Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-08
STATE TREASURER HAS PROB
LEM IN MAKING APPoRTioN.
MENT AMONG COUNTIES.
PER CENT
TO BE REDIsTRIeuTEp
Law Not Plain AZ to Methods Of Ap.
portionment-E Entire Apple Crop Of
Iowa Of Marketable ou1ity-stats
Once Had q Tax commission-Its
Work Rejected by Two Legislatures.

Special to the Times-Republican.
Des Moines, July Snow the state
treasurer ia at the point of beginning
to worry about the somewhat peculiar
provisions of the new automobile taxa
ton law. His worry Is over the method
of getting the IS per cent back to the
respective counties. The law says that
the IS per cent shall be apportioned
among the several counties Of the state
in the same ratio as the number of
townships in the seevral counties bear
to the total numbers OF townships in
the state" Does this mean congress
sional, or thirty ix-square mile town
ships, or the civil townships? If the
latter then it is not an equitable dis
tribution Of the money. There are
small counties with more townships
than some Of the big counties. If it
means civil townships there is an In
centive to have the number Of town
ships increased. There are about !. $50
townships in the state.
Another thing not clear is the man
ner Of getting the money out Of tn state
treasury and back to the counties. The
automobile law says the treasurer shall
forthwith remit to the county treasur-
ers' the So per cent as soon as appor-
toned. But the code provides that no
money can be paid out of the state
treasury except upon warrants prop
erly drawn. The state treasurer has
no authority to order a warrant. Some
one will have to decide just what is to
be done.
Secretary Wesley Greene. Of the
horticultural department, states that
the reports indicate that practically the
entire apple crop Of Iowa will be mar
ketable this year and the waste from
scab and insects will be unusually
small. The dry weather has prevented
any harm to the growing apples from
scab and the lack of fruit last year
prevented breeding of the worms ana
bugs. The June hot weather injured
the fruit to some extent, but Iowa Will
still have a fair fruit crop.
II is recalled that the tax commits
sion which has just been organized Is
not the first Of its kind. Governor
Boies had the appointment of tax
commission to report and recommend
a revision Of the taxing laws OF the
state. He appointed Judge Whiting, OF
Onawa, August Post, Of Moulton,
Charles A. Clark Of Cedar Rapids, and
Joe r. Lane Of Davenport. Inc COM
mission devoted great deal OF tlme
to deciding just what ought to be done
to fix up Iowa laws as to assessment
and taxation so that the tax buroen
would be more equitably adjusted. A
report was made which was completely
ignored by two legislative sessions Out
which formed the basis. IN part at
least, OF the revision which FOUND It's
way into the code Of 1897. 1t was here
that the law for the first time gave
recognition to the basis OF taxation dlf-
ferent from the actual valuation OF the
property, the assessment at full value
and taxation on one,fourth value. Inc
report Of the former tax commission
and material gathered for its use will
be made available for the new one
Governor Carroll has appointed.
Judge Henderson, commerce counsel
for the railroad commission. TOOK up
for his first work in his new Office,
the case involving the application Of
the Corn Belt Meat Producers Assoc
alton to have another extension for
one wear Of the time which the rail-
roads have for adopting the S6-foot
freight car as the standard length for
livestock in place of the 31-foot car
which is now the standard. The order
for the change stands as an order OF
the railroad commission, but extensions
have been granted from time to time.
Unless another extension is granted
the change will be made and it will not
be possible to ship as small lot of live
stock at the carload rate as at present.
Before coming to take up his work the
Judge closed up his entire law business
at Indianola and is out Of the general
nractice now.