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Show i " i WORK OF VARiQUS STATE LEGISLATURES ' Sw N- Y- arch 5. Assembly-man Assembly-man Oliver of New York today Introduced a bill providing for a graduated Inheritance Inherit-ance tax. to range from 1 to 25 per cent ?hUlll-pnrn,Pp,l, lnhVted by will of more ; than $op0u. a though such Inheritance la , not liable to tho tax when.it la of a value i between ?5000 and io.nnd and Is tran-, tran-, ferrcd to one of the Immediate family of ; the decedent, otherwise such Inherllanco I of moi c than ?5000 and less than S25.00H is subject to a tax of 1 per cent of Its value. Tho rate then gradually increases as the amouni of tho Inheritance Increases., In-creases., until It is 25 per cent for an In-j In-j horltancc of $20,000,000 or over. ' ,i"nRS9-X' Xev'- Iarch After a long debate, toe senate today tabled the bill MhiVns5 "I'Proprlatlon for a state ex" mJc 'im1.'10 M?sktt-Yukon -Pacific exposl-4-?.o.rh,5,ia,cUon Poetically means that Nevada, will havo no exhibit at Seattle riie assembly passed the railroad commission com-mission bill, which eliminates th. "mav -mum rate clause and amends the original Htatute so as to cover the dofecul louiid Sraou1?"8'1 U,C rCCCnl e fed- tor Lester G. liurnetfa resolution asking ' ' 1 i congress to pass an Asiatic exclusion law, , was referred by tho assembly todav to a select committee of one, consisting of Speaker Philip A. Stanton. Tho speakor ticm c s PPscd all such loglsla- MADISOX. Win., March 5 The bill prohlblUng free lunches in saloons was nll&iHm ,lle1asse1mb'; today, and the bill prohibiting treating in saloons was re- fffil )t!1S!'m3menVJ, Th. assembly also killed the oil providing for an appropriation appropria-tion to have A Isconsln represented at tho J'ron-Alaska -Pacific exposition at Sc. AUSTIN", Te... March 5. Tho state senate today considered tho antl-raco Hni 5f,lt n?..bUI- Thc house b!u Prohibit Prohib-it aI1 i!uJ,,Un? waau Placed before Lhe senate with a favorable minority report ?.nMa9 unfvrable majority report, the latter favoring thf Paris mutuel system. SACRAMENTO. ,Cal.. March 5. Assemblyman Assem-blyman Coueian'K joint resolution asking congress to keep a largo war Jleet in i Pa? cific waters was favorably reported today by the senate committee on federal relations. |