Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-01-22

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shale surfaced, aads225. miles of road
OF -1hs 3GA chsS sgr5dea but not
surfaced. making a total construction
under the new Iaw for its HFst year of
operation of f72 miles OF road. accord
ing to the. first biennial report OF. the
wisconsin highway .copmJs sioner..-.
The report7ealls attention ,te the an
favorable character-of the summer Of
1912 for road We-lx, because of the
excessive amountIeE rain. while the
work was still further delayed by the
lnsnHetepeE Of, the, la,h0y available
The latter may 81 reenSeaaied So effeet
i've 0rsahizatfoF 81 road building
forces by each county and arrange
ments to have the men sleep and eat
in tents on the work. g ;..ai3a '. .i....
One of the significant features Of
the report is that the first objection
noted to the new Law is the scattering
of effort by some eogaties Ga. -so-many
roads that residents complain an or
binary lifetime will not witness the
completion of any one road. The com
mission suggests, as a remedy, concen-
tration or effort upon The maiii4 lines
Of traveL placing a minimum Of $500
for any one piece of work. and that
share of the expense of improving the
principal roads be borne by automo-
bile owners who demand such roads
and who benefit greatly by them. The
commission recommends that automo-
bile license fees should be expended
IN the uratrrguznce-and construction
Of these routes, the license fees to be,
based either on horsepower or weight.
rather Than the nat rate imposed by
the present law sa-s ~ vu-F 20 -t1'a
The commission~aeaIs With the sub
ject OF maintenance In detail and
points out that travel on, a city street
is 50 spread over the entire surface
of the. street as, 10 really cause less
wear and tear than the traffic on a
country road. where each team trav-
els in the same track The concrete
road. as, built in Aiilws ukeei county. is
pointed to as the solution of the heav-'
iyli Travelled road problem OF the
state. SET Fs- sh1 WI 1850
During cthe acornhfissfon intends
to experiment with oil and cement
mixtures for. surfacfng sand roads in
the state. a problem pf the greatest
Importance in number of the coun-
ties. 100 ,.r.,., ,,,,, .a,r,,v,- +
The deficiency between the amount
asked forsi in the aid for 1914. proba1
bly, $4,000. and the amount available
for distribution under the terms OF
the law, s37S,000. is $4,000 if the
applicstions'oF ans the towns are to be
met in full. This means that towns
which voted $1,000. for a certain i'm
provement win, find, instead or, the
$4,000 as expected with the county's
share and tie state Share only
$2,1S4 available,.s II ss.ac wsar-a n. re 7ss,
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Changes vsSf pps,sed iailasen,s Lax Law
The state ,,tax3 com Mission In ITS hffa
ennisf repoFtc't0 the Legislature Fqwill'
respSHehf Some, fninSr siIahgesFs, tn IN
the income tax law. The most1impor-i
tam. Of thess pt 5p6sed' Ghahges haze
to do with corporations.---~----
The legislature will be asked to-
graduate the corporate, income rate on
basis ,derblesth rate upon, iadividH
al iincemes. 'unttlia maximum of six.
per cent. is reached I, go. = ' e, !,
Another change to be recommended
is, that sprpGrati9ps;5s bh not held re
sponsible for;I 7s-bondhpidersS tax :
The pEnyisiGrs. of,fhe lay rs 1T !, nov
standsn hol dsl the corporations. liable
fof tHe upon the INCOME f5pitn, the
bends ,oe ,tlseseozparationeT fuamars'
Of The law IN iplGefalrporating that 70 pro.
yisi0na C contemplated 1.-THE danger ,fUt'
many isotpoFatioHs obefn & Bonded hhav
fly for the express purpose ofleNading
the, iTcb1n z, ta,S, eipand. !; That danger
seems0rnoS' eoainemete that the9com+.
n1isssfbgi does, not tltin'' IT. Tfetsssary Or
lust TO continues Interpretation Is-.!
tnothefr.s chang .bte posed is tn have
the family considered asia unitiin estf-
mating its ine6merl1eA man. fhAl head
of a family, may have no income, but
his wife may have an ample one. The
change would make the l$ife's Income
the husbands for PURPOSES Of taxa
tilh' AZ ls1 sl-T9' - fzN5fAs a0&84
Il is Indicative OF the high iregaFd in
witch the present income tax Law is,
held thatothe bgovernorho 1nAIasSaehu.
sets recently receinrnehdahg oa,thg..
lerislat,Fres-of his state therenactmeutl
of ali income tax Law framed upon the,
lines of the Wisconsin measure tahls.
It il hot anticipateds ethel. BY fha
tax commission nor bynothers specially.
Interested In the income tax law that
there Twill in the future DE any seri-
Gus otgahi2ed, effort t6 secure the re-.
zeal OF the law. "A ssomewhatgcursory
examination Of the objections made TO
thellaw3 seems. to.iRdieate that the OBJ
position to, the measure lay. against
the more oTsiess' anguisdtorial methods.
cite eaFat4istEatiea--eE--eafeEeement-
,rather. than gainst ztha priRciple IN
DERIVING the Jaw. q
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