Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-05-20
DRY MEASURE IS
Up TO SENATE
Attempt to Be Made to Revive Bill
Killed in House.
KILL SEED WAREHOUSE BILL
Assembly Votes Down Measure for
County Seed Distribution-Legis-
Iators Pushing Business for
Early Adjournment.

Madison.-An effort will be made 10
have the senate give early considera-
tiOn to the dry enforcement measure
which was recently killed in the
house. The drys are opposed to a ref
erendum to the people on the enforce
ment measure.
The assembly has killed the bill pro-
viding for special seed distribution
warehouses to be operated by the
counties. The measure was offered
only few days ago through the house
committee On state affairs and pro-
posed that counties be permitted to
make appropriations of not to exceed
$4,000 for the establishment of such
warehouses. The county would be per-
mitted TO make an additional appro-
priation of $4,000 to operate the seed
warehouse.
The Knappe bill for the abolition of
grade crossings and embodying many
of the provisions of the Wilcox bill,
which was killed in the upper house
three weeks ago, was defeated in the
assembly by vote of Al to 81.
The house refused to reconsider the
vote by which 1t killed the Klein bill
defining certain places where women
may not be employed. This measure
was killed in the house, at the request
of the author, after an amendment
had been incorporated providing that
women should be allowed to handle 30
pounds weights, and after hotels and
canneries had been excepted from the
provisions Of the measure. Later it
was decided by the author that per-
haps some of the Objectionable fea
lures of the bill might be removed if a
motion for reconsideration were of
fered. The house, however, has de-
cided to leave the bill dead for the
session.
Concurrence was given in the house
to the resolution which refers to a
vote of the people at the November
election in 1920, the question of allow
ing the legislature to fix the salary of
members of the legislature. The con-
Stitution limits the present salary to
$500 for the term. 1t is generally con-
coded that this is not sufficient and
the resolution for an amendment to
the constitution so as to permit of the
increase now goes to the people for
decision.
More work has been done in the
legislature during the past week in
passing on bills than in a month previ-
Gus. The members are pushing the
work along with a hope of an adjourn
ment about June Is.
From now until the close of the SEES
sion the attendance in the legislature
will not be as good as it has been in
the past. Many of the farmers have
asked for leaves of absence. Speaker
Young asked that all bills be pushed
out of committees as rapidly as pos
sible so that the house may keep
ahead of the senate, which usually
works faster than the house when it
gets started.
AsSemblyman John Kaney'S bill re.
lating to publicity OF income tax re-
turns was given the right of way by
the assembly committee on taxation
over the SeversOn bill, the measure
which has been approved by the SEN
ate. The Kaney bill is radically modi-
fed by substitute amendment pro-
posed by the assembly taxation COM
'mittee.
This substitute provides that "any
and all information contained in in
come tax returns and in the state
ments and correspondence pertaining
thereto relating to the ownership or
value of property shall be furnished
or made acceptable TO all public Of
ficials charged with the duty of assess
ing the same for taxation or of super
vising the assessment thereof under
such rules and regulations as the tax
commission shall prescribe, but no in
formation so received shall be di-
vulged by any such officials, except as
may be necessary in the proper per-
Torrance of his duties"
The substitute. also makes income |
tax information assesSable to Officers
or representatives of the state or mu- |
nicipal district charged with the duty |
of prosecuting or defending" any per-
son against whom it is sought TO en-
force penalties prescribed for making |
false or fraudulent returns. In these |
cases the information must be used |
under such rules and regulations as |
the tax commission shall prescribe, |
and the information may be used as
evidence in any civil or criminal pro- |
ceeding which directly pertains to a |
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