Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-03-26
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The senate has passed the admins
tration tax bill by a vote of 10 to IA,
The three Milwaukee socialists SUP
ported the measure after their de-
mands for elimination Of the clause
providing FOR per cent Offset was
approved, and the distribution system
was changed to provide that the COM
munity receive 90 per cent OF the reve-
nue., the state 40, and the county, 10.
The bill, as 1t now stands, provides
for repeal Of the personal property
offset, and distribution Of 90 per cent
OF the revenue to the community from
which 1t Is raised; the exemption for
heads Of the families Is raised from
$1,000 to $1,000 and for each dependent
from 5000 to $500.
The roll call on passage Of the bill
follows:
For passage Barber, Barker, Bill
grien, Carroll, eastman, Chase, Eng
lund, Carey, Heck, Hunt, Johnson,
Kemp, Keppel, Padway, Polakowski,
Quick, Sauthon, Staudenmayer, Teas
dale.
Against passage Boldt, Casperson,
Daggett, Getteinan, LANCE, Hull, Mehi-
gan, Morris, Roethe, Schuman, Sever
son, Smith, Titus, White.
Balances in the state treasury at
the end OF each month for the past
fourteen months have not fallen below
100000 and at one time reached a
peak Of nearly $21 100000, according
to a report Of such finances made to
the state senate by Solomon Levitan,
state treasurer
The report came in response to a
resolution offered by Sen. ]. G. Schu-
man, Watertown, in connection with
the consideration of the administration
income tax bill.
Balances reported for February, 1925
are: General fund, $1O,8O5, 77O1O; to-
tai balance, $13,377, 894.49. In Febru-
aryy 1924, there was total balance
of $9,079, 401.O4, tof which $7,414,573.O 6
was in the general fund.
The state civil service commission
is empowered to readjust and stand
ardize salaries of state employees under
bill passed by the senate and con
Cured in by the assembly. The meas
ure resulted from alleged inequalities
in salaries paid for similar work in
the capitol, sponsors said.
The move to restrict the appoint
ment of members Of the legislature
to other state positions passed into
the limbo of lost proposals when the
assembly refused to revive the Perry
bill providing that the question be sub
mitted to the people in the 1925 cleo
ton. The measure had been indefi-
nitely postponed. Two attacks aimed
at appointments of legislators to other
salaried state jobs failed in the senate.
The senate has passed an amend
ment to the highway bill which pro-
line tax on all gasoline in storage In
Wisconsin on April /.
The Blanchard assembly resolution,
commehding the position of Brig. Gen.
William Mitchell in the air defense
controversy, was defeated in the SEN
ate the day after Gen. Mitchell set
forth his views in an address before
the legislature.
This resolution, as adopted by the
assembly, commended the patriotism
of Gen. Mitchell, urged the president
and congress f1ttingly to recognize him
and to take immediate steps to pro
vide adequate air defenses.
Senator Carey, an overseas veteran,
led opposition to the resolution, which
he termed an attack by Mitchell and his
hackers OIL the president and the army
and navy policies regarding air de-
Tense.
The Gettelman bill making the pen
alties for gun toting more drastic, was
passed finally WREN the assembly con-
Cured in it without record vote. A
maximum penalty Of 1854 days i'm
prisonment in Jail for carrying con-
cealed weapons is provided
Bills increasing pensions to the
blind, providing for compilation OF
records of the burial places Of Wis
consin soldiers and extending the pro-
visions of the bad check law have
passed the assembly and gone to the
senate
The assembly adopted the resolu-
ton for a constitutional amendment to
Increase the governors salary from
$4,000 to $4,000 annually and sent 1t
to the senate.
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