The Bozeman courier., 1921-02-09
DIXON TAX MEASURES
MOST IMPORTANT BILLS
BEFORE ASSEMBLY
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ly the same territory.
The Donlan bill restricting the
! right to vote on bond issues to free
holding taxpayers was killed in the
house after tne 80 per cent petition
requirement had been reduced to 10
per cent. However the bill vas sub
sequently resurrected and re referred
to the judiciary committee.
The house killed the senate bill
prohibiting the employing of relatives
by public officials, killed the Jones
bill for the abolishment of the Of
flee of chancellor of the greater uni
versity of Montana, killed the Dodds
bills permitting the holding of court
in places other than county seats,
and killed the Smith bill limiting the
length of freight trains to one-half
mile.
In the matter of the proposed tax
Of Sc per head upo ba' Lelors. the
house committee concerning the
measure, reported it favorably with
the tax cut to So per head, this money
to go into the fund for the payment
of widows pensions.
A bill Of interest to educators has
been introduced by Wallace of Mis-
soula county providing for compul-
sorry physical training of pupils Of
all the public schools of the state,
requiring the appointment of state
supervisor and two assistants.
An amendment to the hail insur-
ance law is proposed in H. s. 1e7
which would provide for the distribut-
ing of the state into zones, arrang-
cd for the reason that the hail risk
differs in the several sections of the
state. The bill would permit the
commission to borrow money with
which to pay hail losses Immediately
after the determination of the amount
of the loss.
During the past week another Of
Governor Dixon's revenue measures,
\ the income tax bill, made it's appear
ance IN the house, II. 3. 167 which
would impose a tax upon every in
divldual and business concern whose
income exceeds $4,000 annually. The
bill follows generally the provisions
Of the federal income tax law and
imposes a tax Of one per cent on in
comes of $4,000, two per cent on in
comes of $4,000 to $1,000; three per
cent on incomes of from $1,000 to
$4,000; four per cent on $4,000 to
$4,000; five per cent from $4,000 to
$4,000 and SIX per cent on AL over
$4,000
The major deduction allowed are
$1,000 for single men, $4,000 for
heads Of families with an additional
$500 for each child under IS years
Of age. This bill was ordered print
cd and referred to the committee on
revenue and taxation.
With the idea, Of bringing about
the operation of state owned cement
. pant bill has been introduced in
the senate by Senator Long of Lin
coin county, the bill providing for
; the appointment of a commission tc
. investigate and report at the next
. session OF the legislature. The author
! Of the bill claims that similar plants
| are being provided in Texas and Cal
ifornia and that one in operation ir
/ South Dakota has saved the tax
/. payers Of that state $4,000, 900 a year
The house now has in its hands fol
! consideration the substitute for sen.
ate bill 1T by Paul, which would
! greatly handicap the work of Great
!. ing new counties in that is would re
! quire an assessed valuation Of $1,000
! 600 and must leave an assessed valu
I alton Of $22,0OO00O in the parent
1 county. This bill has passed the
I senate. Senator Harmon, Of Gallatil
county, fearing the bill might no
I pass, introduced a measure intende,
4 to repeal the McCone law under which
6 many counties have been created b,
I vote Of the people, his idea being t
] put stop to the mania for count.
creation.
! Fearing that the California aliel
4 land law might result in the immi
I grafton to the fertile valleys OF Mon
& tana Of Japanese driven out of Cal
! ifornia by the terms Of its law, whic
I is now the subject of diplomatic ex
I changes between the United State
! and Japan, Representative Spencer, 0
T Carbon county, has introduced a bi
] which is understood to be a dupli
I cate of the California law, and whic
! would tend to prevent aliens who an
{ ineligible to citizenship to acquir,
+ title to land within the state.
I Three school meas rs which ha
7 been introduced il the house, hav
I been summarily disposed CT upon vi
/ favorable reports by the committe
! on education. They are: H. B. 12S
I Scharnikow relating to the tenure
7 office of teachers; H. 3. 1A8 by Pr
Z vinse permitting increase of tax le1
: les for county high schools from fl
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