The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-03-21
INCOME TAX BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
HAVING PASSED HOUSE WILL BE
PUT TO VOTE OF PEOPLE IN
1920 ELECTION.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS EXEMPT
House Passes Four Highway Mea-
sures at One Session and Same
Body Adopts State Casualty
Insurance Bill.

ST.. Paul.-The state income tax
constitutional amendment bill has
passed the senate by vote of 48 to
10, and will be put to vote at the
1920 general election. The bill already
has passed the house, and met little
opposition in the senate The amend
ment is expected to be one of the
most important issues in the 1920
elections.
~ Household Goods Exempted.
The bill provides that there may
be exempted from taxation household
goods, wearing apparel, agricultural
products in the possession of the pro-
Queer thereof, and tools, implements
and machinery to such an extent and
in such manner as the legislature may
determine. Taxes may be imposed on
incomes, privileges and occupations
which taxes may be graduated and
progressive and the exemption OF a
reasonable amount of incomes from
taxation may be provided, and such
taxes may be in lieu of taxes on any
class or classes of personal property
as the legislature may determine.
House Passes Four Highway Bills.
The House ground out a stable
grist of highway legislation on spe
cial orders after recess in one after.
noon. Four bills were passed.
The bill authorizing the commits.
sioner OF highways to revoke state
roads where county boards fail to
maintain them in proper condition
was passed after vigorous debate, in
which attempts were made to amend
the bill so that the county board
should have the final work about the
maintenance of the state roads.
Another bill passed, 80 to 16, in eff
feet legalizes a practice common in
counties where work on state roads is
paid for by the county auditor on the
records Of the engineer in charge
without going through the hands OF
the county board. This practice, fol
lowed to expedite the paying of day
labor, is placed in the hands of IN as.
sistant engineer, who is made /. su.
perintendent of maintenance of state
roads.
The bill limiting the total amount
of salaries to be paid out for the of,
fee of the commissioner OF highways
to $25, 900 was passed, 70 to SO.
The McGarry bill amending the
present statute providing for the ap,
pointment by the commissioner OF
highways of his assistant engineers,
and providing that the counties shall
pay the compensation fixed for their
services, was passed.
Free Pass Bill Defeated.
The Nimocks free pass" bill was
defeated in the House by vote Of So
to So. The bill proposed that mem.
bers of the Legislature be given free
transportation on all railroads within
the state during their terms of office
Film Censorship Off.
There will be no state censorship
of motion pictures in Minnesota for
the next two years at least. The F.
H. Peterson BILL providing for state
board of motion picture censors, was
recommended for indefinite postpone.
ment by the Senate general Iegisla-
ton committee.
Monument Is Proposed.
After fifty-six years, a monument
may be erected to the memory of the
Dustin family of four pioneers who
were killed by the Indians on the from
tier in Wright county, June 20, 1863
A bill introduced in the House by
Representative Kelly of Wright coun.
ty appropriates 5000 for the purchase
of land and the erection of a monu-
ment on the spot of the massacre. The
Dustin family, which consisted of
Jenette, Amos and Kate Dustin, and
Robert Dustin, aged 4, son of Amos
and Kate Dustin, was surprised by
the marauding redskins in their from
tier home and slaughtered before help
could arrive. -,.... D..
House Passes Insurance Bill. =.
The state casualty insurance bill,
passed by the house by vote of 78
to 48, now is in the hands of the SEN
ate committee on workmen's compen-
sation. The bill received two material
amendments before its passage in the
house, both accepted by the authors
Of the measure. One permits mutual
companies and interinsurance ex-
changes, not operated for profit, to
write liability insurance in the state
in competition with the state fund.
The other amendment extends the Ii
censes of the casualty companies now