State v. Nelson

Section 174 of tbe Constitution of North Dakota limits tbe amount which may be yearly expended by the state to 4 mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable property in the state. The legislature of 1913 made certain appropriations for the educational institutions, wolf bounty, bovine tuberculosis, glandered horses, terminal elevators, and agricultural training schools, which apparently exceeded the possible income leviable under this constitutional limit. The state board of equalization refused to levy the full amount of such appropriations, but sealed the same to come…