Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08
No. 687, Al Published June %, 1909.
CHAPTER 535, LAWS OF 1909.

No SS7, Al Published June o. 1909,
CHAPTER 535, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to amend section 1222a Of the
statutes, relating TO taxation Of telephone
companies.
The people of the State of WISCONSIN,, rep
resented IN Senate and Assembly, Go en-
act as follows:
Section l. Section 1924 of the statutes
is amended TO read Section 1222a. Any
person, cO-partnership, association, company
or corporation owning and operating OPP
Grating any telephone line In this state with
appliances for the transmission of messages
Of speech or sound and engaged in the bust
ness of furnishing telephone service for com
pensation as owner, lessee or otherwise,
shall be deemed and held telephone COM
Dany and shall on or before the
first cay Of March in each year
make and return to the state treasurer in
such form and upon such blanks as he shall
prescribe and furnish, q true statement OF
the gross receipts from the operation OF
the business during the preceding calendar
year, which statement shall be verified by
the president, treasurer and secretary OF
such company 50 operating, or two OF the
other principal officers thereof, the per
son SO operating the telephone business
The statement shall show separately the
amounts OF Gross receipts from the toll line
service, which shall include all receipts on
toll line business beginning and ending
within the sta and a proportion based
upon the mileage within the state to the
done, of receipts on all interstate business
passing through, into or out OF the state,
and from the service of the exchange prop
ertY of the company and the town, city OIL
village in which each exchange ia located
with the true amount of the gross receipts
of each such exchange. The duplicate
of such statement shall be fled with the
treasurer Of each town, city or village In
which any exchange of the company may
be located.
Every person, co-partnership, assOciR tlon
company or corporation operating q tele-
phone exchange or toll line or both,
shall pay an annual license fee to be
computed upon the total gross receipts as
herein required to be shown In said state
ment, as follows:
1. Four per centum OF the total gross re-
ceipts, II such gross receipts equal or AK
coed 100000.
2. Three and ons-haR per centum of the
total gross receipts, II such gross receipts
equal or exceed 100000 and are less than
$500, 900.
g. Three per centum Of the total gross
receipts, II such gross receipts equal or ex-
coed 100000 and ore less than 100000
4. Two and one-half per cenCum OF the
total gross receipts, II such gross recsipGa
are less than 100000
The amount arising from such license fees
shall be paid by the company as follows
viz The license fee upon eighty-five per
cent of the gross receipts from the exchange
service or business shall, on or before the
each year. be paid to the treasurer of the
town, city or village In which the exchange
is located, for the use and benefit OF said
town. city or village; the balance OF the
license fee upon fifteen per cent of such
gross receipts from exchange gervice shall
be paid to the state treasurer and become
6 part of the general fund for the Of
the state. The license fees Oh all OF the
gross receipts from the toll line service shall
be paid to the state treasurer and become
a part OF the general fund for the of
the state Every such person, co-partner-
ship, association, company or corporation,
upon fling such verified statement with the
state treasurer and the fling of such dupli-
cate with the treasurer OF the respective
town, city or village treasurers, and upon
the payment OF the license fees herein pre-
scribed to the state treasurer and to the
respective town, city and village treasurers,
shall apply for and receive from the state
ness for the calendar year commencing on
the first day Of January preceding and end
ing on the succeeding 81st day Of Decem-
ber unless sooner revoked.
Section g This act shall not defeat, re-
NIT or affect the license fee paid or to be
paid to the state IN the year 1909, nor affect
any penalty or remedy for neglect to pay
license lees In said year according to the
provisiols OF section 1222a Of the statutes
as amended
Section g. This act shall take effect and
be IN force from and after It's passage and
Approved June II, 1909.