The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-02-12
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gItems Of Interest from
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/ Minnesota S010nS. %
| A bill by representative Smith Of
Hennepin provides for a permanent
tax commission of three members
whose term shall be six years, except
that the governor shall appoint the
first commission within ten days of the
passage of the bill. Their terms shall
run to July l, 1905, 1907, and 1909, and
their successors shall serve for full
terms. Each commissioner shall file a
$40, 900 bond. The commission shall
have general supervision of the subject
of taxation throughout the State and
shall report to each legislature what it
has done during the previous two years
and what legislation it recommends.
The commission shall be ex-officio
members of the State board of equal
ization, with full powers. They shall
each receive a salary of $4,000 a year
and shall have the use of room in the
State capitol. The sum of SIS, 900 an
nually is to be appropriated to defray
the expenses of the commission.
The bill allowing bounty of 5000
for the capture of horse thieves has
been passed by the house. The amount
in the original draft of the bill was
$500.
| The bill to regulate the speed of
automobiles has been sent to the judi
ciary committee by the house. The bill
was favorably reported by the commit
tee on roads and bridges, but some of
the house thought it class legislation
and wanted expert opinion on the meas
ure. II
The house has passed the bill in
creasing the salary of the attorney
general to 81 800 year.
The senate has passed Senator Har-
rington's bill to prevent the adultera-
ton of vinegar after the bill was
amended. so as not to take effect until
June /. S.
The salaries of county commissioners
are to be regulated according to the as.
sessed valuation of counties. Repre-
sentative O'Laughlin is the father of
this new solution of the matter of fix
ing salaries of county commissioners.
The bill provides that the county COM
missioners of counties having an as
essed valuation of less than Sc, OO0, 600
shall be $500 per annum: from S6,O0O,-
900 to $S,O00,O00, $3.50 per annum; from
S8,000,O00 to $15,0OO,000, $3.50 per an
mum; from $l5,000,00O to $4,000, 900,
$500 per annum; 1000, 900 to $4,000
600, 5000 per annum: S4O,OOO,O0O to
800, 100000, 5000 per annum: more
than Sl00,0O0,OOO, 81, 200 per annum..
The pay shall be for salaries and
mileage for all duties imposed upon
county commissioners, except in con-
nectiof nth drainage work. WheB.
commissioners are attending to this
work they shall receive SO a day and
10 cents per mile travelled. -
The bill has been referred to the
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which has under consideration the
other bills establishing county commits
sioners' salaries. ~
The house has passed the bill author
izing the State board of investment to
make school loans as high as fifteen
per cent of the valuation of school dis
tricts. ~- II
The senate has passed the bill au-
thorizing townships to issue bonds for
laying out roads.
A bill has been introduced prohibit
ing railroads from raising freight rates
or changing classifcations without the
consent of the commission. They are
also estopped from disseminating or
raising joint rates between points with
in the State without consent of the
commission, but joint rates may be
lowered without application at any
time. Every application for. raising
rate must be made in writing to the
commission, with full statement of
the facts, and a public hearing is then
to be-set, of which notice is to be given
to interested shippers. For violation
OF the act a penalty of 800 day is i'm
posed. "
Special committees from the house
and senate will go to St. Louis to look
over the prospects of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition in that city in
1904, and see what Minnesota needs in
the way of an exhibit.
Senator Lord has introduced a bill |
which provides that no person except
the president of the university shall be
eligible to or hold the Office of regent
o1 the State university who holds any
ollce or place under or subject to the
supervision OF the State board of re-
gents, or whose salary is fixed or sub