The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-03
Minnesota legislature
Proceedings at the Minnesota State Capitol for the
Past Week.
Past Week.

The senatorial mill ground out an
unusually large grist of bills.
| The special senate building commit
tee has started an investigation which
will include the university architect.
Clarence G. Johnson, in its scope, and
may reach to the board of regents as
WELL
The trouble arises over the fact that
Minnesota building material is ignored
in the construction of university build
ings. The regents have started a plan
or uniform constructions and in the
furtherance of this plan use nothing
but Bedford stone
| 1t is also charged that Architect
Johnson so frames his plans and speci-
fications that nothing but Danville,
| ILL.,, brick will fill them.
st. Cloud residents object strenuous
| ly to the exclusive use of Bedford
| stone, so long as ST. Cloud granite is
on the market, while Minnesota brick
manufacturers are equally strenuous in
| their objections on the ground that
Minnesota brick is Just as good as that
which can be obtained in Danville
Clarence Johnson said the board of
regents specifications called for a pc
cullar shade of red brick and this
brick can be had only at Danville.
St Paul, Jan. 81. = complete
change of the Minnesota inheritance
tax system is provided for in bill by
Representative Kneeland, of Mime
apolls. 1t would absolutely change
the basis of taxation and is in line with
the suggestions made by the state tax
commission.
The bill provides that for all be-
quests under $4,000 that wife must
pay tax of 1 per cent, the husband
and children ~ per cent, a brother
or sister or the wife of widowed son
or the husband of daughter, 8 per
cent. Beneficiaries who are uncles
or aunts are to pay per cent and all
other beneficiaries are to pay per
cent tax on the inheritance.
This is given as the primary scale
for requests under $4,000. For those
from $4,000 to $4,000, the tax is to
be one and one-half times as much:
from 100000 to $4,000 twice as much:
from $4,000 to 100000, two and one.
half times as much; and over $1OO, 900,
three times as much.
The bill provides that $4,000 of
the inheritance of the wife is EXEMPT,
100000 of the Inheritance of the hus.
band or child, $500 of the inheritance
of the brother, sister, son-in-law or
daughter-in-law, $3.50 of the inheritance
OF the uncle or aunt and 500 of all
other inheritances. Requests to mum.
cipalities are also exempt.
Robert G. Dunn introduced his good
roads measure which had been herald.
ed in the press for several months
past. A measure was introduced at
the same time in the house providing
for one mill road tax, providing
funds for the good roads improvement
program included in his bill.
The bill provides that the governor
shall appoint commissioners to sue.
coed the present highway commission,
no two members of the commission,
to be of the same political party.
These commissioners are to serve
without salary.
This highway commission shall elect
from its own membership a chairman
and vice-chairman. 1t shall appoint
a secretary, who shall be a civil en-.
gineer and practical road-builder and
who shall hold office under the title
OF state engineer at the will of the
commission. He shall also employ dep.
uty and assistant engineers, who shall
file bond. The attorney general is
to be ex-official attorney for the com
mission.
The commission will investigate and
determine the location of road materi
al in the state, ascertain the most ap
proved methods of construction and
improvement of roads, and hold public |
meetings throughout the state when.
ever deemed advisable.
Representative Orr introduced bill
in the house allowing juries to determ.
inc whether murderers are to be
hanged or imprisoned for life. Repre-. |
sentative Skartum introduced a bill |
making it misdemeanor to use false |
weights Representative H. Nelson
introduced bill compelling education
of children. A concurrent resolution |
memorializing congress to oppose the
reciprocity agreement with |
Canada was introduced by Represent.
ative S. N. Lee. Andrew Davis pre-. |
sented bill appropriating $4,000 for
the support of home for the ladies |
of the G. A. R. at Anoka The house
passed the resolution favoring San
Francisco for the Panama exposition
in 1915.
Members of the legislature have re
ceived their first pay. They have been |
in session about a month, not counting
the days they have voted themselves
vacation. Now they will draw hall
of their first years pay, $3.50. Feb.
1 is the date set by law for the pay. |
ment. The state will be about $4,000 |
poorer by the transaction.