Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-08-13
State of wisconsin.

department. or State, SsS.
City of Madison.
], MERLIN HULL. Secretary Of State
certify, that the following law is to be
special election to be held in the sew
precincts Of the State Of Wisconsin on
the first Tuesday of September 1919
being the second day Of said month.
ono 69l, Al Chapter 667. Laws of
AN ACT to amend section (1) of chap
ter 452 of the laws of 1919 to re-
number subsection Cd of section
65s of the statutes. to be subsec-
ton (6) thereof to create subsec-
ton CD of section 65S of the
recognition Board, and M making ieisi an
appropriation.
The people. of the state of Wis
consin, represented in senate and
assembly, do enact as follows
SECTION |; Section % of chapter 452
Ct the laws Of 1879. IS amended to
read; lChapter 452. laws Of 1870
board is hereby created to consist
OF the governor, the adjutant gem
eraI and returned sol
der to be appointed by the gov
ernOr.
SECTION p. For the purpose Of rails
ing a sum sufficient to assure each
including Red Cross nurses. who
served in the armed forces of the
United States during, the war
who at the time of his or her in
ductiOn into the service was a
resident of Wisconsin, sum not
month of service. with a minimum
Of fifty dollars. as a token of APP
probation Of the character and
and to perpetuate such apprecia-
ton as a part of the history of
Wisconsin, a tax Of not exceeding
three mills on each dollar of the
assessed valuation in addition to
the income surtax hereinafter
mentioned is hereby levied and
authorized to be included in the
case any county shall elect by reso-
luton Of the county board of such
county. adopted prior to the levy
of such tax, to raise said amount
by bond issue. authority is here
by conferred upon said county to
issue such bond and thereupon the
proper authorities shall remit said
levy in such county. If any such
person entitled to the benefits I'M
der this act be deceased before re-
ceiving such payment. then the
payment accruing to said deceased
widow. child or children, mother
or dependent father or in the order
herein stated and in such case
July 1st. 1919. shall be deemed the
date of termination of such service
The benefit of this act shall not ac-
crue to any person for time spent
while taking training in any stu
dent army training camp, nor to
any person who, though indicted
into the service, did civilian work
at civilian pay.
SECTION 8. All sums levied and col
lected by taxation or raised by the
issue of bonds by any county shall
be paid into the state treasury and
held there as special fund to be
known as the service recognition
fund and disbursed upon certifi-
Gates of the service recognition
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. Tt shall adont
general rules. uniform Throughout
the state, for the distribution of
said fund, the ascertainment and
selection OF proper benefciaries and
the amounts to which beneficiaries
are entitled and for procedure, and
may select or create such agents
as It may. deem necessary.
SECTION 5. Subsection (5) Of section
658 of the statutes is remembered
to be subsection (6) thereof
SECTION 81 There is added to section
ton to read fSection $3.50 (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 valuation of such county.
normal tax imposed by section
l0S7m-6 of the statutes, there shall
be levied, collected and paid upon
the incomes of all persons, except
as otherwise provided by law, a
surtax on taxable income computed
at the following rates, to wit:
1a) On the fourth one thousand
dollars or any part thereof, one
ana threG-fOurthS Der cent.