Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
No. 1877, Al Published June %, 1901
CHAPTER 635. LAWS OF 1909.

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CHAPTER 636, LAWS or 1909
AN ACT to amend section 1222a of the
statutes, relating to taxation OF telephcne
companies.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows sst@st
Section /. Section 1222a of the statutes
is amended to read Section 1222a any
person. Co-partnershtp, association, company
or corporation owning and operating or 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 bs deemed and held @ telephone com
pany and shall on or before the
first day of March In each year
make and return to the state treasurer In
such form and upon such blanks as he shall
prescribe ami furnish, true statement Of
the gross receipts from the operation OF
the buslness during the preceding calendar
year, which statement shall be verified by
the president, treasurer and secretary OF
such company so operating, or two OF the
other principal officers thereof, or the per-
son 30 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 state and a proportion based
upon the mileage within the state to the
entire mileage over which such business Is
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 or
village In which each exchange is located
with the true amount Of the gross receipts
OF each such exchange. The duplicate
Of such statement shall be flied with the
treasurer OF esch town, city or village In
which any exchange of the company may
be located
company or corporation operating a tele,
phone exchange toll line Or both,
shall pay I'm annual license fee to be
computed upon the total gross receipts as
hsreip required TO be- shown IN sai6 state
n:ent. as follows
Fcnr per centnm Of The total gross re-
cefpts, II such gross receipts equal or FL
cesd 100000.
2 Three and one-haif per cent1m of the
total gross receipts. II sach gross receipts
equal or exceed sso0.ooo and are less than
$500 GGO
s. Three per centuu of the total gross
receipts. such gross receipts equal or eX.
seed 100000 and are less than ssoo.o09.
l. Two end one half per centum Of the
totai gross receipts. II such gross receipts
are less than 100000,
The amount arising from such license fees
shall be paid By the company as follows.
viz The license fee upon etghtyfve per
cent OF the gross receipts FROM the exchange
service or business snail on or DaroFe the
first day Of March, 10
each year, be paid to the treasurer of the
town city or village In which the exchange
Is located, for the nse and benefit Of said
town, city or village: the balance OF the
license fee upon ffteen per cent Of such
gross receipts from exchange service shall
be maid TO the state traa sgrer and become
A part Of the general fund for the use OF
the state The license fees on all Of the
gross receipts from the toll line service shall
be paid TO the state treasurer and become
II part Of the general fund for the use OF
the state. Every such person, co-partper-
ship. association. company OF corporation,
anon nIlng such verified statement with the
state treasurer and the hling OF such dnpli-
cate with the treasurer Of the respective
town, city or village treasurers, and upon
the payment Of the license fees herein pre-
scrihed 10 the state treasurer and to the
respective town. city and village Heasurers,
shall apply for and receive from the state
treasurer license to carry on such eus'-
ness for the calendar year commencing on
the frat day Of January preceding and end
ing on the succeeding 8lst day OF Decesn-
her. unless sooner revoked.
Section 2 This act shall not defeat re-
init or affect the license fee paid or to be
paid 10 the state IN the year 1909. nor affect
any penalty or remedy for uegiecr to pay
license fees In said gear according to the
provisions Of section f222a Of the statutes
aa amended
Section 8 T'hfs act shall take effect and
be- In force from and sftar tss passage and
publication
Approved tunr II. 1908.