The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-01-12
LEGISLATIVE NOTES


word message delivered TO a JOINT ses-
sion of the house and senate: lncreas-
ed motor vehicle license tax. Produc-
ton tax of six cents barrel on OIL.
Sales tax of two cents a gallon on gas
oline Inheritance tax nodded AFTER
Wisconsin law. Metal mines license
tax of II cents ton on gross ore pro-
duction. State income tax law with
same income exemptions as feuerai
income tax law. Three per cent license
tax on gross proceeds of hydro-electric
power companies. Redistricting OF Ju-
dicial districts of state TO eliminate
several judges Adjustment OF office
of state accountant and transfer OF du-
ties of that office to bank examiner.
Making bank examinations and indus
trial accident board and livestock COM
mission self-supporting from their rees
for service Transfer OF duties ana
powers of public service commission 10
new tax commission to prevent du-
plication of duties and expense.
Transfer of duties of irrigation COM
mission to state engineers office. TO
obtain better system of warehouse re-
ceipts and to make all grain elevators
public warehouses. Lowering ratio OF
taxable value to assessed value OF all
land and improvements from ~ per
cent to 25 per cent. To permit resale
of farms now covered by delinquent
loans from permanent school funds to
former owners on a 20-year amoru-
cation basis. To liquidate S1O,0OO,ooO
delinquent taxes on or before Jan. /,
1924, on payment of original tax, Plus
advertising costs Of sale and per cent
interest from date of delinquency. In
creased salary for the state forester.
Return of $999,305, which was I'M
properly diverted" to permanent
school fund. Purchase OF 60o-acre
irrigated farm with pasture land IN
proportion for state penitenuary at
Deer Lodge. Increase in charge 10
counties for keeping patients at tuper-
culosis sanitarium from 81 to Slo
week. Pooling taxes ON railroads IN
state for distribution among counties
ON basis of population instead on Dy
railroad mileage, as at present EstiD-
lishment of tannery and harness lac
tory at state penitentiary. Inclusion OIL
"occupational diseases" In provisions
of workmen's compensation act. En-
actment Of bank deposit guarantee
law.
The tax commission bill, creating the
board of equalization provided Tor by
the constitutional amendment voted III
November. was introduced In the house
bv Representative Charles X. Swift OF
Treasure county. The bill provides
for three members of the state board
Of equalization, to receive S6,0OO a
year. and to be appointed by the govern
or within 10 days Of the passage OF the
bill and before the adjournment OF the
legislative session.
The tax commission bill was drawn
by Judge Nils P. Haugen, the Wis
consin tax expert, who has been with
the state board Of equalization of Mon
tana at different times during the past
two years. The bill provides that one
of the members first appointed need
not be citizen of the state-th1s, it
is understood, being in order that the
governor may have the right to ap-
point Judge Haugen as a temporary
member of the board.
A communication has reached the
assembly from the Modern Woodmen
lodge In Terry in reference to the Rich
mond bill. which the communication
declared was unfair and unjust, as It
denied the right of self-determination.
The Terry fraternal organization also
was opposed, the communication stat
ed. TO legislation that would segregate
funds of fraternal society or classify
it's members. The communication was
ordered filed.
Printers of the state will be specially
interested in the notice given by Bray,
of Sweet Grass, that he would intro.
duce a bill establishing schedule for
county printing. The measure Is not
completed but the author says the
usain yfuyisiol, S..- slsts TaTDls
county commissioners 20 accept bids in
whole or part and thus secure more
advantageous contracts.
At the opening session of the senate
the republicans had little opposition In
electing the organization agreed upon
at a caucus the evening before. The
vote stood 40 to il and named Senator
w. e. Harmon, Gallatin county, pres
ident pro sempore, and Senator r. 2.
Heren, Custer county, floor leader.
Frank Gone, Ravalli county, was made
secretary.
Speaker Crumbaker appointed to the
committee on rules, Of which he is an
ex-officio member, Representatives
Buell, Swift, Gullidge and Scharinkow,
and upon the committee on employees,
Representative Boorman, McAfee,
Hansen, Stoner and Brandjord-
Calvin Crumbaker, Choteau county,
made speaker of the house over Ed
ward Scharinkow, Powell county, by