THE STORY OF THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE 



income to $20,000, when the tax is 5 per cent. 

 Thence it increases with each $10,000 of in- 

 come to $40,000, when the tax becomes 10 

 per cent, on that and all incomes greater. 

 The tax on unearned incomes begins with J^ 

 of 1 per cent, on the first $1,000 and increases 

 to 10 per cent, on $30,000 and all beyond 

 that amount. 



The inheritance tax begins with some 

 exemptions, which may be roughly stated to 

 be the equivalent of $15,000, after which the 

 tax rate is from lj^ per cent, of the value of 

 the property up to 6 per cent, on property 

 of greater value than $500,000. 



4- Legislation Relating to Labor and the 

 General Welfare 



What is regarded by experts as one of the 

 best measures of the session is a workmen's 

 compensation act, drawn after long considera- 

 tion of the laws on the subject now in force 

 in New Zealand, Germany, the states of Wash- 

 ington and Oregon, and other communities 

 that have experimented with such reforms. 

 It is called House Bill No. 56, approved 

 March 5, 1919. It carries this unusual 

 preamble : 



The state of North Dakota, exercising herein its 

 police and sovereign powers, hereby declares that the 



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