Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04

No sS7 Al A,1p q IPuPlisRed Jply 8 1911.
AN ACT to amend subsection 8, of
section 1922, paragraph b. of sub
section 20, and paragraph d. of sub
section Il. of section 1222-5, section
1ZZz-29, and section 1222-30 of the
statutes, relating to the taxation OF
street railways and the distribution
of the tax.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section l. Subsection 8, of section
1212-2, paragraph b, of subsection 20,
and paragraph d, of subsection q, of
section l222-5o Of tie statutes are
AMENDED enC to- read: (section l22212l
the laws of this state for manufacture
ing. generating or furnishing light,
heat, power, signals or other service,
with the power of accepting
and operating under franchises grant
cd by municipalities, and wholly OPP
Grated by a street railway company,
| railway property of such company as
owner, lessee or otherwise, shall be
deemed light, heat and power COM
pany within the meaning of this act.
(Section 1222-5) 20. b. The gross
earnings of such street railway COM
| pany from the operation of it's business
and village within or through which
ending on the 10th day Of
June preceding.
receipts from the operation obtained
| in. each county in each municipality,
within or through which any such
company operates from the business
| of furnishing light, heat, power or
other service for the year ending tho
Goth day Of June
Section 1920. /, Before the as
| seSsment and tax roll is delivered 10
| the state treasurer the tax
| commission, from the reports of the
! companies and from all the evidence,
! information and statistics obtainable,
| shall ascertain and determine the total
| gross receipts of every company from
| the operation of it's business within
! the state, and the amount of the gross
| receipts from the operation of the bus
| mess of each such company within
| each town, city and village, within or
| through which the lines OF the COM
| pany extend or in which its business
| is operated and carried on for the year
| ending the S0th day of
port under section 5.
| 2. The total gross receipts of each
company shall be entered upon the
sion, and opposite the names OF the
| municipalities within which the bust
ness OF such company is operated and
| carried on, shall be entered the amount
| of the gross receipts which the
| tax commission ascertains and deter
| mines was obtained from the operation
| of the business of the company within
or through each such municipality.
/ Section l222-30. 1. The state shall
| retain fifteen per cent of the taxes paid
| into the treasury under the provisions
Of this act, and eighty-fve per cent
| of the taxes so paid by any company
shall be distributed to the towns, cities
and villages, within or through which
| the business of the company was car
| ried on and operated in proportion
as near as may be to the prop
| erty located and business transacted
within each such town, city
and village.
| 2. The = tax commission shall
| ascertain and determine the amount Of
the tax when paid into the state treas
ury by any company, which on the
basis of eighty-tive per cent of the
whole, shall be dis tributed to the
| towns, cities and villages, through or
| in which it's business is operated, and
shall cause to be entered in the record
! of the tax commission the
names of such towns, cities and viii
| lagos, and opposite the names thereof,
the amount of taxes to be paid to each
such municipality.
! Section 2, This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
sage and publication.
Approved July 7, 1911. Copy Law.