The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-16
INHERITANCE
TAX Bull GOES
HOUSE PASSES THE STONE
MEASURE IN PROPER FORM.
Constitutional Amendment Is Offered
to Apply Gross Earnings Tax to
Street Railways-Bin Presented to
Impose License on Private De-
tectives-Legal Holiday Bill Passed.

For the fourth time in the history of
the state tax Inheritance bill has
import has passed the senate, but an
Inheritance tax law is yet to 20 on the
statute books and remain in force.
The bill passed today is fathered by
Representative Ward Stone of Morris,
but 1t is an exact duplicate of the And
erson bill, which was passed by a special
session of the legislature in 1902. But
somewhere between the final passage
by the senate of the Anderson bill and
it's engrossmeut and signature, the per
cent of taxation was raised from l to 10,
and the law was completely nullifed.
The Stone bill fixes the exemption at
$4,000. It makes the tax to be paid by
one-quarter of l per cent. Direct
heirs are to pay 1 per cent and col
lateral heirs per cent. The senate,
1t is expected, will attempt to raise the
exemption to $4,000, if the Stone bill
is to pass that body.
Legal Holiday Bill.
Good Friday is added to the list of
legal holidays by the passage of the
Hugo bill in the house today. The bill,
which originally aimed to make legal
holiday Of the Monday following any
legal holiday, which falls on Sunday,
was amended to include Good Friday as
holiday. The day had had legal
recognition before in Minnesota, but
it had been dropped when there was
a restatement of what are legal holl-
days.
The board Of control will henceforth
purchase stationery and supplies for the
legislature. P. A. Gandrud's bill, tax,
ing the duty from the secretary ct
state, passed the house today. The bill
followed an investigation by the legls-
latiye expenses committee, in which 1t
was found that the state had paid fancy
prices for very ordinary supplies.
Extends Torrens System.
The Racine bill, extending the Tor
rens system of land titles to other
counties in the state than Ramsey, was
passed by the house today. The bill!
makes acceptance OF It's terms optlona
with each county.
Blind Pig Measure.
Sherman s. Smith of Hennepin ap
pears in the role of an assistant Sher
lock Holmes in the conviction Of blind
piggers. The Smith bill authorizes jus
tees of the peace to issue subpoena
for witnesses who are supposed to hav
guilty knowledge of the existence an
operation Of blind porkers. Testimon,
given under the circumstances is no
TO be used to the prejudice Of the wit
ness.
Gross Earnings Tax for Street Rail
ways.
Another constitutional amendment i
proposed for the suffrages of tn
Voters. Edward Tanning Of Olmste!
today introduced a bill for a const1
tutional amendment for a gross earn
ings tax on street railway companies
instead Of the direct tax now imposed
The bill would have the question SUI
mitted to the voters at the general ele'
ton of 1906. 1t is said that Attorne
General Young is heartily in favor c
the bill, as being more equitable sy
tenn of taxation for street car con
panies than the present plan by whic
the state board of equalization fixes a
arbitrary value on the property of tt
public service corporations.
For Concurrent Jurisdiction.
The state game and fish commission
recent agreement with the gan
wardens Of Wisconsin, Iowa and tt
/ Dakotas as to concurrent Jurlsdlctit
; of interstate waters resulted in bi
4 being introduced in the house toda
House file 622, which is fathered (
William Wohlhutter and M.
OLaughlin, recognizes, the nelghbc
ing states concurrent jurisdiction ov
interstate waters and confers authorl
on Minnesota game wardens to 60
the farthest shore of interstate rive
and lakes in the exercise of police pc
ers. The bill permits licensed ishil
with seines except during the spaw
ing month of May in Lake St. Gro
Lake Pepin and the Mississippi /
tween Minnesota and Wisconsin.
A. L. Cole is author Of bill in t
house today designed to reimbul
Sheriff w. G. Hardy Of Cass county
his expenses in the" execution OF W
liam Chounard, a wife-murderer,
( Walker last October. The bill perm
the auditing by county commissions
: Of an itemized statement OF the sh
if Of his fees and extraordinary (
penses in carrying out death warra
It is made retroactive for a period
three wears to serve the purpose
which it was intoduced.
To License Private Detectives.
II. B. Chamberlain, by request, int
duced a bill today which is aimed
irresponsible private detective agenci
The chamberlain bill contemplates
4 license of private detectives by the g
ernor, who shall require bond
$4,000 to be filed with the secretary
state. The license fee is $25, and |
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