Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-18

tue hanus OF yourselves when you
shall have subjected it to study of Its ma
ture and effects Giveit your support then
we again petition you, for in the face of an
enemy that is growing each day more and
more audacious and oppressive. the need is
increasing for a remedy that will. like this
one, be certain to cure and swift to have
effect.
d. +. MILLIKEN, E. v. MERRETT,
Secretary. President
Santa Fe, Kan, Jan. "a, 1891.
In order to get the theory before our
readers as succinctly as possible we
publish below form of bill proposed
as model whereby to enact this sys-
tenn into law. We commend it to our
readers as worthy of their perusal and
discussions:
Sec l. That the public revenues within
this state shall be obtained by a tax upon
capital and upon other property, and all
capital within this state shall be subject to
taxation in the manner prescribed by this
act
Sec. 2. That the term capital" when used
in this act, shall include all property be-
longing to individuals farms, corporations
or associations, which is used or adapted to
be used for the purpose of gain or profit as
lana. mines, mineral, merchandise, manu-
factories, tools, means of transportation tax
sale certificates, Judgments, notes, bonds
mortgages, caSn on mana or deposit, ana
every other form OF gain making assets. It
shall not include that form of property
which has passed the stage of direct money
getting purposes, and is used primarily for
the comfort and enjoyment of man, as ones
self-occupied dwelling, his furniture. or
family library, ornaments and means of
mere taste and pleasure.
Sec 3. That the capital shall be classified
according to the kind or the use to which it
is adapted to-wit: Farm lands, including
the animals, shelter, implements and mate
rial employed in farming, shall be classed
as farm stock; railroads, including all the
means and material employed in trs snsporta-
ton, shall he classed as railroad stock each
class of mines, with the property and i'm
pigments used in mining, shall be classed
under appropriate heads, as shall also each
class of manufactures and merchandise
and all forms of capital
Sec. 4. That the respective possessions of
the individuals, firms, corporations asso-
Citations, having taxable property, shall
then, besides being listed in the name of the
party or parties TO whom they belong, thus
forming schedule of valuations separate
and distinct as to class well to owner
ship.
Sec. ). That each distinct quantity of prop
erty, as determined by the class to which it
belongs and its ownership, shall be subject
to taxation upon a progressive scale in man
ner as herein prescribed: Upon all values
of 81 900 or less the lowest rate of taxation
shall be charged and collected Upon all
values exceeding $1,000 and not exceeding
$4,000, the rate OF taxation charged and col
lected shall BE-: For the first 81 900 above
the or g nal Sl,0)0, one and one tenth times
the lowest rat. For the second 81 600 above
the original $1,000, one and one-ffth times
the lowest rate; and there shall be added
one tenth to the rate of taxation for each
additional 81 90 of value until the rate Of
taxation has become double that of the low
est rate and the capital has equaled $4,000
Upon values exceeding 10000 and not ex-
ceeding 500, ,0lO. the rate of taxation charged
and collected shall be: For the first $40 600
above the original $4,000 one and one-tenth
times the rate assessed against $4,000. For
the second $4,000 above the original $lO-
900, one and one ith times the rate assessed
against $4,000, and a like increase of rates
with increase of values shall continue for all
sums not exceeding 81 0,00l. Upon all values
exceeding S10O, 90 the rate of taxation shall
be: For the first 100000 above the original
$1O0 900, one and one-tenih h times the rate as
sessed against 100000 and like increase of
values shall continue without limit. Frac-
tional values remaining after deducting the
total of the units of increase shall be assessed
at the rates corresponding to the next higher
units of increase.
Sec. That if any lot or parcel of taxable
property separate and distinct from Others
be one of two more of the same class
owned or controlled by the same party, firm
corporation or association the rat of taxa
tion upon the value of said property shall be
the rate which would be imposed upon prop
erty possessed of the united value of these
properties.
Sec. T. That if any lot or parcel of property
distinct from others be placed under the con-
troll of trust or combination, 1t shall be as
sumed to be component part of the guam
tity of said trust combination, and the
value Thereof shall be subject to q rate Of
taxation equal to what would be the mean
rate imposed upon property possessed or
the united value of the properties included
in said trust or combination.
sec. 8. That if any dealer in agricultural
mining, manufacturing or other products
shall handle buy or sell the products Of
trusts and mOnopol es when those of other
than trusts and monopolics can be obtained
for mercantile purposes, the yearly average
amount of such products kept in stock shall
be assumed TO be part of the property of
the trusts and monOpoies from whence the
said products were obtained, and shall be
subjected to a rate of taxation equal to what
would be imposed upon property possessed
of the united valu of the properties included
in the said trusts or monopolies.
1t will be necessary then to add some
clauses clothing the secretary of state
or some other officer with authority and
power to obtain list of all properties
within the state belonging to or con-
pected in any way with the trusts or
monopolies, their values and the value
of the properties of the trusts and mo-
nopoies to which they belong, and to
supply copy of this list to each tax
assessor.