The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-03-03

wild. Where it will all end no one
knows
The inheritance tax bill which the
governor has signed and which will
become a law when the governor is
sues his proclamation about the middle
of April will it is thought, bring the
state from 100000 to $500, 900 a year
in taxes. 1t grades the amount of the
tax according to the degree of rela-
tionship of the beneficiary to the de-
cedent the rate ranging from / per
cent to per cent. Exemptions are
made of $4,000 inheritance by a wild
ow and $4,000 for each child. Smaller
exemptions are made ranging from 500
to $500, according to the degree of re-
| lationship. Property inherited by one
Catholic bishop from another for
church purposes also is exempted
The bill is voluminous and it would
take a great deal of space to explain
1t. All taxes are to be collected by
the county treasurer and paid over to
the state treasury. The law gives the
governor power to appoint. on the rec
ommendation of the state tax board, an
income tax investigator. at salary of
$4,000 a year and expenses
The governor has signed a number
of bills. among them being the Koenig
Fort Wayne bill to regulate the fire.
| mems pension fund. Another is the
Van Auken bill requiring divorce suits
to remain on file sixty days before they
may be tried Another is the Fleming
bill authorizing the county commits
sioners of Allen, vigo Lake and Marion
| counties to increase the salaries of
their county superintendents to So, 500 a
| year.
| The bill providing that no railroad
fireman or brakeman can be promoted
to conductor or engineer who has not
| had two years experience. The Van
j sAuken bill requiring the township
| trustees to enumerate all old soldiers
| of the Mexican, civil and Spanish
| American wars at the same time that
i he takes the school enumeration also
was signed
Another bill signed was the Franklin
bill to admit the soldiers of all wars to
the state soldiers home at Lafayette
| Another was the Hughes bill authoriz-
! ing a tax levy for the purpose of estab-
fishing public Fairgrounds in cities OF
/ the second, third and fourth classes.
The senate has passed the bill to
make .On the Banks of the Wabash
the official state song of Indiana
The Koenig Dickinson bill to etsab-
| lish the nine-hour work day for women
has been set a special order of bust
ness for Tuesday at 10 o'clock. 1t will
/ be voted on at that time.
One of the good jokes of the session
| is found in the Mitchell "blackbird
/ bill. This bill was introduced in the
| house and it authorized the killing OF
! blackbirds in cities as nuisances. 1t
| passed the house all right. and went
| to the Senate Senator Adams moved
| to strike out the word ''blackbirds'
! and the amendment was adoplc- eefore
anybody knew what 1t ricz-s. The re-
| suit was that the bill was worthless
! without that word, for it was all there
| was to the bill. The bill as amended
went back to the house, which refused
to accept the amendment. Now, the
blackbrd bill is the subject of a solemn
and dignified conference committee
from the house and senate. which Ii
trying to agree on the wording Of the
| bill.
The pure shoe" bill. passed by the
house, and the pure blanket and mat
tress' bill. also passed day or two
ago. will have a serious effect the
shoe and bedding trade in the state
according to dealers. The shoe bill pro
hibits the sale of boots, shoes or slip
pers containing any material excep