Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-11-24

courts and It's laws, and they had hitherto
paid nothing therefor. Ought they not to
contribute something towards supporting the
government AS the gentleman from Graz
by had said, the dear people, paid all taxes
III the end. But II was believed that by pay
ing the State tax in this way, 1t would he so
imperccptlble that IL would not be felt. Mr.
Wing referred to the statements Of Mr..
Childs, last Saturday, in regard TO the Mu-
tual Life insurance company and said that
MIR. Chids' statements were untrustwoIthy
and it was unnecessary for MIR. Childs TO
state (as he did, that his statements were
unauthorized by that company. They Ger
tainly were unauthorized. lie hoped that
the members of the Legislature would pay
no attention TO them whatever. They were
not IN accordance with the facts. The Mu-
tual Fire insurance companies were legally
liable to n tax as well as the Life. lie then
criticized Mr.. Chids statement that the taxes
on telegraph, telephone and express com
panies were unequal and therefore unconsti-
tutional. lie said that Mr.. Chlds made
statements, but gave no reasons for them and
produced no authorities. He referred to the
decision of the Supreme Cout OF New
Hampshire in the express company tax case
(Which Mr.. Childs had cited in opposition to
the law), and explained the vast difference
between our constitution and the constitution
of New Hampshire. In New Hampshire
the constitution said all taxes must lie
''proportionatc, that is proportional to 9TH
er kinds OF property, which tax upon gross
receipts was not. But there was no limita-
ton OF this sort in our constitution. Our CON
s'itution lett all questions as tomattcr oil ieVy-
lie d;scrn,;n,' " nf ,hn ino;sio,,,,, rio
sole uucstion about the kind of ,nxotion pro-
posed i'm the bill was whether il was "A mat
Ter of public policv. lie believed il was. lie
would not trouble the clerk TO read authorl-
tics, for nothing had vet been produced to
controvcrt the opening statement of Colonel
Hooker. the chairman of the committee. As
to equal taxation, about which MIR. Childs
nau pfa,Gn, lherc was, ana could DC, no sucn
.hIns. inns Dlll was new departure Ill tic
,i' Iomcs vi ,lc H,alc' ~ WE W.
'ho i.eS .sia'uir " say whuthe' 1t wou.' 'oni
.I ~ ,',o up'c soou. lrc co' iII '',.
Nv uIs,' ~, 'nc ,"SSuSo vi wv "ill 9Ih,D!
40 "i,i; ~ ucncNc 1t "uu'u 'oi''. MINI "
~ w '''u 's''a'uic' as ulu " III. r ~
, ,',lt,c' us measure WhlCh "ouiu Nv ,ne
p,i'uch Vi s'Autloh soihcWiia, rom .it p ,i
P'c anu "''Nc 1t eas'cr ior LUCID W s"S'"''' '"o
io"u'
Mr.. PIuMley Of Northhcld
followed. and took M that norton of The ar
pument in regard TO cnualiza,ious board. lie
favored the abolishipr of the boards and be-
lievcd this bill was the most feasible method
of getting rid of the frauds which creep in
through these conventions. He believed the
bill thoroughly constitutional. and in no wise
an utopinu scncnc.
N"D'' VI ST. A'"""s
Giltl Ir the READ n OIL Spctttn rs oil INC Dill
repeating the exemption clause 81 charters OF
cnrp"ratI.ns. lie moved That 1t be amended
ny inserting me words 80 lar us II CONNECTS
WIN TIE mn, winch was aiop'cl. MI.
Hooker offered some iurthcI m'hdmchis 10
cue phrdscplOsy winch were adopted,
Mr, Abel, of West Raven
said lac bo1 mn svmno,hv far ,hc corno,,,i,ns
and would b,v,. ma ohioc,io, tb,i tbr t.>
sno,,lu come ni,t nj thcm Inn In. III II hi i,
wonl1 como ON, If ,hr ncnnic rho nn,nlr
woulI Object I'm ,,nr, nc ,,in,l,. .nnronr n,in
lie had ho iehrs that there was ANYTHING IN
rrcular md hardly INV o,h,r rons,i u,,nu
rcscmlIlrd H. lie c,llrd attention IN fine cos,.
nna,,st the STAG Trc,sn,,r which wcnf 10
the Supreme Court Of the United States, in
,L;cl Ia, n Jiy;,l,,, ,,,,,,, n i,,,, ,,o, 81
"hio"' y, a"''i'tu 'oui.'" law Wa "c.i'c
unconstitutional where stock OF non-r'siIcnts
was taxed in different. way from that of res
,,,,,,,. Ian, H., ,,,s, Il; =, ,o,..,,l,i. . l..
WN",'' NV 'i'' '"1, vi" wv ''''hi",, ,"iH'
section ~ provides that II there should lie II
deficit. then the tax should he nDpo,iionrd
or,nrL on,,r,r Tho ,i,,,rn,,, ,,,rns ,,.,. ,n,i,,
"'',,'' ",'.'uS ,''o uiio,en' Owns Ff '"P''"'
ana he ooJtc'ei To me MI on lhls account,
Sometime he thought there would be "A deficit
aud thnn Ills hiu wnulL do rank ,uiusticr ~,
'"' W. . ,'''' "'.I "'o.'' Wv ''uN 'iJus'"
many oil inc towhs ana on lhis ground he
could not support the bill.
Col Uookrr answered tho ohioctiono f Mr.
N,nu Ia, sa,.;,a ,ha ,ov .,,.;,'r. t,'i''
railroads distributed if rouud oronr The
s",aIl. ,,.,,.ns Tto ,n,,',i,,n IL '.;l,,n=. ,,',
this should be done. Col. Hooker then re-
viewed the general pllrposcs of the hill and
eulogized item, lie believed fine bili if if
became law, would lie of the greatest hcnc-
fiji to the State, more even than the great law
Vi iooV' "nici pcopic lau cIlticiZeu wien IL
was passed; but which now was the most
popular law ever enacted
Judoc Thomnson
cd md Tho h,i ,voS ,,asSnd h,, " Soto If 100
w. anu t"e "'i was PUSSY" w N"'c VI ~
yeas 10 ~ nays us follows;
Hates. Baiieli pean of t;lnvry ResS of Viriory
BriI. bissell' DlacS. llacsner HAN Holles. Bii
ton n,9Eman Brignqm Brgss nGrEe' nat
Cii,rk OF stannard, Cole CorIiss. COTTON culver
rnrtis tushtn" ,u,tS n,vis n,ar,,orm n'mi,t
nv Il, van Fs,o,, rIs,uo,, n,t
Farnham' FAR. F,y, F,sh Fiss' Fii,s tie,c6"r
r"is"n, 'rromri "if,,,iam, ,' ns, ,,ht
apny "''r..r N, ",,,an ,,oa ~; p'n"m,, a,ri
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i,i Iinm,7hray al i,nrun Inn, iiyio Iourtn,
Inn.n W ", "hnsn ~ Iyv Jon,.n
nf WnInuf,rd' ZONES Of Ioypr ,iones of Wntts
mn ~ S"uln hutlneinl' hiihnall c. Nsreehh'-
| Maccs. Manning. Muther. Markham Of Bethei Mnyo
Mccullough Nolan, Mcacham, Merrill, Moore
Morse Mnnso4; Nonie .i 81 Alnahs, Sooe OF ~
PccK. PERKINS, Ferry Thiliips, Pnnev Of Holland
,,nnnss py,nrs W, ,ranInn i;ra,, prou,o,, H. ~
| inn ~ Inl,nn Preston ~ Sharon p,irst pr,,,inrI
| Hulhh' hauia,i OF waterbury, ray ,hNliphl