The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-04-15
Senate Passes ore Tax.

for one technical change, the "occupa
tional' iron ore taxation bill went
through the state senate with foul
votes to. spare, and is now before
Governor ]. A. o. Preus for his sigma
ture. The house concurred in a cler
lcal 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 II
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, IL
to 4S.
The bill was passed by vote of 3S
to 81. The net result was almost the
same as on the Bendixen bill in 1919.
when the vote was 38 to %. The roll.
call yesterday was as follows:
Ayes-Anderson, Baldwin, Benson,
Blomgren, Bonniwell, Galley, Cashel,
Cliff. Cumming, Devoid. Gandrud, Gil.
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-3S
Noes-Adams, Bassette, Boylan,
Brooks, Callahan, Coleman Conroy,
Cosgrove, Denegre, Dryer, Erickson,
Fowler, Guilford, Handlan, Keynes,
Larson, McGarry, Palmer, Reed, Ribe-
mack, G. H. Sullivan, j. D. Sullivan.
Swanson, Turnham, Van Hoven. WI
bert, Widell-27
AS passed and submitted to the gov.
ernor, the bill imposes tax of 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 expensis.
Control Bill Amended. !.
After amending the street railway
control bill to suit all elements in the
house, it was recommended by the
house committee on public utilities for
passage. The committee vote stood
16 to 2. The bill has been virtually re-
written.
The bill purposes to empower the
state railroad and warehouse commits.
sion to give street railway companies
indeterminate permits in place of pres
ent city franchises, and to investigate
lYta IN Gv 10
consideration for which cities may pur.
chase the systems and reasonable rates
of fare, all subject to appeals to dis.
trict courts in counties in which. in.
volved properties are located, to be
treated as original actions.
School Pay Proposal Defeated.
Considering educational bills, the
house defeated proposed general re-
vision of county superintendent
salaries on the basis of the number of
schools. The vote was 55 to So.
az" Appropriation Slashed.
Wholesale slashes in University OF
Minnesota appropriation requests were
taken by the house appropriations
committee. In the main, 1t 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 for
the home management house at uni |
versity farm, $4,000 for farm build |
ing at Duluth and $4,000 for complet, |
ing house at Waseca. The $4,000 |
asked to complete the University high |
school addition was cut out by close
vote.
Directors Denied Bonus.
The amendment introduced by Rep
resentative Sherman w. Child and the
group of service men in the house, and
covering the question of bonus pay.
ments to conscientious DIRECTORS and |
asiens, was as follows:
The, bonus shall not be paid to any |
person who at any time during the pc.
riod of the war with Germany sought
to avoid service because of conscien'
tious objections thereto, or because OF
alienage, or who has been at any time /
guilty of fraud or violation or evasion |
of the selectiye service act, or any |
person in such service. during period |
of enlistment, re-enlistment or other |
service which began after November
10, 1918.
Provided that, where discharge was
given for the purpose Of allowing pro |
motion and acceptance Of commits.
sion and continuous service was per
formed Hereunder, such subsequent |
service shall not be considered to be
period of service beginning after No
10, 1918.
Amy person who, while in such serv.
ice, received pay asl a civilian EN-.
ploye, shall not be entitled to the ben.
efits of this act for the period of such
No person shall be
deemed to have sought to avoid serv-
ice on the ground of alienage who vol
entered the military CT naval
service of the United States after hav-
ing been exempted from service be.
cause of alieIage.
Road Construction Fund.
Amended RI nroyide that the high.
way commissioner may at his discre-