The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-24
BILL TO TAX INCOMES
PUT TO STATE SENATE
From thursdays Daily.


bill providing for an income tax
in Minnesota was introduced in the
senate by Works of Blue Earth to-
day. The. measure provides for levy
ing Il tax on all incomes derived
from rents, interest on money loan
ed or invested, wages, salaries or
fees, dividends from stocks, royal.
ties from franchises and all other
income on property in this state, ex-
cept 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 un.
der eighteen, 5000: for each de,
pendent other than those named,
$500.
\ graduated scale of taxation is
provided ranging from l per cent on
the first $1,000 on taxable income
10 6 per cent on incomes which eX,
coed $4,000. The taxes are applica-
bic to business institutions as well
as individuals
Representative Miles Porter has
introduced bill relating to the or,
der of argument of attorneys for
state and defense in criminal cases.
The order is now the defense has the
final word TO the jury. Mr.. Por-
ters bill permits the states attor.
ney to have the last say to the
jury.
Wants Normal School.
Northern Minnesota is after a nor,
NAL school, or normal schools, again
this session. Unless compromise is
made, the bitter fight of four years
ago is likely to be repeated.
Representative p. H. McGarry OF
Walker says that he is ready, if
necessary, to repeat his previous
fight for a normal school at Cass
Lake. He won that time in the leg,
islature, but the governor vetoed the
bill
There is talk Of "a compromise by
giving everybody what he wants
This compromise will involve no:
one. but three normal schools fol
Northern Minnesota. Cass Lake
would get its school, Thief River
Falls would get another. and a third
would be left for location by the
normal board.
Should the rest of the state agree
to this program, it would be the
simplest way out for the warins
forces in Northern Minnesota.
Bars Mixed Marriages.
Representative Nimocks of Mime.
apOlis introduced in the house Wed.
ncsday a bill to prohibit intermar-
riage of blacks and whites within
the state.
Nmocks' 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 resi-
dents Of Minnesota Of the two diff.
fercnt 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 misdemeanor.
"Twenty-seven states now have
laws prohibiting the intermarriage
Of blacks and whites" said Mr..
NimockS.
The Transportation Bill.
For transporting senate members
to the meeting of the legislature. the
state will pay S1,96770, if the report
of the mileage committee is adopted.
The report will be presented at the
session today.
According to the committee, the
siXty-three senators travelled a total
of 1918 miles in going to and
from the legislature. The state pays
Il cents mile each way for the
trip. Senator SundberG will get the
largest sum. In coming, to st. Paul
from his home in Kttson county and
I'm returning he will have travelled
740 miles and be entitled to Sill.
Senator Saugstad will get $3.50 for
the trip to and from Climax in Polk
county. Senator Dan Gum is third
on the list with SIS for the trip to
and from Grand Rapids.
The Ramsey county delegation will
get no mileage. The Hennepin coun.
~ delegation will be allowed thirty
miles. emitting each to a warrant
for $3.50.
important Matters.
Important legislative measures
such as the initiative, referendum
and recall and woman suffrage, prob.
ably will be reported back to the
house next week. There will be
plenty of time TO debate them. They
may come to a vote before the end
of the month. 1t is the policy of the
elections committee, under the leader
ship Of Chairman Holm5erg. to dis.
pose of important legislation first
instead of dragging it on to the end
of the session when everybody is
in a rush, overwhelmed with work
Senator Haycraft, head of the cleo.
tons committee in the senate, has
the same idea. 1t is pretty certain
that not many weeks will pass until
the senators are called upon to
count noses upon woman suffrage.
They are certain to have to take a
vote.
Bills to the Committees.
Committee bills will come from
election committees both in the
house and in the senate. No single
member will be able to take the
credit for the initiative and referen.
dunn.
Already the opposition has shown
It's hand. Representative !. Albert