The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-01-16

Hibbing. A bill by Rep. l.. Virtue pro-
office and assayers' department at
cholera serum and also calls for an
appropriation of $4,000 to maintain
laboratory for the manufacture of
the serum at the state agricultural
college.
An additional inspector in the la
Dor bureau to take charge of the in
vestigation of deaf and dumb en-
ployes in the state and watch tneir
interests is provided in bill by Rep.
w. A. Campbell, Minneapolis.
The right of all village councils to
grant liquor licenses thereby taking
the power from the voters is given
in the provisions of bill by Repre-
sentative Morken, Crookston, intro
duced yesterday.
Albert Pfaender, New Ulm, intro
duced another initiative and referen-
dunn measure in the house which
provides that fifteen per cent of the
voters may take up the initiative and
ten per cent submit request for
referendum.
Plans for the relief of fire or flood
sufferers are provided in bill by
Rep. E. Lundeen, which will create
if passed, a commission composed of
the five state officers and imposes
tax of .05 of a mill tax to provide
a fund.
Patterned along the lines of the
Wisconsin act, bill providing for an
income tax in Minnesota was intro
duced in the senate by Works of Blue
Earth. The measure provides for
levying tax on all incomes derived
from rents, interest on money loaned
or invested, wages, salaries or fees,
dividends from stocks, royalties from
franchises and all other income on
property in this state, except that
which is specifically exempted.
According to the bill, the exemp-
ton shall include individual incomes
up to and including $500; husband
and wife, $1,000; for each child I'M
der eighteen, 5000; for each depend
ent other than those named, 5000.
A graduated scale of taxation is
provided ranging from one per cent
on the first $1,000 on taxable income
to six per cent on incomes which ex-
$4,000. The taxes are applicable
to business institutions as we'll as
individuals. s.-- -
Representative Nimocks of Mime
apolis, introduced a bill in the house
to prohibit intermarriage of blacks
and whites within the state.
Nimocks' bill carries with it a
penalty of five years imprisonment
for each of the participants in such
a marriage. He would have the same
punishment dealt out to residents of
Minnesota of the two different races
who marry in another state and then
return to this state. Justices of peace
and ministers who perform mixed
marriages., or clerks of courts who
issue licenses, would be guilty Of mis-
demeanor. " RI
"Twanty-seven states now have
laws prohibiting the intermarriage of
blacks and whites" said Mr.. MINI
ocks. 2-..5-s.,"tt RI
Contributions by employees to en-
p.oyers' liability insurance probably
will be cut from the workman's COM
pensation act by the special senate
committee headed by Senator Re ckne,
before the bill is reported back to
the senate. There may be some modi-
fication of the provision for benefits
to aliens not residents in the coun-
try and there may be slight in
crease in compensation for orphaned
children. NJ
Rat one bill is before the commit
tee. No further public hearings will
be held. Few of the provisions of the
bill are seriously opposed either by
the workmen or the employers, so
that the task of the committee is
pretty well accomplished.