The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-02-21

ton of the appropriations for the bi
ennial period beginning fully l, 1917
There is third avenue open, and tha
is to increase the levy and leave con
ditions as they now exist. In speak
ing of the suggestions by the governor
: relative to the combining of depart
ments Senator Foskett of Page coun
ty, chairman of the committee On ap
preparations says:
81 fail to see where we would gel
anywhere by trimming down and com
bining departments and commissions
We could not save more than S50,00f
a year by such a course and that woulC
help very little. 1t. looks to me as
though we would have to raise the
state levy. After all. mans tax
under the state levy is less than un.
der his township road tax. There is
a great howl if the state levy goes up
a fraction of mill, but the city OF
school levy can go up. several mills
at Jump and no one pays any atten
ton to it, Deputy State Treasurer
| Willis states that the discrepancy is
1 such as confrontS the state at the be.
ginning Of every biennial period. He
! says that none of the tax levied by
order Of the general assembly for 1917
has yet been received and it should
be remembered that the second in
stallment of this tax will not be re.
ceived by this department until Octo-
ber, and that this ST 100000 debt is q
part of the appropriation this tax was
| levied to pay. that it will be sufficient
| for the purpose there is practically no
doubt The tax received from county
| treasrrers last October amounted to
$1,511,7 ,794. A portion Of the tax de-
rived from levies made under author
ity or by direction OF any legislature
is not received by the state treasurer
until after the succeeding leliglators
meet, and portion or the tax is never
received until, after the end of the BIZ
ennial period or fiscal year for which
the appropriations are presumed to be
made" a.
Working on Insurance Bill.
Chairman Griffin Of the house insur-
ance committee announced the SUBJ
committee which will work in conjunc-
ton with senate representatives in
drafting an insurnce bill. He has
named Roberts of Ringgold, Larson of
Montgomery Elwood of Howard,
Klinker Of Crawford and Tucker OF
Clinton In the or,sion Of Mr.. Griffin
Ftilr-s c,ii7oiiGttIoa us t.sl !. s's-A.
measures thus far, will provide for es-
tablishment Of asrating bureau.
Support Farm improvement Associa-
tions. .=
County boards of supervisors may
contribute to farm Improvement asso-
Citations a maximum of $500 annually
by bill introduced In the house by
Finley Of Henry. Such associations
must cooperate with the U. S. depart
ment of agriculture and the college at
Ames. Before receiving aid they must
have secured at least 200 members and
must have raised by subscription a
minimum Of $780,
One Bone Dry Measure Gets Through
Senate.
One of Senator Whitmore's bone dry
bills, in an amended form, known as
Senate File No. 7, prohibiting the ad-
vertising of liquor, was passed by the
senate of the Iowa legislature by
vote of 80 to 8. AS originally drawn
the bill made it felony to advertise
Intoxicating liquors but it was amend
ed by Senator Newberry of Clayton
county making it misdemeanor pun
ishable by fine Of $1,000, or thirty
days in jail. ..
Bulk Sales Bill Passes Senate.
Senator Prices bulk sales bill, pro-
viding for notice to creditors seven
days before such sale shall take place
and for safeguarding OF creditors,
passed the senate by vote of 43 to A..
1t repeals the present bulk sales law.
Under the Price law the notification
sent to each creditor must show an
! inventory of the stock and also list
of creditors and the amount OF the
claims of each one. If the purchaser
seeks to evade the law in any way he
can be made receiver for the stock
of goods he has purchased and it can
be closed out for the benefit Of the
creditors.
New System of Taxing Mortgages.
Senator Wilson of the Appanoose-
Davis district. has introduced taxa
tion measure that has created much
comment among legislators. Mort
cages. which are now taxed as moneys
and credits will be taxed as real es-
tate, if the bill becomes law. The
bill defines mortgages as "an interest
in real estate for the purpose of as
sessment and taxation and provides
that that part of a property in which
an equity has been given by mort
gage shall be taxed to the mortgage
holder. If man owns $4,000 piece
of property and has mortgaged it for
$1,000 he will be assessed and taxed
only upon the $1,000 equity which he
retains. st.
Visits Minnesota Penitentiary.
Senator Enger of Decorah, author of
the senate bill for the establishment
of twine factory at the Anamosa re-
formatory or the penitentiary at Fort
Madison has returned from Saltwater,
where he spent several days inspect
ing the prison factory there. He will
present the findings of his investiga-
tion before the senate committee hav-
! ing the bill.
To Eradicate Tuberculosis From
Stock.
| The animal loss from tuberculosis
among cattle, and from them trans.
mitted to swine. is enormous. To
clean up Iowa herds is the object of a
bill featured by the senate committee
| IN n vrinult,,ra haala3 hy Sapator RI /