The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-27
new BILLS INTRODUCED
JACOBSON WANTS CORPORATIONS
TO PAY MORE TAXES.

The final and absolute defeat Of the
commissions tax code does not relieve
the people from the further expense of
legislative attempts to tinker the tax
laws. Two sets of bills calculated, ac-
cording to the statements of their au-
thors, to solve all the difficulties of the
ECdge-podge tax laws, were introduced
in the house yesterday morning, imme-
diately after the defeat of the code.
Mr.. jacobson is the author of the first
one, which is designed to take the place
of the bill presented by the tax commits
sion, and Mr.. Anderson, Winona, intro
duced a series of three bills, which he
says will straighten out the tangle to the
satisfaction of almost everyone until
such time as the constitution may be
fixed and good laws enacted. JacobsOn's
bill, which will be taken up as a special
order FRIDAY morning, is aimed directly
at the corporations. Some of it's features
are more drastic than those of the COM
missions code, but the real estate and
personal tax laws are left substantially
as they now are.
The jacobson bill provides first for
permanent tax commission of three
members, in substantially the same terms
proposed by the tax commission in its
bill. 1t provides for the preservation of
the state board of equalization, but does
away with the state and county boards
OF review proposed by the commission,
and also the county supervisor of asses
ment. The public service corporation tax
clause provides the same methods ad-
vanced by the tax commission, and the
state treasury. 1t provides the same sys-
tenn OF taxation for street railways, wa
Ter and gas companies, proposed by the
Tax commission, at the local rate and
the same local distribution Of the reye-
nue.. The particular feature Of the Ia
cobSon bill is the proposed tonnage tax
on IRON ore. The bill provides for a tax
OF cents per ton on every tom of ore
mined in Minnesota and the requisite
machinery for it's collection. This tax is
20 tias oe p oivided pro rata between the coun-
tles IN which it is mined, their cities and
the state. The real estate and personal
property clauses of the present law SO
1ar as they touch assessment, are un-
changed, except that the bill provides for
cash valuation of all property The
machinery is ella borate and claimed "a
be sufficient
Mr Jacobson estimates that his bill. if
SIi1orced, Will entirely wipe out the bur
Qen OF dlrect taxation for state SUPPORT
he claims it will put into the state treas
ury an additional $225, 900 from the nIhIic
service corporation and ore tonnage
taxes ana that, with the addition of the
increased revenue from the revised GROSS
earnings tax on railroads. the $500 o61 de-
hciency for state support will be Wined
OUT ana with it the 2.83 mills direct tar
6eslqes Wlplng out the direct tax. Mr.
JACOBSON says his bill will put $50. .000
annually into the Duluth and ST. To1Iis
county treasures and add $500 000 annuaio
~ 10 the revenues of Ramsey and Hon
nepin counties. ''--e AA0Ai-
The first of the Anderson hills nro-
th tbeeS aol permanent tax commission. :.
the second, Tor a graduated fnhe,ritar n ~
Tax; and the third, the adrainistra tiTyo
7deabures OF the tax commission hill COW
@ @SlIis real ana personal property Tacoh-
son secured the second reading of his hin
dlu an order for printing. IT viii he
given to the members This roornir1d- VII Dg
Will become a special order at .3o e1ieo 4
morrow morning 1O0V 10