The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-05
UNIVERSITY LEVY
CONSTITUTIONAL
BUT MONEY CANNOT RE UsED
FOR FARM EXPERIMENTAL
WORK IN STATE
Supreme Court Passes on One and
One-Hah Mill Tax; State Will Sell
Vocational Schools Guernsey Herd
And Buy HOlsteins.

COnstitutionality Of the one and ono
half mill tax for the support of the insti-
buttons OF the University of NTOntaDa ~,
initiated by the people in I90O &c Mn az
in an opinion handed down bv the sn6reTna
court in which the court finds fbat ~
initiated act Is lnyuInerable to the attacks
made upon IL IN the test case recently in
stituted under the title of ne STATE Of NJ
tana, upon the relation Of Francis n
Jones, against Governor, J. z. Erickson.
Secretary of State c. T. Stewart and A.
tOTney General L. A. Foot. as memLors ~
the state board of examiners. and Stofo
Auditor George p. Porter.
Not only does the court find that tho
act meets the constitutional requirements
but it determines that the proceeds of tbiS
one and One-half mill lew shall NOT 10
used Iof the support and maintenance of
the AGRICULTURAL experiment station and
the farm extension service. which Voc tbo
main question involved i'm the DrOceeding
keVerses Examiners
The decision of the cOurt takos tho
ground from beneath the fact Of fbe MON
bers or the board of examiners in Wow
of their stand that the experiment station
and. extension service were parts of the
agricultural college and must he main
tanned from the proceeds Of the one and
One-haIf mills levy, and il %SuDpOrts tho
stand taken by the chancellor of The
university and the heads of the four units
Of the university that proceeds of this lew
belonged exclusively to those four unifs
and no part of It could he used for tho
experiment station and extension service.
1t means further that for each of the
years ending June 30, 1926. and June 10.
1927. the appropriation Of SIP. 323 for the
experiment station, and $S0,56O for the
farm extension service must be maid ont
Of the general fund Of the state from the
half mill levy. 0
It was through an agreement between
the board OF examiners and the chanceTor
and executive heads of the four institu-
tons OF the University of Montana that
this suit was Instituted for a determina-
tioh OF tue question meaat so much to the
, financing OF the university. The action.
ileu QlfecllY IN the supreme court. sought
an Injunction to restrain the issuing of
/ warrants in payment Of two certain claims
( AGAINST the experiment station and the
!, extension service which the board of exam
z inerS had ordered paid from the proceeds
2 Of the one IN done half mills levy.
= One hundred 6Rd fifty AGad of GUERNSEY
cattle. constituting the herd at the voca.
. ti0nal school for girls in Helena valley
4 are to be sold by the state PURCHASING
agent, }. y. Murphy, and the proceeds t,
agent ). e. Murphy, and the proceeds tC
Z be devoted exclusively to the purchase o
S HolStein cattle. OF the $50 head of Guern
20 seys 81 head will be sold as beef cattle.
Orders for the change of breed of cattl,
upon the school farm were issued by tn,
state board of examiners upon the re
Il quest OF Miss KaSSing. superintendent o.
the school. At the present time there ar,
Is girls in the school under commitment
e an increase of about 10 during the winter
The members of the board Of examiner
n made a trip to the school for the purpOsl
y Of inspecting a 2O0-acre tract Of land ad
e joining the school farm with the view Il
its possible acquisition for use in cOnnec
O ton with the school.
o @ O
All boilers owned by the state Of Mon
S tana have been insured under a blanke
o policy by the state board of examiners
The policy costs a little more than $500
Z year and provides for damages up t
y $4,000 in case of injuries to any boiler.
n In addition. the state is assured 0