The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-04

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BIN to Extend Time for Paying of Per
sonal Property Taxes Rushed
Thru Both Houses.
ST. Paul-Legislation to extend the
time for payment Of personal property
taxes from March LIST to April LIST was
rushed through both houses Of the
Legislature upon recommendation o,
Samuel Lord, chairman Of the tar
commission
Mr. Lord appeared before the
House committee on taxes and ex
planned that thousands Of men and
women in the state who have large
personal property taxes to meet would
be unable to pay them. He advised
an extension Of time.
Mr.. Lord told the committee that the
personal tax delinQuencies will exceed
all previous records this year unless
relief Is granted. High taxes and tigh,
money were assigned as reasons fol
the condition.
Representative c. F. Serline has al
ready introduced bill to change
permanently the personal property tax
delinquency date to April LIST. An
other change in personal property tax
laws has been proposed by Represen
tative Sherman w. Child. 1t would in
crease the exemption from 800 to
5000. Representative Thomas H. Cir
ling has also introduced a bill grant
ing heads of families with two or more
children additional exemptions.
The House committee on taxes has
not acted upon many of the important
tax measures before it. 1t has let
everything go until the proposed ton.
mage tax bills or their substitutes were
acted upon.
The state highways bill will be the
center of interest in the Senate during
the next ten days and to some extent
in the House, for although the, House
has passed the administration bill the
county refundment and motor fees
bills Of special interest to the public
are still to be passed in that body.
Motor Tax Rate Set.
The Senate and House sub-commit
tees on refundment and on motor fees
have agreed upon the tax rate of is
per cent on the cost of passenger cars
(. o. b. the factory with a minimum
of $12 for cars under 1000 pounds
weight and SIS for cars of 1000
pounds or over.
The joint subcommittee on refund.
ment has agreed upon the plan to take
care of county bonds issued to raise
cash to pay for trunk line construc.
ton, and to permit them to issue bonds
for the purpose of taking up warrants
issued for road construction which
also will be taken care of by the state
the interest to be paid annually and
the bonds retired when they become
due.
Bills Nearly Ready.
Senator L. H. Nord said that both
the fee and the refundment bills would
be submitted to the full committee
and Senator F. L. Cliff, chairman OF
the subcommittee in charge of the adj
ministration bill, already passed by
the House, said that bill would be
ready for this full committee by the
latter part of the week.
rrhQrQ will ha hoo ri hill ~
the Senate as there was in the House
some of the senators say one hearing
but Senator P. H. McGarry, who still
stands for the board of commissioners
as opposed to the single commissioner
plan of administration, declared that
there would be'public hearings contin
ued over two or three days to which
men from all over the state would be
invited to come and express their
views.
A committee of three members OF
the Minnesota service mems memorial
commission conferred with Lieutenant
Governor Collins and Speaker Nolan
as to best means for presenting the
proposal to the Legislature to erect a
memorial to the men who fought in
the World War. The commission,
which was recently named by the
American Legion and consists of one
member from each congressional dis.
trict, decided legislation must be pre-
scented this week
Bank Bill Passed in House.
A bill authorizing state banks to en-.
gage in the trust company business
and act as trustee, assignee, and sc
forth, was passed 80 to IL after an
extended debate in the House.
Senate Hits pittsburgh Plus"
The trade practice known as pitts
burgh Plus" was described by Senator
George II. Sullivan in the senate as
operating to throttle the industries OF
the state" and the federal trade com
mission was asked, in joint resolu
tion, to issue complaint against the
practice. After brief debate the res
olution was unanimously passed under
a suspension of the rules. The same
resolution was introduced yesterday in
the house, and was referred to the
committee on markets and marketing
Nineteen new bills were introduced
In the senate.
Fight Seen on Short Day for Women
The eight hour day for women viii
be debated before the house committee
on public welfare at 1880 p. m. Do
mestics are excluded from provisions
of the measure. Labor members will
vigorously sponsor the proposed Law