Show HOUSE PASSES BILL TO AID POOR FUND Counties are t permitted to le levy lea a higher rate of tax for the aid of tho indigent ent under the provisions pro of or the ner Berg bill which passed the tho lower Jower house today Under Under Un Un- der tho the existing laws the tho counties are arc limited to a tax of three tenths of 1 mill mm for the purpose of ot aiding the poor I Under the changes proposed in the tho Berg bill the counties may IcY levy a tax tl not notto notto notto to exceed 1 milL An effort was made in inthe inthe inthe I the lower house to make the Die rate in tho the Berg bill tenths reven-tenths of 1 mill instead of 1 mill The Tho motion mollon however failed to carl earn carry and the bill passed In Its original I form orm I |