Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-21
TWO BIG QUESTIONS
CONFRONT ASSEMBLY
Revenue and Taxation Measures
to Be Conspicuous Before
Legislature
THE INHERITANCE TAX BILL
Measure Introduced Same as That
Once Passed by Senate-Proposal to
Tax Mortgages Again to the Front
Another Batch of Bills Intro
duced.
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Des Moines, Jan. 21-Revenue and
taxation measures have come to the
front right at the outset, and they
promise to occupy a large part OF The
time of the legislature. That the leg
islature will make it possible for the
state to have larger income without
adding to the direct taxes of the peo-
pie is certain That which will be done
will be in large degree the culnlina-
ton of efforts which have been made
covering a series of years.
The corporation report and fee bill:
introduced by Senator I'itchpatrick is
substantially the Ericsson bill of last
session, but 1t has been more nearly
perfected. All corporations legally en-
gagged in business in Iowa must make
annual reports. Provision Is made for
compelling them to report or to suffer
forfeiture of the right to engage in
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ant feature of this will be that it vii.
give the state an actual record of the
live and going business enterprises of
the state SO that somebody Will be able
to certify out that a corporation is or
is not doing business legally. The Zee
ranges from SIG to SIS for each cor
poration reporting. This is enough to
give the state a tidy sum each year.
Henry Saberson, former member Of
the house, now in the office of secre-
tary Of state, has worked on this bill
The legislature today adopted con-
current resolution authorizing the three
state colleges to apply to the trustees
of the Carnegie foundation for an eX-
tension of the pension benefits to edu-
Gators in the state colleges as well as
In private colleges. The resolution was
Withdrawn from the senate for the ap-
pointment of visiting committees.
New bills were introduced today as
follows:
McManus, making an open season
for turtle doves.
Van Law, forbidding saloons near
libraries, or occupied residences.
Bruce, to authorize road drags on
highways.
Arney, to include furnishings for Of
ficers at soldiers home.
Miller, providing for a correspond
ence school at the University of Iowa.
Moore, of Linn, requiring fidelity
companies to deposit funds with the
auditor.
Ritter, to provide that part Of the
saloon license go to the road fund.
Bonwell, to require the running Of
motor cars on railroads in certain
cases.
Schultz, to authorize cities to create
sprinkling districts.
The direct inheritance tax bill went
before the senate this time by GILL;
land and in the house 1t will be faith
cred by Lee. This is the bill which
the senate ways and means committee
introduced and which the senate passed
at the last session. 1t provides for a l.
per cent inheritance tax on a $4,000
estate and / per cent additional FOR
each $4,000 until a maximum of per
cent is reached. Gillilland would ex-
empt real estate but the house DILL
makes no exemptions. The bill Was
pushed thru the senate at the last ses-
sion by Senator Smith, and it was re-
marked that if it passed there was
probably not member Of either house
with an estate that would have to pay
so heavily to the state treasury as that
of the man who urged the bill.
Representative Ward, of Sioux City,
introduced the bill to provide for a
mortgage fee, and in the senate this
was introduced by Senator Hunter. It
provides for recording fee to be paid
when mortgage is paid. and this is to
be in lieu of all other taxes; in other
words, a mortgage is to pay its taxes
when it is recorded and it cannot be
recorded until the tax is paid. In this
way there can be no escape.
All three of the measures were rec
commended in the message of the gov
ernor to the general assembly.
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BY unanimous consent the bill by
Senator Stuckslager toe make of Lin
coins birthday a state holiday will
come up in the senate tomorrow with
out having gone to committee and
1t probably will be passed. There is
very strong sentiment in favor of the
bill. The day is now practically a
holiday in Iowa and all that is pro-
posed is to give it legal recognition.
It is a legal holiday in Illinois, New
York, Massachusetts, Colorado, Con-
necticut, Delaware, Kansas, Minnesota,
Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota,
Pennsylvania, Washington and Wy
| oming.
The proposal to have the visiting
committees go to the various state
institutions at this time did not meet
| the approval of the older members.
They contend that this should not be
done until at least some of the appro.-
priation bills are presented. Besides
the short vacation is usually taken