St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-24
in the list brought in from Meeker
county.
Leveled at Senator Dean.

In the llst Drought IN from Meeker
county.
Leyeled at Senator Dean.
Senator Leavitt presented some fig
ureS regarding the relative proportion
Of personal and real. property in the va
rious counties. In Hennepin the pro-
portion is 81 per cent real and 13 per-
sonal; Carlton, personal 80, real 70
per cent; Ramsey. personal 13, real
property 81; Houston, personal
2S, real 72 per cent; st. Louis, personal
1l15 and real $50; NIcollet, personal q
per cent and real 79.
''If NicOllet county is assessed on her
personal property at the same rate of
valuation, the amount would be $27, ,626,-
662, an increase of S7,S0S, ,070." continued
Senator Leayitt. "But if Ncollet has
2lgper cent. Hennepin should have at
least 40 per cent, which would bring
Hennepin county up with round turn
with S55, ,253, 324 and real estate 1885,
S0S,S5S, producing revenue OF s., 49,
243, all increase of S974,615.
''If st. Louis county was assessed on
her personal property at the same rate
of valuation as Carlton county her per-
sOnal tax would be upon valuation of
S11, ,59l ,460, an increase of S6,6Ol, ,647.
But If Carlton county has 80 per cent,
st. Louis should be 60 per cent, which
would cause the "unSalted city of the
Zenith sea" to come down with per-
Sonal property valuation of S23, 1872, 800,
and real estate s6l,S21, 120, producing d
revenue of 81, ,463, ,706.SS, an increase of
'S2416, 1857.
Ramsey county personal. .....13 per cent
Houston county personal % per cent
''If Ramsey county was assessed on
her personal property at the same rate
her pei ISonal tax would be upon valu-
alton of S3l, ,454, ,925. an increase of S14.-
715,5S2
but no one will dispute my PROPOSE
tion when say if Houston county's per-
sonal valuation is 2S per cent OF her total
valuation Ramsey county'S should be
double that amount, OF 56 per cent,
which would make Ramsey county come
down with a personal property yalua-
ton of $62, 2,909, $50 and real estate Sl75,-
24S, ,S6S. producing revenue OF S3,557.-
552, an increase of S937.795; IN round
numbers, S1,0OO.000; total increase i'll
three cities, 2.32S, ,905."
One More Amendment.
Senator Donnelly offered an amend
ment to the amendment providing that
personal and living expenses shall not
be deducted. This was adopted, and
the senator from Meeker entered an
emphatic objection, declaring that if the
original amendment is adopted it will
etfectually neutraliZe the whole law.
"The members remember the figure the
word railroads cut in a measure that
passed two years ago. That one word
came near causing the state great deal
of harm"
This brought Senator Donnelly to his
feet with an explanation of the manner
in which the word railroads" crept
into the sleeping car amendment two
years ago.
II offered an amendment" he said,
"inserting the word railroad before the
word sleeping cars. intending it as an
adjective explaining the other word.
In tranScribing Miss Ella Matthews
changed railroad" to "railroads'' and
inserted q comma"
81 charged no bad faith in the mat
ter" declared Senator Leavitt.
The amendment inserting the word
met" before income was adopted by Is
yeas to 9 nays, and the amendment OF
Senator Stevens eXempting $500 came
up. Senator Stevens thought that 500
ought at least to be the figure. An
amendment TO this fixing the sum eX-
empt at $1,000 was voted down, but the
amount was finally fixed at 81, 800.
The committee then rose and COM
munication from Gov. Nelson, appoint
ing Berndt Anderson, dairy commits
sioner, S. S. Brown surveyor general
of logs and lumber at Minneapolis,
Judge Ira B. Mills railroad commits
sioner,a and several minor appointments.
all of which have been already an
nounced in the papers. was, OH motion
of Gen. Sanborn, laid on the table. The
senate adjourned