Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-03-04
Legislative News
BY c. G.. MANN,
Representative from Pine County

The weeks session started Tuesday
morning with the tax committee voting
out the net income tax bill, but with
higher rates on the higher brackets
than had been contemplated prev iOus-
ly. The daily papers seem to feel
that the higher rates are for the
purpose of trading with the Senate,
and l think that is true to some eX-
tent. However, the rates will I'M
doubtedly be changed several times
even before it comes up for final pas
sage in the House, and therefore no
comparisons can be made at this time.
A new tax idea, or rather the rein
statement of a law used years ago,
on corporations, where they figure
their income from the angle of invest
ment, has been brought up, and If it
is worked out along this line should
remove all objections to the rates on
corporations.
At the session Tuesday, the rules
were suspended to pass a bill appro-
priating $4,000. 900 to carry tie relief
load until June 1. This meant good
deal to Pine county for if it had not
been passed now there would have
been no relief checks in this county
the first of the month. However. am
opposed to S17.000000 for relief for
the next two years, as is proposed at
this time.
bill is up to cause renewal OF
dri, er's licenses e, cry two years 1t So
per person, with no clerks fee extra.
| understand that it may be amended
to three years for this amount, and
this is o. X. with me. as | feel II at
my people do not particularly care
whether we have drivers license or
not.
The committee on liquor control
killed the bill providing that 81 leer
be reclassitied as intoXica ing. Mr..
Young of Minneapolis, tried to have
the committee report rejected. which
would have brought the bill before
the House. but was voted down. |
doubt if the bill would have passed
anyway. patty because dry counties
have only this 80 beer.
On Thursday, most of the members
of the House and Senate. after hold
ing their sessions in the morning.
were taken in busses to the Univer-
sity, shown over that institution, and
given supper in the Union at $50 p.
m. A fine talk was given by President
COffman on the need of governmental
and educational cooperation on the
education of the youth of the state
and nation, saying that enrolment
had increased tremendously in the
past two years in all schools, partly
due to the depression in that they
were sent to school because they had
no employment, and that there was
a need of study as to the qualifications
and futures for the profession or bust
ness they wish to follow.
The new net income tax bill will
probably be special order for early
next week, or this week when you
read this, and the rates set by this
measure will have much to do with
the passage of all other legislation at
this session. especially those carry
ing appropriations.
The law extending the time for
paying automobile licenses, which was
passed last week. was not signed by
the governor until the next day, so
that the secretary of state collected
some $500 in penalties before the bill
became law. On Friday evening a bill
allowed the refunding of these penalty
payments.
There are something over 100 bills
now on general orders, and rapidly
increasing, so it was voted that the
next short week for this session would
be the last one, as well as having at
least two evening sessions each week
A delegation from both sides in the
controversy over the Snake river dam
at Pine City is expected to meet with
officials in St. Paul. next Tuesday,
to try and settle that argument which
has been carried on for many years
1t seems to your representative that
the project is a fine thing for Pine
county and for the state, but also as
your representative it is my duty to
see that no injustice is done. A con-
ference was held with the governor
on Tuesday of this week, and the
meeting for next Tuesday arranged
at which Senator Johnson and myself
will attend
The train length bill, against which
the railroad officials have carried on
an intensive and expensive campaign
of lobbying throughout Pine county
and the state, came up for action on