Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-05-08
SECRECY CLAUSE
BEFORE ASSEMBLY
Change in Income Tax Law Ap-
proved by Senate.
NO OPPOSITION IN HOUSE
Measure as Finally Passed by Upper
House Only Permits Divuiging of
Information for Legitimate
Purposes.
NO OPPOSITION IN HOUSE
BY FRED /. HOLMES.

lat this session of the legislature if the
! bill passed by the senate is approved
/ by the assembly. The measure went
! through the senate after a storm of a
! debate and arrived in the assembly
| on Tuesday. The original bill as in
! troduced asked for the complete re-
| peal of the secrecy clause. The bill as
| finally passed only permits the divul-
/ ging of this information for = ultimate
purposes. The bill passed the senate
by the following vote:
For the bill-Senators Arnold, Boyer,
Bilgrien, Burke, Conant. Dennhardt.
FOns, Huber, Kleist, Kuckuk, Olson, Sc
version, Schultz, Skogmo, Stauden-
mayer, Wilcox, Wilkinson, Zumach-1S.
Against the bill-Senators Bentley,
Bird, Buck, Cunningham, Jennings,
Mulberger, Nye, Peterson, Pullen,
ROether, Stevens, Witter-12
Senator SeversOn, the author of the
anti-secrecy bill, says that he has made
q canvass of the assembly and he be-
lieves the measure will pass with little
opposition. The bill, however, will be
sent to the taxation committee for a
hearing. Two bills to completely re-
peal the secrecy section of the income
tax law has already been killed in the
lower house. The measure has been
considered as one Of the important
bills of the session.
The establishment of seed ware
houses by counties is proposed in
bill which has been offered by the as
sembly committee on state affairs.
The bill will be of great benefit &C.
cOrding to Assemblyman Axel Johnson,
to the potato sections of northern
Wisconsin. The measure gives the
county power to appropriate $4,000
for the construction of a seed elevator
and $4,000 for a seed fund
The county board of any county may
appropriate sum not to exceed ten
thousand dollars for the purpose of
purchasing the necessary land on a
side track Of some railroad within
the corporate limits Of the county seat
of such county and for erecting there
on an elevator to be known as the
county agricultural seed distribution
elevator. All such elevators shall be
constructed and maintained in accord
ance with plans and specifications
made or approved by the department
Of agriculture.
The county board of any county
erecting a county agricultural seed dis
tribution elevator may appropriate an
additional sum not to exceed ten thou
sand dollars to be known as the seed
trust fund Such fund shall be used
to purchase at wholesale good, reliable,
standard seed for agricultural pur-
poses, to be sold to the farmers, agri-
culturists and all other persons raising
farm products within such county and
the state of Wisconsin. Such seed
shall be sold within the county at cost
plus freight, hauling and handling up
to the time of delivery to the pur-
chaser.
The purchasing, testing and distribu-
ton of such seeds shall be under the
supervision of the county agricultural
representative with such assistance as
the county board may provide. But
| the department of agriculture shall
make all rules and regulations and
shall supervise the matter of testing
and fixing the standard of all seed to
be purchased, sold and distributed in
the different counties.
The agricultural agent Of any county
maintaining an elevator shall be Gus
| tOdian of the seed trust fund for such
county and shall draw all orders on
said fund for the purchase Of all neces-
sary seed for distribution and sale.
| In counties not having a county az
ricultural representative the county
board Of such county shall appoint
each year one suitable person as GUS
todian Of it's seed trust fund, at such
salary as it may direct. Such person
so appointed shall have the same pow
er and authority and shall be subject
TO the same conditions with reference
to such funds as county agricultural
representatives. It shah be the duty
of the department of agriculture by
and through the agricultural represen-
tatives of the several counties to OBJ
tain on or before the first day of Au-
gust of each year all information nee
essary to ascertain the needs Of each
county Of the state relating to seed
for agricultural purposes.
Any person desiring seed shall on
or before the first day Of August flea
statement with the agricultural repre-
sentative of his county setting forth
the numbers Of acres he desires to
plant, the kind of seed he desires, and
such other information as the depart
ment of agriculture may require. In
case his county does not have an agri-
cultural representative such statement
shall be filed with such person as the
county board may designate.
Because of a misunderstanding re-
garding many Of the provisions of his
primary election bill, Assemblyman w.
B. Chilsen, Merrill, issued a statement
10 correct impressions and to set forth
the merits of his measure.