Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-08-22
mo. 6o1, A. Chapter 667,
Laws of 1919.


AN ACT to amend section ~ of chapter 45s
of the laws of 1919, to renumber subsection Is
of section 65S of the statutes, to be subsection
(6) thereof, to create subsection (5) of section
658 of the statutes relating to the service recoe
milton board, and making an appropriation.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in senate and assembly, do enact as fol
lows:
SECTION /. Section ~ of chapter 452 Of the
laws of 1919, is amended to read: Chapter 452
laws of 1919 Section /. The service recog
milton board is hereby created to consist OF
the governor, the adjutant general and
= returned soldier to be appointed by the
governor.
SECTION g For the purpose of raising a
sum sufficient to assure each soldier sailor
marine and nurse, including Red Cross nurses
who served in the armed forces of the United
States dnring the war against Germany and
Austria, and who at the time of his or her in
duction into the service was resident of Wis.
consin, sum not exceeding ten dollars for
each month of service, with minimum of fifty
dollars, as token of appreciation Of the char
acter and spirit of their patriotic service, and
to perpetuate such appreciation as a part OF
the history of Wisconsin, a tax of not exceed
ing three mills on each dollar OF the assessed
in addition to the income surtax hereinafter
mentioned is hereby levied and authorized to
be included In the next tax levy; provided
thatin case any county shall elect by resolu-
ton of the county board of such county.
adopted prior to the levy of such tax. to raise
said amount by bond issue, authority is
hereby conferred upon said county to issue
Il nd anthnTi-
ties shall remit said levy in such county. If
any such person entitled to the benefits under
this act be deceased before receiving such
payment, then the payment accruing to said
deceased shall be paid to the surviving widow,
child or children, mother or dependent father
or in the order herein stated and in such cage
July lst, 1915 shall be deemed the date of ter
mination Of such service. The benefit of this
act shall not accrue to any person for time
spent while taking training in any student
army training camp, nor to any person who,
though inducted into the service, did civilian
work atcivilian pay.
SECTION g. All sums levied and collected
by taxation or raised by the issue of bonds
by any county shall be paid into the state
treasury and held there as a special fund to be
known as the service recognition fund and
disbursed upon certificates of the service re-
cognition board, as to the persons entitled
thereto and the amount to which each person
is entitled.
SECTION 4. The service recognition board
shall have complete charge and control of the
general scheme of such payments. 1t shall
adopt general rules uniform throughout the
state, for the distribution of said fund, the
ascertainment and selection of proper benef-
Charles and the amounts to which benehciaries
are entitled and for procedure, and may So
lect or create such agents as it may deem
necessary.
SECTION s. Subsection l5) of section 656 OF
the statutes is remembered to be subsection 49,
thereof.
SECTION 6, There is added to section 65s
of the statutes new subsection to read: Sec
ton 658) (5) For the purpose Of carrying out
the provisions of chapter 452 of the laws OF
1919; but bonds issued in any county for such
purpose shall not exceed in amount three
mills on each dollar of the total assessed valu-
alton of such county.
SECTION z. ~ In addition to the normal
tax imposed by section lO87m-6 of the statutes
there shall be levied, collected and paid upon
the incomes of all persons, except as otherwise
provided by law, surtax on taxable income
computed at the following rates, to-wit:
ta) On the fourth one Thousand dollars OF
any part thereof, one and three-fourths pei
cent;
(b) On the fifth one thousand dollars or any
part thereof two per cent?
(c On the sixth one thousand dollars or any
part thereof, two and one-half per cent;
Id On the seventh one thousand dollars OF
any part thereof, three per cent;
lei On the eighth enc thousand dollars OF
any part thereof, three and one-half per cent
IT, On the ninth one thousand dollars OF
any part thereof, four per cent;
(g) On the tenth one thousand dollars or any
part thereof, four and one-half per cent;
(h) On the eleventh one thousand dollars OF
any part thereof, five per cent;
ID On the twelfth one thousand dollars OF
any part thereof, five and one-half per cent;
ID On any sum taxable as Income in excess
of twelve thousand dollars, six per cent.
~ In addition to the normal tax imposed