Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-18

an the public welfar, re1uire over rai,roada
- - ess companies md Telegraph fines; and
the grain an I warehouse Law s.xuld be a.,,endeI
20 IS 10 confer upon he coniI1sssion a prOuer
degree OF authority il the regulation of ware
houses ana elevators The commission should
nave power to and tie courts be provided With
speedy anu spacit; remedy to enforce recon.
mendations when inther Judgment proper.
Y. PROVIDING an eection machinery thaS will
prevent fraMd at cnlcuses and elections.
o. ffoVidtn8 TOT tunifOrm system in e1uca-
tional Affairs. " '""'o>
g. Making county treasurers Ineligible to re.
election. w 'e
On the subject oftaxation the governor pre-
4 large amount q property invisible in char
acter and shifting 4 nature. now escapes taxa
hands of thsse Who are able to nav taxes.
Some means shout be devised to reach and tax
TINS tnis class OF property. Legislation must b
temptation to evsie taxation Tho INABILITY to
discover dha property and our defective system
the tax Be- o. eh The
ri es:etdg the public from
Subject e % The ss1 should b
teocos ana beqfests, railroad and steamboat
and transportation companies, express, pal
ace and sleepin1car companies banks tterrito-
!lel end nataon4), loan and trust companies
insurance and hdemnity companies and their
bonds and evidence Of indebtedness a., pubic l
oAovssOFs, WaYnouee8 and store houses for
efatn INSURANCE agents and agents for all com
panies or corporations Of other states horse
car ferry, gas electric light and all franchises
licences snsed; and all corporations or
moss IN tte territory should pay tax
on the actual value Of their capital
stock, after Ideducting the assesscd yalne of
their real e3ate, and iii addition a tax meas-
ufed ~ ther dtvtdends. A tax with propriety
might be. fitustedyito. some Of the. interests
a10ve n.Hed on the principle of gross earnings
hale, ryf~u A.
should be'ltsted for taxation in the tax precinct
where thu property ID located While some of
the Interests above mined pay their just pro-
portion Others pay only . portion of what they
should pay and others pay none at all BANK
sock is assessed under chapter 40 laws of lts7.
system pf taxation that would eventually
lead 70 exemption of real estate from territorial
or state taxttion would be very desirable, and
could largely. II not entirely be Accomplished
oy the territorial tax being collected from q
class OF property corporate and personal in its
nature. | would also suggest the propriety Of
allowing taxet to be paid semi ANNUALLY. espec-
tally on real ettate, allowing a rebate 10 those
who pay the fill amount of tax at tho time the
first payment y due
In 1879 the territorial legislature passed an
act providing. dmong other things. for the tax
ing OF raiifoadslunder the gross earnings sys-
tem. In lssS ttfs Legislature passed another act
providing for thy collection Of taxes on railroad
property. 1t ID to DO observed in 1879 there
we're but few mics OF railroad in the TERRITORY.
while at presentthere are nearly 1900 miles
AS the law stool prior to 1883 it is plain that
the legislature did not intend to exempt from
the ordinary and usual method of taxation onlv
such property as was actually used in or neces.
sartly incident to the operation of the roads.