The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-13
FIVE SENATE BILLS
Wisconsin Lower House Swung It's
AK and Decapitated Five in
Succession.
New Bill by Tax Commission Will
Add Thousands to the Tax
able Valuations.
Special to The Journal.

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Madison. Wis. May 13.-The assembly,
killed five senate bills last evening. SEN
ator Morse's bill providing two-year
terms for officers in cities of the fourth
class was non concurred In, and Senator
Hatton's bill making contracts with min
ors over IA years Of age. to procure the
means to secure an education. as binding
as tho they were full age. suffered like
fate. The committee bill, 264 S., rela-
tive to issue of bonds by towns cities
and Villages, and the bill introduced by
the committee on assessment and collec-
ton of taxes, 3S3 S., relative to compen-
sation of assessors in towns, were also
non concurred in.
More Property for Taxation.
bill providing more definite method
of taxing personal property owned by CO
partners of by joint owners and covering
all manufactured lumber products
was introduced in the assembly last night
by the committee on assessment and COL
lection of taxes. It was framed by the
tax commission. and the enforcement Of
it's provisions will place hundreds of thou
sands dollars worth of property on the
tax rolls which has escaped heretofore.
Telegraph and telephone poles, ties,
lumber and all manufactured forest prod
ucts are to be deemed in the custody of
the agent or owner of the property where
the purposes of taxation the tax is to run
against the owner or occupant of the
property wherever the same may be
situated on May 1, the time of the assess
ment.
The owner or occupant Of the premises
Is sought to be protected by a provision
whereby he is given personal right of
action against the actual owner, together
with lien upon the property for the un-
paid tax. The law closely follows that
which obtains in Michigan.
Long Session by Assembly.
The assembly held a. long session. Most
Of the committees reported all of the bills
before them. In consequence the calendar
this morning is one Of great length and
one that cannot possibly be disposed Of
for the next few days. Several score Of
bills were reported for indefinite post
ponement.
Many measures came in without recon
mendation. among them being the double
header railroad train bill: that relating to
the salaries of state employees and those
relating to the employment of an expert
accountant in the office of the railroad
commissioner. All of the fish and game
bills were reported for indefinite post
ponement. having been embodied in the
new game bills
Work Of the Senate.
The senate last night adopted a resolu-
ton offered by Senator North, requiring
the state treasurer to file forthwith a
statement Of the receipts and expenditures
of the fish and game wardens under the
present law. He stated there is no politics
connected with the resolution, the pur-
pose being merely to find out the manner
in which the fish and game wardens make
their reports.
The senate revived the architect bill and
by asiyote. of If stos15 5 ordered its passage
A call Of the house was ordered to bring
In two absent senator's, but it was quickly
raised. motion was made to reconsider.
when an effort will be made to kill the
bill
The bill providing for the appointment of
state forestry commission and for the
appointment of a forest warden was
passed under suspension Of rules
Senator Birds anti-cigarette BILL which
requires a license of $500 to be paid by all
dealers handling cigarettes, was reported
for passage. s-