Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-06-19
ARNOLD BILL WILL
| RAISE INCOME TAX
Measure on Houses Calendar for
Wednesday.
RAISES EXEMPTION TO $1,000
Rate of IS Per Cent Would Be Charu-
ed on Any individuals Taxable
Income in Excess of $4,000
Highway Bill Passed.
BY FRED L. HOLMES.


poets Of large increased taxes in Wis
cOnSin the senate of the Wisconsin
legislature has passed the Arnold bill
which will greatly increase state in
come taxes on net incomes in WiscOn-
sin. The bill was received in the as
sembly and will be placed on Wednes-
days calendar for consideration.
Under the Arnold bill, if it is con-
Cured. in by the house and signed by
Gov. E. L. Philip, the exemption for
individuals would be raised from $500
to $1,000. The rate of 1 per cent on
the first $1,000 would remain un-
changed, but all the other rates would
be increased.
A rate of 25 per cent would be
charged on any individuals sum Of
taxable income in excess of $4,000, as
compared with rate of per cent on
$4,000 under the old law. A rate of
20 per cent would also be charged on
all taxable incomes of corporations in
excess Of $4,000.
Following would be the new SEIZED
ule on individual incomes:
In excess Of $1,000, 1 per cent; in
excess of $4,000, 2 per cent; in excess
of $4,000, per cent; in excess Of 3d.
600, 4 per cent; in excess of $1,000, 5
per cent; in excess of $4,000, per
cent; in excess of $1,000, per cent;
in excess of $780, per cent; in ex-
cess Of $4,000 10 per cent; in excess
of $1,000, II per cent; in excess Of
$4,000, Is per cent; in excess of $751;
600, 20 per cent, and in excess of $780,
600, 25 per cent.
The new schedule proposed for in
come taxes on corporations follows:
In excess of $1,000, 2 per cent; in
excess Of $4,000, per cent; in excess
Of $4,000, per cent; in excess Of ST.
600, per cent; in excess of $4,000, 6
per cent; in excess of $4,000, per
cent; in excess of $1,000, per cent;
in excess Of $4,000, 9 per cent; in ex-
cess Of $4,000, 10 per cent; in excess
Of 1000, IL per cent; in excess of
$4,000, Is per cent; in excess of $751;
600, 20 per cent; and in excess of $780,
600, 25 per cent. y
The senate also passed the highway
committee bill appropriating 100000
for three years for highway construc-
ton. Senators Bennett, Staudenmayer
and Roethe cast the only votes against
the measure.
The assembly refused to reconsider
the vote by which it advanced the
finance committee bill appropriating
$35O,OOO for the state industrial COM
mission.
The bill for the erection of a fish
aquarium at Mckinley Beach, in Mil
waukee county, was sent back to the
finance committee for a hearing.
The Severson bill to take the lid off
the state income law was placed on
next Thursdays calendar on motion of
Assemblyman Markham.
The house, without opposition, en-
crossed the senate bill increasing the
salaries of justices of the supreme
court from $500 to $500. The house
nonconcurred in the Wilcox bill for
the appointment of board of engin-
GERS for the purpose of stabilizing la
Dor and building material conditions
in the state.
By vote of A to Ii, the assembly
refused to kill the bill appropriating
$1,000 to o. III. Eliason, state veterin-
arian, to reimburse him for money
spent for attorneys fees in defending
an action brought against him by DR..
A. 81. Hartwig of Watertown. 1t was
then engrossed and later concurred in.
The assembly advanced the DEM
hardt bill appropriating $4,000 for
statue in honor Of James Duane Doty,
Assemblyman Donnelly offered
new bill to provide for the issuing of
100000 bonds for the erection of an
addition to the acute insane hospital
of Milwaukee county.
The assembly advanced the 'Coe bill
apprcpriating $1,000 to Mrs. T. A.
Bergh for injuries received at Stout
institute in August, 1916.
In anticipation of acton on a new
plan for the recognition Of the service
of Wisconsin soldiers, the senate
killed the Cunningham. and Pullen
bills, each of which carried appropri-
atoms running into the millions for
extra pay for men who saw military
service. The finance committee meas
ure was put over until today. 1t car
ries an amendment authorizing coun-
ties to issue bonds as the means to
create soldiers recognition funds.
The senate killed the Killa bill
which placed such restrictions on gifts
of land for public purposes as to pre-
vent permanently the relocation of the
Milwaukee county courthouse. 1t
passed the Axel Johnson bill for
statewide dog licensing system to be
administered by the state board of ag-
riculture. The assembly bill providing
a method by which the legislature may
remove appointive state officials after
a hearing was concurred in.
The Jordan bill submitting to a vote
at the spring election in 1920 the con-
stitutional amendment empowering
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