Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-12
AMENDMENT OF PRIMARY LAW IS
PARTICULARLY RECOMMENDED
AND PRESENT INEQUALITIES
ARE POINTED OUT.
INHERITANCE TAX
ONE THING FAVORED
LARGE FIELD COVERED BY GOV.
ERNoR IN MESSAGE; LEG'sLA-
YTuRE TOLD 70 ACT PROMPTLY
ON SENATOR.

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Des .Moinss, Ia, Jan. 10.--Governor
tB. F. Carroll transmitted to tho legis.
lature today, his, first biennial mes
sage. Tho document covers, all the
workings 81 the various departments
lpf state government and ia the most
voluminous Of any message sent to
the General Assembly In recent years
In part the governor says:
To the Senate and House Of Repre-
Isentatives OF the Th1rty.fourth Gem
|pral Assembly:
In compliance with the provisions
Of article :. section IL. of the consti.
ttution requiring the governor to"com.
lmunicate; by msssage. to- the general
assembly, At every regular session,
1.-THE condition of the state. and recon-
lmending such matters as he shall
Idsem sxpsdient,", 1 present to you the
following: SsT ges
From the biennial report of the
auditor Of state you will observe that
IAk>.> ~,os Il. $hA atatA tPAAaurY .IulY
rs,n :, ~, ar, - -. cr.d,t NJ tho
1880 = s,nd ~. ,.timated receipts
go, th.t lat. "a July i. 1919. amount
- e1a "a mn m.tinr Z total of s13.-
fs4a.o1k ~. a.timated expenditures
for general purposes, from July j.
$780, to July /, 1913, are $10.93s.0 900.
leaving q balance Of $1,605, 915. From
.h,. .ho,,d ha deducted ssos. 900.
hun,.r,. f,c.n.a not Available for gen.
"a, nurno.aa and 5000. 900 needed to
r..+ current .arnans4. from, July /.
t1o1a ~ 0ctcher : 1s135 during which
,inos tha t.t.ta,a income a verv mea.
, ere neduct,nr these two amounts
ia.v.. nat balance OF s1.4s9. 916
.v.l,,h1. for axtr. ordinary appropri.
.t;or. drrinr tia biennial, neriod and
~ Iura AZ 1a1a More than this
!, .,r1nvnt - would NOT bo safe for you
Ia. arnrnnr,ata
/ fenv r.,son 81 tho nol,cv Of economy
, ,r.c.,c.d X tia ,ast session NJ the
ran 80 a..emblv and because Of the
| cre.a.d income from sources other
th.n ~ -t.r.tion tha executive COIN.
. iii r. ,h.en All. - mata = reduction
| - Eone.,anth of = min In the lew for
-.r.v., .t.ta rurnnsa. made IN 1a0a
.nA !. ,,ke reduction IN 1910 40 thar
TIA law /. now three and three
t.nth. NTH. tnstoad ~ three and i've
tan.hs .. Il had previously been. I
.c.rc.lv na.d .ay ia ven, that thu
law Tar thu nart two YEAR. VIII de-
n,nd ant,yAlv mon tha extent az thu
lnnro,r,at,on. m.da nv vo,, and the
mean. which vou nnovida for raising
revenue from ao,irces other than bv
taxation. trust that you will keen
val, within tha n.,res ahove nyotad
am advised bv those enioined
with the dutv Of enforcing the collat.
.ra1 ,nh.,At.nc. tay law That T. naeds
ia ha rawritten to the end that Il
NAV ha mada NOR. anec,hc ana that
antiquities that now exist NAV be
removed II Ia mite defective In
some OF its provisions especially az
TO the collection Of interest and :. to
bringing suit arainst those who In.
herit under tax In the manner and
time provided by will and who decMne
or fail to pay the law.
The income to the state from COL
lateral Inheritance has increased
quite perceptibly, the income for the
last. biennial period. ending June 80,
1910, being 447,179.4O, while for the
previous biennial period it was only
S341, 3bs.S3, making net increase of
S1o5, SlS.47.
At q later date l will transmit to
your honorable body certified copy
of a joint resolution passed by the