Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-04-23
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Gov. Blaine has signed the admins
tration income tax bill, making 1t a
law.
In affixfng his signature, however,
the chief executive declared the meas
ure was mot the kind of bill / would
write as it was amended in the senate
by combination of votes against the
administration.
The governor inferred that the tax
bill was more drastic than he would
have had enacted, but he advised that
"such imperfections as exist, as ex-
perience may demonstrate, may be
remedied by future legislation, without
detriment to our general tax policy and
without foisting unfair burdens upon
those least able to pay"
The senate amendment referred to
by the governor as having altered the
original measure was one to allow a
6 per cent deduction of the value of
income producing property from gross
incomes Of individuals and corpora
lions.
The vote of Lieut. Gov. Henry
Huber, presiding officer of the state
senate, killed the Titus bill for the
consolidation of state bureaus, boards
and commissions, after the senate had
voted Is to IA to reconsider it's vote
by which the bill had been indefinitely
postponed.
The deciding ballot was cast on the
question whether the bill should be
engrossed and ordered to third read
ing. A tie resulted from the roll call
Of the senate personnel, 10 to 10, and
the presiding officer was called upon
to decide the issue. For time it
appeared that the bill might carry by
two votes, but on the deciding ballot
Senators Val Keppel and Harry Saul
hoff, who had been voting with pro-
ponents of the bill on motions leading
up to the climax, changed their posi-
ton and voted against engrossment.
The assembly has concurred in the
senate bill to license Wisconsin motor
lists. The bib requires all automobile
operators to have a drivers certificate.
Licenses would cost % cents. They
could be revoked only on court order
upon conviction for reckless driving
or driving while Intoxicated.
The assembly recessed April II as
a mark Of respect to Frank n. Roem-
hid, assemblyman from Barron county,
whose funeral was held at Prairie
Farm on that date.
Recovering after recess OF sew
eral days, the senate passed twenty
bills at one session, including concur
renee in the Smith measure to raise
the salary Of the governor form $4,000
to $4,000. The vote was II to 8,
Senator's Bilgrein, Roche, Keppel,
Smith, Staudenmayer, Titus, Gettel-
man and Teasdale voting against the
measure This measure amends Arti-
Gle 5 of the constitution and must be
approved at another session OF the
legislature and by the people.
The Heck bill for establishment o
a state judicial council OF seven per-
sons, including a justice of the SUI
preme court, the attorne. general, the
chairmen Of the legislative judiciary
committees, a circuit court judge and
the president of the state bar associa-
ton, passed the senate, 20 to g. The
purpose Of the council Is to advise the
legislature as to correct legal proceed
ure methods The bill now goes to the
assembly for concurrence.
BY a vote of ID to IL, the senate
passed the senate bill allowing coun-
ties to add to the state paid salaries
OF circuit judges.
Opening guns In the second legisla-
tive tax fight have been fired at a pub
lie hearing on the trailer" exemption
tax measure.
One of the principal features OF the
exemption bill is a provision except
ing merchants and manufacturers
stock in value not exceeding $500 from
taxation.
The bill also provides that horses,
mules, cattle and other livestock fur
niture and fixtures, equipment and
books of professional men and mer-
camille and manufacturing establish
ments and wagons, sleighs and farming
implements be placed on the free list.