Show IS State levy Bo So Ruled Upon by Idaho Court According to a special to the Herald the tho Idaho ho court has decided that thA new W state alato levy ley ns an certified to the various counties U is constitutional This point was wan raised b by the tho authorities ties of ot Shoshone and Nez Puce comber They claimed the levy Icy exceeded the lire five mill on the dollar au nu authorized by lw the constitution on to bo raised tl for Cor state stale purposes The Tho three counties declined to extend tho the full hill amount of oC the tho hie 10 levy lovy on their tax rolls and thus thul raised 1 n a very ery serious ques question tion llon The Th matter m was waH an brought Into court lu In the tho form torm of oC an Eln action b by the board against each cach c Cf of f th the three counties asking for tor I a n It of ot man rests dute compelling each cach tt to the tho levy IcY levyns ns us certified Th Thin opinion rendered Is In hI In thin the case cuo ng 1111 N z Perec Perce county count being made maLle ai III able to the other two The Tho stale elate canned that tho the amount levied for cur state purposes P did not exceed the Ova Oe limit other othar such nuch Ith OB os thu those o for tor meeting Interest inherent et etc not he heIn heIng heIng Ing In Included lu III th the constitutional limit Its ItH claim was that the tho limit applied only to taxation for tor running the state government during the period for which wh Ie h the tha tax wan to lo be At Attention cation Is called to the fact that there thero Is no limit to state Indebtedness that may bo be J created us III the assessed value BS cs an as It may Inny always bo ho up to one and ond n a half halt mills miliA on the dollar Continuing the tho opinion says If there therefore tOrt the total tax le levy both hoth forthe for tor the tho purpose of ot running ant and maintain maintaining ing the thc state government and Its 1111 Institutions In Institutions and anti for meeting on the public Indebtedness and providing a n slotting fund that unmet fall tall within the tha rate lato prescribed II by faction 0 Il of ot ar title tide T 1 It H would follow olio that the th time will probably come carte when It will take the on entire tire tax levy lovy le for tOI unite purposes to pay the Interest upon the public In and provide a 8 sinking fund and that no 1111 revenue whatever would bo hI left for tor maintaining Anti and operating the state government nail public Institutions Such fuch n II construction could cor certainly certainly never neer hll have entered the tho minds mind of ot the farmers of ot the constitution It I Is clear to UH us that the for Cor state purposes mentioned d In III station section nine of article seven In is for tor th the running und nail current ex ox pennon In carrying on and amid o operating the different departments of Institutions atthe rif at C the tho Bt stele te J government which Is IA Intend Intended ed to bo ho a rash cash basis as IS provided U by section 11 of ot the same name article If It fur for Male purposes means menns all ull the tho revenue rev reo the stale slate can rill raise b by taxation then hen wh why use toe these words at Al nil all It la is h held haM ld that the tha county ore are obliged to make a n alevy alevy levy to liquidate any Indebtedness of ot the county to tn tho the state mate on one mill of ot this thin 10 lovy having been for tor the put purpose pose The court states the card must make tho the levy Inn If the JIB county count owes that much but It does docs not attempt to 10 decide deride whether the tho amount I Is in duo dUI from the county count f ti |