The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-04-23
FARMERS BACK
SCHOOL TAX BILL
Farmers to Appear Before
Committee Regarding
School Taxes.
HAVE BEEN EXCESSIVE

Madison, Wis. = Legislative meas
ures designed to equalize school taxes,
especially in joint districts main
tanning high schools, will have the
support Of farmers representatives at
public committee hearings this week,
r. M Wright, secretary Of the WIS
consin Farm Bureau federation, an
nounced today.
The agricultural interests will
bring tax receipts to the hearings,
Mr. Wright said, to support their
argument that in many sections school
taxes have amounted to as much as
the income from the lands taxed.
First Hearing Wednesday.
The first hearing will be in the as
sembly taxation committee, Wednes-
day, when bill sci A of the agricul-
ture committee relating to the taxing
of farm lands in common school dis
tricts maintaining a high school The
measure provides that where tracts
of agricultural land exceeding six
school district maintaining high
school, shall be taxed as follows:
If the residence a ! farm buildings
are located within such district, an
area of not more than six acres in
GLIDING the residence and farm
buildings shall be taxed as similar
property within its respective dis
trict is taxed.
The land exceeding six acres shall
be taxed per acre as the same lands
in the adjacent township or part of
township are taxed.
Farmers Support Three Bills.
Three bills will be supported by the
farmers at the taxation committees
hearing, Thursday. One is the Cald-
we'll bill, 800 A, to appropriate annu-
ally from the general fund a sum
equal to seven-tenths of one mill for
each dollar Of property valuation to
the common school fund income, one
sixth Of one bill to the normal school
fund income and three-eighths of
one mill to the university fund in
come. The other two measures, 400
A and 504 A, both by Assemblyman
William Olson, respectively provide:
Whenever any school district, 9TH
er than a union free high school dis
trict, consisting of a city or village
with population of five hundred or
more and of territory lying outside
such city or village, maintains high
school department and grades below,
such outside territory shall pay only
it's due proportion of the cost of
maintaining the grades below the
high school department and pupils
from such territory attending the
high school shall be considered nom
resident pupils"
Provide One Exception.
"Any land used for agricultural
purposes and having thereon resi-
dence and other buildings, located
within common school district main
tanning a high school, other than a
union free high school district, shall
be exempt from taxation for local
school purposes except not more
than five acres including the area oc-
cupied by the residence and other
buildings.
The agricultural interests are
watching two bills which will be given
hearings by the senate committee on
education and public welfare, Thurs
oay' luey dHeCb tHe ueeoSAheh0 Va
territory from school districts. One
is the Miner bill, already passed by
the assembly, permitting the detach-
ment of territory from union free
high school districts having no bond
ed Indebtedness on application of a
majority of the voters and owners of
more than one half of the taxable
property. The other, by the senate
committee on agriculture, labor and
industries, provides for the detach-
ment of territory from common
school districts maintaining a high
school,