The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-25
BILLS INTENDED TO
RAISE $S,4O0,0o0
ARE GIVEN SENATE
Committee Approves $2,2e3,.
$50 for Departmental, Uni.
versity and NDAc Expense

versity and NDAC Expense
Disposing OF scores OF bills intro
duced in the legislature. state senate
committees today recommended for
passage three important revenue
program measures, which, 1t Is claim
ed. will raise $4,000 during the
next two years.
Winding up appropriations bills,
the senate appropriations committee
also recommended out proposed mea-
sureS calling for appropria tons OF
$2263, 480 for state departmental. Uni
versity of North Dakota and state
agricultural college activities for the
next two years.
All measures recommended by the
committees are expected to be re-
ported into the senate Monday. The
senate recessed Thursday over the
weekend to permit committees to
wind up action on original bills In
troduced.
Important Committee Actions
Important committee actions Sat-
urday were:
Approval by the senate committee
on taxes and tax laws OF the two per
cent sales tax estimated to produce
100000 In revenue for schools and
public welfare.
Recommended increased state In
come tax rates to produce nearly ST.
100000 over the two-year period, in
action by the senate tax committee.
Senate tax committee approval Of
a bill Tightening cigarette and to-
bacco tax law enforcement, estima ted
to raise 100000.
Approved bill appropriating ST.
194279.30 for maintaining state de-
partment activities for next biennium
beginning July !. including increase
Of $24,432 over budget board totals
Recommended passage Of bill APP
propriating 1892 2O3 for University OF
North Dakota, representing increase
Of 1920 over budget board allow
anceS.
Approved for passage grants OF
lege after boosting budget recommen-
dations SOL 10000. This does not in
clude $6O,559 for experiment station
and $4,000 for extension division at
the college, previously recommended
Postpone Theatre Tax
Indefinite postponelnent by the
senate state affairs committee Of a
bill taxing theater seats Is cents
each.
State affairs committee recon-
1nendation for passage Of bill per-
hitting railroad board to investigate
public utilities rates and valuations
on own initiative.
Approval by state affairs committee
on resolution proposing constitutional
amendment for unicameral legisla-
ture, to be voted on by the people.
In acting on senate bill No. %
which appropriates the funds for the
University of North Dakota, the ap-
preparations committee added $4,000
for a dean Of men and 1920 for an
FERA fund supervisor. but did not
grant additional requests made by
the university over the original state
budget board allowance Of 1882 1863.
The original budget allowances for
the agricultural college total S4l6,-
095.83. not including the experiment
station and extension division re-
quests. The committee raised this
amount SOL ,902O4 Saturday.
Increase Over Budget
Increases over budget allowances
by the committee were as follows:
Telephone exchange. $772 to q total
Of $500; creation of an employment
bureau. $4,000: agriculture. $4,000
additional or total of $l20,346.l2:
engineering, $4,000 additional. total
SIS, 407.20: school Of chemistry $1,000
additional, total s37,57696; home eco
Monies. $4,2l2 additional or total of
$4,000; science and literature ST.
$3.50. or total OF $4,000: college
library $4,o8l additional to total SEQ
600: physical education for men,
$4,000 additional or total $1,000: pow
er plant, 1892 additional. total s24,-
600: buildings and grounds, janitorS,
S4488.44 additional, total $4,000.
Proposed increased state income
tax law rates were cut In half for the
first three lower brackets by the
state affairs committee in recon-
mending S. b. c94 for passage. Net
incomes up to $1,000 will be taxed
one percent under the amended pro-
posed bill. incomes from $1,000 to
$4,000, two percent: incomes from
$1,000 to $1,000 at three percent.
The committee also decided to al
low single individuals total tax de-
duction Of only IS and deduction for
heads of families or married indi-
viduals living with husband or wife,
SIS and So deduction for each indi-
vidual dependent and receiving chief
support from the taxpayer il under
ID years of age or incapable Of self
support. or similar deduction for
children from 10 to 81 attending
educational institutions, and depend
ing on the taxpayer for support.
w. D. Powell OF Fargo, secretary
Of the state retail merchants asso.
citation. appeared before the state az
fairs committee to object to the pro-
posed sales tax rate on automobiles,
claiming It was too high and that
Minnesota dealers would profit. The
committee. however, recommended
the bill for passage without amend
mentS suggested by Powell, advising
him to appear before the house COM
mittee.
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