The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-04-03
LEGISLATORS NOT SATISFIED
WITH PROPOSITION OF THE
RAILROADS.
COMMITTEE WILL THEREFORE
REPORT TWo.CENT PASSEN.
GER FARE BILL.

instead the committee will report a 2
cent rate bill Efforts to effect COM
promise on the whole rate question,
both passenger and freight, in consid-
Grafton of the reconsideration in the
senate and house of the vote on the
passage of the 2-cent passenger fare
bills and the substitution of 2-cent
fare bill were not successful, so far
as the conference committee and the
railroad and warehouse commission
are concerned.
The proposals of the railroads upon
which the compromise was to be made
was received by the committee and
the commission at a meeting in the
commissions office. 1t was presented
by l.. L. Brown Of Winona, acting for
all of the roads. The terms of the
proposed compromise did not come up
to the expectations of the committee,
and while the committee will have
performed it's full duty when it trans
mits the offer to the legislature the
the compromise by reporting in a bill
providing for 2-cent passenger rate
An income tax in lieu of all other
personal taxes will be collected from
all persons whose annual income ex-
ceeds $500, after May 1, 1908, if bill
Introduced by Senator A. D. Stephens
of Crookston becomes law.
The rate is to be calculated and
fixed by the county auditor according
to the provisions of Chapter 2 Of the
code, and is to be assessed on all
gains, profits and incomes in excess of
$500, from whatever source derived,
except such as are exempt by law or
are taxed upon gross earnings.
Estimating Persons Income.
The bill provides that in estimating
the income Of any person, co'partner-
ship or corporation for this purpose
there shall he included all income de-
rived from interest on bills receiv-
able, notes, bonds or other securities
or profits from the sale or exchange of
real estate or personal property; pre-
NUNS or profits derived from the sale
Of notes, bonds, mortgages, or other
all personal property acquired by gift
or inheritance; all other gains, profits
and incomes derived from any source
whatever.
From the items specified there shall
be deducted the necessary expenses
| actually incurred in carrying on bust
ness, trade or employment Of any per-
son or company subject to this tax;
all interest paid upon any existing in
| debtedness; the amount of all other
taxes paid during the pear; losses in
| Cured by fire, storms or accidents not
| covered by insurance.; all dividends
| received from corporations orS stock
| companies which have reported to the
assessors their incomes for taxation.
The right Of eminent domain to pub
lie service corporations, organized for
the purpose of generating electricity
by steam or water power, is provided
in a bill introduced by Senator T. M.
Pugh of Duluth.
A macadamized state road starting
from st. Cloud and headed for the
Twin Cities is provided for in a bill
introduced in the house by F. T. White
of Elk River. An appropriation of
$4,000 is provided for purchasing a
rock crusher and some other machin-
cry and for transporting the rock. The
bill provides that the crushed rock is
to be taken from the quarries at the
state reformatory and leaves the work
to be done by the inmates Of that in
stitution. Mr.. White intends the road
as model or demonstration road. He
expects to continue the work by sub
| sequent legislation so that the road
will ultimately reach Minneapolis.
Salary Bill Killed.
The state officers salary bill was
| killed in the house committee of the
| whole The vote on the motion for
indefinite postponement, offered by J.
| G.. Lennon of Minneapolis, was 40 for
and 80 against.
Absolute prohibition is proposed in
| bill introduced in the house by G..
W. Higgins Of Minneapolis, one of the
three Prohibition members. The bill
proposes a constitutional amendment
to be voted on in 1908, providing that
the manufacture, sale or transporta-
ton of alcoholic liquors shall be pro-
| hibited forever after Jan. 1, 1910.'
A bill to increase the salary of the
governor from $4,000 to $1,000 was in
troduced in the house by T. J. Brady
Of st. Paul.
The general legislative reapportion-
ment bill was introduced in the house
by F. T. White of Elk River, chair
man of the house reapportionment
| committee. A general reapportion-
ment affecting nearly every county in
the state is proposed The number of
senators is left at 60, but the represent
tatives are increased from 119 to 120.
Whenever the number of counties i'll
senatorial district is the same as
the number of representatives, each
county is made representative dis
trict
Monday was the last day for the in
PRODUCTION of bills and there were I'll
bills introduced in the legislature,
making total of 2,O56 bills intro
duced during this session
Helped Her Up.
Orchestra LEADER never heard the
prima donna do that high note as
well as she did last night. Stage Man
ager-Nor I. You see, just as she
reached it she saw mouse in the
wings.-Y onkers Statesman.