The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-03-16
FAV0RS INCOME TAX
HOUSE RECOMMENDS BILL FOR
PASSAGE By AN ALMOST
y UNANIMOUS VOTE. p
SENATE FAVORS MEASURE FOR
REPEAL OF THE CORRUPT
PRACTICES ACT. Is

st. Paul, March 15.-By almost a
unanimous vote the house In commit
tee OF the whole decided to recon-
mend the income tax bill for passage.
F. B. Wright of Minneapolis moved
for the indefinite postponement of the
bill, and urged that it was double
taxation, but the house would not
listen to him. There was no further
debate and the vote was almost unani-
nous.
Before the final vote, however, an
amendment was added, giving the
state one-third, the county revenue
fund one-third and the county road
and bridge fund one-third of the tax.
The original bill gave the state the
whole tax.
The bill as approved provides for a
tax on all incomes in excess of $4,000,
the tax being per cent on the second
$4,000, 2 per cent on the third and
per cent on all in excess of $4,000.
The income, however, is to be the net
income, and the bill provides that in
the computation of the income there
shall be deducted the necessary ex-
penses Of carrying on the business,
interest paid on debt, taxes paid for
other purposes, losses incurred by fire
or accident and dividends received
from corporations or firms which have
been taxed upon their income.
In Lieu of Personal Property Taxes.
The income tax shall be in lieu of
personal property taxes on property In
excess of $4,000.
The logs and lumber committee of
the house has decided to recommend
for indefinite postponement the Len
non bill which declares submerged
logs in lakes and streams abandoned
property and provides for their sale
by the state. The same action was
taken on Dalzelps bill which increases
by 40 per cent the measurement of
logs as given by Scribner's rule, now
In force.
J. G. Lennon of Minneapolis secured
favorable action in the house commit
tee of the whole on his bill providing
a jail sentence for rebaters.
The house passed, under suspension
of the rules, the bill loaning $4,000 to
farmers of the Red river valley for
seed grain in cases where they have
lost their crops. J. L. Wood Of Twin
Valley made the motion and urged &C.
ton on the ground that If the money
was to be of any use to them they
ought to have it now. N. F. Hugo of
Duluth objected on the ground that
the bill had never gone to the appro.
priations committee, but the house
would not support him and the roll
call was unanimous. The bill has
passed the senate.
To Reduce Street Car Fares.
A bill for reduced street car fares
In st. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth
will be reported to the house in day
or two by the committee on. express
telegraph and electric railways.
The house appropriation committee
introduced a substitute bill for the
county agricultural school bill. The
new bill appropriates $4,000 for each
of eight schools to be established at
Slayton, Madison, Morris, Willmar,
Breckenridge, Austin, Wadena and
Marshall. The schools are to be es-
tablished by the counties and the
counties are to pay part Of the cost
Under the bill any other county may
establish a school or two counties may
unite.
For each such school the state will
pay 100000 the first year and $3,00f
annually thereafter. Tuition must be
free in all the schools to all residents
of the state.
Counties from which inmates of the
state hospitals and asylums are com
mitted will be required to pay SIS a
year toward the support of each under
bill introduced by Senator G. A.
Johnson of st. Peter. The county is
authorized to collect this amount from
the estate of the inmate and in case
there is none, from the relatives OF
each inmate.
To Repeal Corrupt Practices Act.
The Minnesota corrupt practices act
received a body blow at the hands OF
the senate when Senator D.. R. Hall S
bill providing for the repeal Of that
section of the law relating to the ex.
pense of candidates was up for con.
sideration in the committee of the
whole. Senator Halls bill simply pro
vided for he repeal Of Section $40 OF
the code, but Senator J. A. Collier OF
Shakopee proposed an amendment
which provided that all the other sec
lions in the corrupt practices act, Sec
lions 34S to 35S inclusive, should be re-
pealed. These sections specify what
expenses a candidate may legally in
| cur in an election, limit the amount OF
| the expenses, provide for the filing OF
expense accounts by the candidates
and political committees and provid
| ing for violations of the act.
! A motion to report the bill for in
II.