Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-06-28

I OF acres CT land ana are no" Trying
to unload this land onto the state for
a forest reserve. He declared the land
was Of no use for farming purposes
and, in his opinion, the state would
not be able to grow enough on il To
hide a rabbit During a discussion OF
the value Of this land per acre. As
semblyman O'Day said that a few
years ago he g Id bttween 10000 and
1900 acres Of /. at an average price
Of 81 an acre and he thought he was
getting a good price for 1t. Those
who want to sell more Of this same
kind of land to the state hold it at
from 50 to S. an acre. but IL does not
look as though the state would do
much buying.
The senate passed an income tax
bill with a referendum attached to it.
but the assembly does not intend to
concur In that bill Already a sub
stitute measure has been offered in
the lower house and the Republicans
will try to push It through without
any referendum tackled onto the bill
Speaker Ingram and other Republican
leaders believe that the legislature
ought to pass the best possible income
tax bill and then let 1t stand or fall
upon its merit They do not believe
in shifting responsibility by referring
the bill to the people. The substitute
puts the bill back where It was before
Il was amended in the senate The
only exception is the increase of ex-
emption to a man and his wife, which
is made $1,000. instead of $500 The
exemption Of single man is put
back to $500
The amendment of Senator Husting.
which was adopted, and which permit
ted corporations to deduct interest
on bonds. remains, but its provisions
are so drastic that 1t might well have
been left out On this point the
amendment says: "All bonds issued by
a corporation shall be deemed an in
terest in the property and business Of
such corporation and so much Of the
interest payable on such transactions
within the state TO the total property
and business Of such corporation. as
provided in subdivision Of section
l0S7M-2, shall be subject to taxation
under this act under the same rate "a
the income of such corporation. Such
tax shall be assessed to the bondhold
ers under the general designation,
the bOndholders Of --, inserting
the name Of corporation) but shall be
a lien upon the property and business
of such corporation, prior to ali other
liens, and unless paid by the bond
holders shall be enforced against the
corporation When paid by the cor
poratiOn the amount OF such taxation
may be deducted from the next inter
est payment on such bonds unless
otherwise provided BY contract"
Senator Teasdales amendment pro-
vding that the income on real estate
on which taxes had been paid shall be
exempt, is exempt from the assembly
amendment.
Unless the governor refuses to sign
the Bichler bill repeating the law re-
quir,ng that dairy and breeding cat
tie be tested for tuberculosis, the far
mers of the state have won theii
fight against the compulsory test as the
senate concurred in the Bichler mea-
sure which makes the test optional
In response to a request by Secre-
tary of State Frear, the joint commit
tee on finance has decided &c recon-
mend for passage a bill empca cring
the governor. secretary of state and
state treasurer to authorize any de-
partment of state government to en-
ploy additional clerical help If really
needed
This bill would afford relief to the
secretary of state. A report recently
compiled shows that his work has in
creased more than 800 per cent in the
last ten years while the clerical force
increased only 10 per cent. In addi-
ton to this. new laws by the present
legislature will add more work
!. !. !.
After vigorous efforts by Senator
Husting and some acrimonious debate
the senate. by a vote IL 10 to 4, passed
a bill No 15S. which eliminates the
necessity of a candidate receiving a
required number Of votes at the pri-
maries to get his name on the official
ballot. Fear was expressed that the
bill will interfere with the second
choice law.
FRED c. SHEASBY