The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-19
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County Treasurer A. G. Johnson re-
Gently sent out a large number OF
postal cards notifying property hold
ers OF a new tax that the legislature
recently provided for, called the
credit tax. Since sending out
these cards he has received a large
number of requests for full explana.
tons as to just what this tax is.
AT the last legislature there was
law enacted known as the credit
tax. The property assessed under
the new law included cash, accounts
receivable and notes. Three mills on
the. dollar is the amount of the tax
assessed on this property. The ma.
jority of people do not know that
it is a special tax.
s-s What the Law Says.
In this regard the law states the
following:
Chapter 2S5, Section 1. Money
and credits as the same are defined
in Section 1913, Revised Laws of
1906 are hereby exempted from
taxation other than that imposed by
this act and shall hereafter be sub
ject to an annual tax of three mills
on each dollar or the fair cash value
thereof.
But nothing in this act shall ap-
ply to money or credits belonging
to incorporated banks situated in this
state, nor to any Indebtedness on
which tax is paid under Chapter 32S,
General Laws of 1907.
List Money and Credits.
Section 2. All money and all
credits taxable under this act shall
be listed in the manner provided in
Section SIG, Revised Laws Of 1905,
but such listing shall he upon a
separate blank from that upon which
other personal property is listed.
Section 3. Before making an as
sessment OF money and credits I'M
der this act the assessor shall give
seasonable notice to the inhabitants
of his district in the manner pre-
scribed in Section sos Revised Laws
of 1905 He shall require each in
dividual, co4partnership, company, as
ISOLATION or corporation in his dis
trict to bring in before a date there
in specified and not later than the
first day Of July a true hist of all
their moneys and credits taxable
under this act" '&~
Sheriff Keogh of LIE Sueur county
left today for Pinkerton, Mo-, where
he will serve extradition papers on
one Ed Collins, charged with grand
larceny and bring him back to
Minnesota to face the grand jury.
But that is just part of the story.
The rest of the tale involves a set
of theatrical trunks, a moving pic.
lures outfit and a hurried trip south
1t all is said to have started in
the peaceful little town of LIE Sueur
Center. DR.. Prentice and his COM
pany gave performance there last
fall, about the beginning of the deer.
season. From here, the, organization
went to. Cleveland where he him
self, his wife, and Ed Collins, an
actor, composed the troupe.
Prentice Was Making a Date.
DR.. and Mrs. Prentice left Collins
at Cleveland to take care of the
trunks, while they went on to Ions
dale a few stations beyond, where
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DIR. Prentice was to make a date
for. his show. Collins, however, is
alleged to have come to Mankato and
it is claimed by Prentice that he
checked out the trunks, containing
the entire moving picture outfit, at
the Omaha depot, for Omaha, Neb.
Collins is alleged to have accom-
panied the trunks. When DR.. Prem
tice returned, khe found Collins had
gone and, the trunks: were not in
sight. -....l
Notified the Authorities.
DIR. Prentice Immediately notified
the authorities Of LIE Sueur county
and County Attorney Francis J.
Hanzel. The sheriff began at once to
follow the trail with what clues he
had. He kept the work up unceaseless-
ly, sending out postal cards and
tracing him to Omaha, then to st.
Joseph Mo-, and from there to
PinkertOn, Mo. Here he heard Col
Inns was abiding and had him taken
into custody. He is being held there
pending the serving. Of extradition
papers. .u,.7.
Collins would have been brought
back to this state before, but some
trouble was encountered in getting
Dr.. Prentice and having him sign
the extradition papers, which had to
be served before Collins could be
brought back to Minnesota. /
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