St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-12

.SiilpS, dSSOcldLiOflS, car lOdtilliS cOihpoHiOo,
sleeping car companies, corporations ana
fast freight lines engaged in the business OF
running cars over any railroads OF this
state, and not being exclusively the prop
erty of any railroad company paying taxes
on their gross receipts The proposed law
requires all such to keep record of their
gross receipts. Reports thereof must De
submitted to the commissioner, who shall
certify them to the auditor, together with
statement of the percentum and
amount of tax due thereon. The
state auditor shall then make his draft on
the person, association, corporation or CO.
partnership liable to pay tax under the
provisions of this act, for the amount of
tax due and place the same in the hands
of the state treasurer for collection. The
bill requires veriticatiOn of the reports by
the officers of the road. The state shall
have Len on all property of the roads
for taxes. and they shall take precedence
over all other liens, demands judgments
or DEGREES. A penaly of 20 per cent. OF
the tax is provided for for failure to make
report. A provision IS made whereby
property or the road may be seized. ad-
yertised and sold to pay taxes. The rate of
taxation is fixed at 3 per cent. Oh the gross
earnings and is in lieu of all taxation and
assessments whatever.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The board submits the following proposed
amendment to the constitutions:
To be section of article 10-Control of
railroad corporations. A railroad corpora
ton may establish for its sole benefit fares,
tolls and charges upon all passengers and
property conveyed or transported on its rail-
road at such rates as may be determined by
its directors, and may from time to time by its
lotto "a ma nf re n. I'm
such fares. tolls aud charges, and such regu-
latons. shall at all times be subject TO revls-
ion and alteration by the legislature of this
state, or by such officers persons as it may
appoint for the purpose, anything in the
charter OF railroad corporation to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE LAWS.
The board submits a draft for proposed
grain and warehouse laws:
Important changes in the grain and ware
house laws are suggested. 1t is proposed to
make all grain warehouses, in which grain is
handled for a COMPENSATION ill the cities of
St. Paul. Minneapolis and Duluth, public
warehouses. and subject to the control of the
law. Under the act of March 5, 1885, a ware
house mixing grain for different owners was
a public warehouses; under the proposed
law any warehouse storing or hand
ing grain for compensation must take out
license. The result of the old law was that
not a single warehouse in st. Paul was IL
censed. The first year in Minneapolis but
two applications for license were received.
In Duluth ever, elevator became pubic
warehouse under the law. This year. how
ever, there are six public warehouses in
Minneapolis at this date: in Duluth all
the elevators are public warehouses;;
at st. Paul, as yet, none.
The commission, in the light of this expert
ence, deem it of vital Importance that all
grain warehouses doing business for COM
pensation ut these points be made public
warehouses and subject to the provisions of
the law. Another important change sug-
gested in the grain law is that all grain be in
spected on arrival at these points.
and before delivering to cOnsignee. In
no other way can we secure inspec-
ton and weighing of ali grain being mar
keted at these points, which is the prime OBJ
ject of the law The rule of the board now
requires that all grain so arriving shall be
weighed and inspected, but the requirement
had better be included in the law, for some
may seek still t 0 evade this necessary rule.
Heretofore grain put into special bins out
of condition, under the law was re-
quired to be inspected out under the
grade it went in, regardless of its changed
condition. 1T is proposed now that such
grain taken IN, out of condition, in such bins,
shall be inspected upon its merits when it
goes out. This is for the purpose of saving
grain, damp or otherwise out of condition,
for the benefit of the owner. Experience
has shown that it was necessary to protect
the crops of farmers shipping direct from the
field.