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mining communities as Hibbing, Vir-
ginia, Eveleth, Chisholm and other
range towns. 1t was argued that the
wages paid to miners and laborers
did not go up during the good times
when the mining companies scooped
in millions upon millions, that the
miners were brought to those COM
munities on account of the mines, and
that they have no other source of en-
plOyment now.
Truck Tax, Safety Bill Passed.
The truck tax bill and the safety
bill passed both houses with large
majorities. Arguing against exces-
sive taxation on trucks, Rep. Curtis of
South ST. Paul, stated that it is rail
road protection. He said that out OF
sixteen railroads out over the coun-
try, the presidents of those corpora
$4,000 in salaries, as per the 1882
schedule. Trucking takes only from
40 to so of the business from the
railroads. The trucks are here to
stay, are rendering service, and
should not be legislated out of bust
ness. All three truck bills have
passed the Senate also and have now
been signed by the governor.
The House passed the bill for a
constitutional amendment on the d.
vision of gas tax money. AS the law
now stands, one-third of the gas tax
money goes to the 81 counties of the
state for county aid roads, and two
thirds of the money remains to be
spent on the state trunk highway
system. The bill provides for chang
ing the division of money so that one
half of the gas tax will go to county
aid roads, and if passed by the Sen
ate and signed by the governor the
people will vote on this constitutional
amendment in the election of 1884.
Cleaning Up the Mississippi.
Another important bill was passed
this week by the House when favor
able action was taken on the metro
politan drainage proposition. Clean
ing up of the Mississippi river, and
proper disposition of sewage from the
cities of St. Paul, Minneapolis and
South st. Paul has been cOntrOver-
sial subject of discussion for several
years. The bill passed by the Legis-
lature in 1881 was vetoed by the gov
ernor as it was unsatisfactory in that
the cost of the project was not allo-
Gated on a volume basis, but on an
assessed valuation basis. This would
have been unfair to the citizens and
property owners of the Twin Cities,
and would have let the South st. Paul
packing plants off very easy. The
three communities in the meantime
after much discussion finally got to-
gether on bill which they agreed
on and therefore the House passed
the bill this week. 1t will most likely
become law.
The Senate recently passed the bill
for state convention to repeal the
18th amendment to the Federal Con-
stitution, to have prohibition repealed.
The House took similar action this
week when it approved the bill by a
vote of 101 to "a.
The chain store tax bill passed re-
Gently by the House has now also had
approval in the Senate and will be
| signed by the governor. The cleo
margarine tax has become law.
The Senate committee on Taxes
and Tax Laws, of which the veteran
Senator Sullivan of saltwater, is
chairman, is considering the state in
come tax bills recently passed with
big ma jorities in the House. The Sen
ate committee has embodied tax limi-
tations in the constitutional amend
ment bill, and what they will do
with the statutory bill is not yet
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