The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-05
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JANUARY s. 1888
Text of Inaugural Message By Governor LANCER
TUITION FuNDs-CouNrY AND STATE

TUITION FUNDS-CoUNTY AND STATE
Amendment Of school laws might proftsbly be made in
aes and forfeiture from the State Tuition Fund to county
Of the State Constitution and legislative enactment to
into effect the provisions Of the proposed constitutional
amendment.
The reason for recommending the foregoing apparent
when the operation Of fines penalties and forfeiture coec
tions is considered.
BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION
Seventy per Of all general state dispensed
for the support Of State penal charitable and educational
Schools The SUPERVISION and Of hese
public has ey law to the Board Ct
charged with the responsibility Of administering about seventy
per cent Of our general state tax money
We cannot hope for much reduction in state general
effort. towards reducing take. re- confined to the
departments Of general government
that for proposed tax reduction must
look in large measure to the 20 per cent which under
istraticn.
Much can be nplished by the elimination Of dupca
ton of offered the various educational institutions
of such courses as are elected by only small number Of
students where the proporonate cost student is too
high
The educational offerings must be limited such
be paid for. The educational garment must be
to the available cloth.
Apparently, any solution that be arrived at must in
degree be arbitrary until the cost is brought within
the ability to Thereafter extension be restored
when it can be paid for.
With limited tax paying power, confronted with
question: not Of how much spend educaton but of
how much education can we pay for
Our difficulty arises largely the that there
not unanimty Of opinion to what be dis
pensed WITH
Of the M Of the State in
fOn ip<od yforfh ocon o0fS afHtn JouvS
would recommend that the Legislative Assembly examine
those laws and amend the far is to
give the Board Of Administration power to eliminate the
duplication of courses offered
/ THE BUDGET
In its report the Budget Board has recommended re-
ducton of below the appropriations made in
reduction is entirely inadequate The 1910 Legislature appro
prsted only $S,l6s,25345 At that time we had approx
then could better afford to pay taxes.
in places BY the ta By Board that
Of approximately $3875,962.17
do not believe that this will in any way materially harm
the efficiency of any department.
In considering this budget will take up educa-
ona institutions referred above which operate under the
Board Of Administration recommend that the request Of
the following institutions shown below be reduced to the
amount shown
Agricultural College, S.I;gS. A.r,,nr. coou.
Extension Division Agricultural College
State Normal School, M Mi 49,.
State State Normal Normal School, p Dsis CITY,
State Normal and Industrial School,
) State Normal School. Mayville.
/ State School of Forestry.
total appropriated last bennum for the above
educational institutions 1860. The total amount
/ recommend is 81, 435,44S67.
will next take up the other State institutions under the
Board Of Administration and give below the same nfor-
nation in the same form.
/ State Penitentiary.
! State School for the Blind
81 State School for the Deaf,
i Institution for the Feeble Minded
State Tubercular Santarium
State Hospital for the Insane.
The total sog ria ed last enum for the above
mend is $S10,5l2.2l.
desire to recommend at this time that the Attorney
make Of tents
i are properly charged to the State.
desire to call your attention to the recommendation Of
Budget Board concerning the crowded conditions of the
insane patients and heartily concur in their recommends
''''S' STATE OFFICERS
recommend reduction for the offices Of Governor Sec
rotary Of State State Auditor State Treasurer Attorney
General Commissioner Of Insurance Commissioner OF Agr
culture and Labor, Board of Railroad Commissioners
= Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
This reduction be made possible BY curtaiment Of tn
OF employees tnrOugn CONSERVATION OF WORK
o length of office hours.
The total amount appropriated last bennum for the above
department s6ss5sto The total amount recommend
t lis $387,686.0O.
81 SUPREME COURT
recommend that the Budget Of the Supreme Court Re
porter and Law Librarian be reduced from the amount
f $98025O0 appropriated last biennium to $94965O0.
STATE PRINTER
find the State has spent $1774S35 for State PRINTING
between January 1s 1881 and November 1st 1892 TIL
amount spent is appalling ask the Legislature that the
amend the State Publication and Printing Commission Law
that the Governor the State Auditor and the State Urea
surer shall compose the Publication and Printing Commits