The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-08-28

siono3 SAcrpt d. UtHttWlSt PROVIDED by
law, surtax on taxable income com
puted at the following rates, to-wit:
On the first one thousand dollars or
any part there Of, two per cent; on the
second one thousand dollars or any part
thereof, two and one-half per cent;
On the third one thousand dollars or
any part thereof, two per cent; on the
On the fourth one thousand dollars
or any part thereof, three and one half
per cent;
On the fifth one thousand dollars or
any part thereof, four per cent;
On the sixth per Thousand dollars or
any part thereof, five per cent;
On the seventh one thousand dollars
or any part thereof, six per cent;
On all taxable income in excess Of
seven thousand dollars, six per cent.
CD In computing the tax upon in
come Of corporations, joint stock COM
panies or associations, there shall be
deducted, before such tax is computed,
from the net income an amount equal
to six per cent of its capital stock.
surplus and undivided profits.
a. The surtax provided cor herein
shall be upon the income received dur
ing the year ending December 81, 1918,
and shall be returned, assessed and
collected in the same manner and at
the same time as is provided for the
return, assessment and payment Of the
normal income tax provided for under
sections 10S7m-l to 1087m-30, both in
elusive, except as otherwise herein
provided.
(5) Deduction 49,. exemptio. as
are provided by law in the assessment
of the normal income tax under section
1087m-6 shall be the same with respect
to the assessment Of this surtax, but
said deductions and exemptions shall
not be additional thereto and shall only
be made once.
(6) In the collection of said surtax
the tax collector shall give his separate
receipt therefor and there shall be no
Offset upon the personal property tax,
and section 1087m-26 shall not apply
to said surtax.
~ The whole amount collected as
surtax shall, through the same chan
nels as other income taxes are paid,
be paid into the state treasury, and
section l087m-23 Of the statutes shall
not apply to said surtax. The amount
so paid into the state treasury shall be
set apart for the service recognition
fund. N "
(S) The service recognition board
shall estimate or cause to be estimated
the amount which may be collected
under this section and determine, as
nearly as practicable the balance need
ed for said fund, which balance shall
be raised by taxation or bond issues as
provided by section of this act.
SECTION s. There is appropriated
from the service recognition fund in
the state treasury to the service recog-
milton board;
CD Such sums as may be necessary
to pay each soldier, sailol, marine or
nurse, including Red Cross nurses, who
served in the armed forces of the
United States during the war against
Germany and Austria, and who at the
time Of hih or her induction into the
service was a resident Of Wisconsin, a
sum not exceeding ten dollars for each
month Of service, with a minimum Of
fifty dollars. s,5e asasGs i
(2) Such Sums as may be necessary
to cover the cost Of administering
this. act.
B SECTION 8. A SPECIAL election shall
be held on Tuesday, September 2, 1919,
at which the following question shall
be submitted: Shall there be levied
in the year 1919, mill tax of not to
exceed three mills on the dollar and
an income tax sufficient to raise an ag-
gregate sum Of approximately fifteen
million dollars to be paid by the state
to Wisconsin soldiers, sailors, ma
rines and nurses as stated in chapter
667 of the laws Of 1922
SECTION 10. Such special election
shall be conducted, held and noticed
and the ballots to be used thereat shall
be prepared, printed and distributed
and the ballots cast thereat shall be
counted, canvassed and returned in the
same manner as is by law provided in
the case Of the submission of pro-
posed constitutional amendment to q
vote Of the people. The state board
of canvassers shall not meet to canvass
such election returns The secretary
of state shall within ten days after the
receipt of the returns from the diff
ferent county clerks canvass, certify,
record, and publish as in the case of a
constitutional amendment the number
of ballots cast in favor of such propos-
ed recognition and the number of bal
lots cast against such proposed recog-
milton.
SECTION II. If majority of the
votes cast at such special election are
in favor Of the recognition of Wiscon-
sin soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses
as provided upon such ballots, then
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