Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-04-13
senate Passe. ore Tax.

Exactly as it passed the house, but
for one technical change, the "occupa-
tional'' iron ore taxation bill went
through the state senate with four
votes to spare, and is now before
Governor j. A. O: Preus for his sigma
ture. The house concurred in cler-
ical amendment and repassed the bill.
Only one amendment was offered on
the floor of the senate. That was to
strike out the word -"occupational."
Friends of the bill split on this amend
ment, about half Of them voting for it
and the other half opposing. Oppon-
ents of the bill voted almost solidly to
retain the word, with view to killing
the bill by keeping an Objectionable
feature. The amendment lost, II
to 49,
The bill was passed by vote OF 80
to 81. The net result was almost the
same as on the Bendixen bill in 1919.
when the vote was 3S to %. The roll.
call yesterday was as follows:
Ayes-Andersan Baldwin, Benson,
Blomgren. Bonniwell, Galley, Cashel,
Cliff, Cumming, Devoid, Gandrud, Gill
lam, Gjerset, Gooding, Hall, Hamer.
Hopp, Jackson, Johnson, Kingsley,
Kuntz. Lee. Lindsey, Loonan, Millett.
Naplin, Nolan, Orr, Peterson, Putnam,
Rask, Rockne, Romberg, Sageng, Sch
mechel, Stepan, Ward, Wold-38.
Noes--Adams, Bassette, Boylan.
Brooks, Callahan, Coleman, Conroy,
Cosgrove, Denegre, Dwyer, Erickson,
Fowler, Guilford, Handlan, Keynes,
Larson, McGarry, Palmer, Reed, Ribe-
mack, G. H. Sullivan, J. D. Sullivan.
Swanson, Turnham, Van Hoven, vi
bert, Widell--27.
AS passed and submitted to the gov
ernor,' the bill imposes tax of 6 per
cent on net income from operation OF
iron mining. termed an "occupational'
tax on the business. The net income
is figured by deducting labor and trans
portation costs. royalties, etc, but not
certain overhead expens -.
Action on Two Bills Deferred.
Action on two iron ore taxation
bills was deferred by state senate
The proposed constitutional amend
ment for iron ore taxation was post
poned until Wednesday at 1920 a. M
and the royalty tax bill until Monday,
April IS. Opponents Of tonnage tax
legislation fought the postponement of
the constitutional amendment and the
vote was "a to 81 for postpOnement.
Supporters of the tonnage tax want
that bill signed by the governor before
the constitutional amendment is adopt
! ed.
The senate refused to reconsider it's
action in killing the house bill for a
| compulsory bank guaranty law. The
| bank committees report killing the
bill had been adopted earlier and ap.
parently somewhat Unexpectedly to
the friends of the bill, and they moved
| today to reconsider the vote. On a
roll call the motion was lost, II to AZ.
/ The committee will urge passage Of a
voluntary bank guaranty bill already
before the senate.
~" Appropriation Siashed.
Wholesale slashes in University OF
! Minnesota appropriation requests were
taken by the house appropriations
/ committee. In the main, it was an
nounced, they have been agreed to by
the board of regents and that they will
approximate 100000.
The house committee has decided
however, to eliminate all building re
quests, except three minor ones, leav
ing everything else to be taken care
of out of the 10 year building program
fixed, by the legislature two years ago
Removal Of the Northern Pacific
tracks will be met out Of the building
certificates of Indebtedness The only
building items allowed were $4,000 fol
the home management house at uni
versity farm, $4,000 for farm build
ing at Duluth and $4,000 for complet
ing a house at Waseca. The $4,000
| asked to complete the University higf
school addition was cut out by close
vote.
Directors Denied Bonus.
The amendment introduced by Rep
resentative Sherman w. Child and tn.
group of service men in the house, ant
covering the question Of bonus pay
ments to conscientious DIRECTORS ant
Aliens was as follows:
The bonus shall not be paid to an.
person who at any time during the pc
riod Of the war With Germany sough
to avoid service because of conscfen
tious objections thereto, or because o
alienage, or who has been at any tim
guilty of fraud or violation or evasion
of the selective service act, or an:
person in suchsservice during perio
Of enlistment, re-enlistment or othe
service which began after Novembe
| 10, 1918. -z,-.
Provided that, where discharge wa
given for the purpose Of allowing pro
motion and acceptance of a commits
sion and continuous service was pei
formed hereunder. such subsequen
u service shall not be considered to be
period of service beginning after NJ
! vember 10, 1918. --< 49,
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