Necessary to Bring To-
tai Appropriations Within
Tax Limitations

Approximately S5,69o. ZOO must he
cut from budget requests Of various
state departments and institutions 10
bring the total appropriations by the
lsZ. legislature within the statutory
taN limitations. n survey Of requests
filed with the budget hoard shows.
requests for appropriations for the
.! regular FUNDS on which
the legislature acts every two
years total $lo.992,io1.56 and
additional appropriations from
~ special funds listed by past
legislatures brings the total asked
Tor all purposes to S13,957,37l Sc for
lOl funds.
The four mill tax limitation on "A
valuation OF approximately $1,000
OOO,OOO Of valuation Will total about
S3,SOO,OOO year when five per
cent deduction is made for uncollcc-
tib!c taxes. The amount avaiiapic
from taxation for the next bicnnium
Tor general fund purposes viii there
fore be about s7.G0O,000. TO this is
added S2.iO0.00h which probably will
bt available from miscellaneous col
Icctions and special taxes, making an
available total for all purposes of
about $4,000, 900.
Bond Retirement
From this figure, however, must be
deducted $l,s75. 900 estimated neces-
sary to meet expenditures which al
ready are forcsccn. These are rs fol
lows: Retirement Of principal az
Bank of North Dakota bonds, $780,
600: retirement Of principal Of state
real estate bonds Sl25, 900: soldiers
bonus 1927 only $1,00O,0O0.
The amount necessary to retire the
mi nd M ~ -
Dakota bonds il fixed and certain.
State Auditor John Stcen. secretary
OF the budget board, explained.
, Whether or not the appropriation for
retiring real estate bonds will be
necessary. however, remains to be
determined and depends on whether
!, or not persons obtaining real estate
loans keep up their payments in suf-
/ ficicnt amount to meet the demands
Of the bond retirement fund II is
expected that the 1927 levy of ST.
100000 will be sufficient to pay all
outstanding world war bonus claims.
The $l2,e92, 42l sc asked for the 80
regular funds for the NEXT biennium
is S5,72i ,OS6.98 more than the S7,26a,-
334.5a allowed for the same purposes
by the present budget. The appropria-
tiOns from special funds asked for the
uVAl SuOWS TeuuClIOH III
comparison with appropriations for
the last biennium, however. The ap-
preparations asked total $964,95O us
compared with $l,293,4OO appropriate
cd ut the last session.
Cutting Already Started
This reduces the total increase ask
cd in comparison with the last bien-
MUM to $685., G3G.9S. The total of
all appropriations passed at the last
session was $S,56l ,734.5s.
Work of cutting tho requests al
ready has been started by the bud
get board hut will not be completed
until mid-Deccmbcr. The usual
practice is for the members OF tho
budget committee to visit various
state institutions and ascertain at
first hand their actual needs before
finally determining how much tho
legislature should be advised to APP
propriatc for their use.
The budget board acts merely in
an advisory capacity, however, the
legislature being ut liberty to in
crease or decrease appropriations at
will