The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-05-26
WORK or LEGISLATURE
Representative James Gives Sketch Of The
Laws passed and Defeated.

The following synopsis of the work
of the Twenty-ninth legislature was
written for the Ellis County Mirror
by Mr.. B. F. James. member of the
house from this county. and publish
ed in its issue of the 24th;
was requested by the editor of
the Mirror to furnish q brief outline
Of the work of the goth legislature.
appreciate the opportunity TO fur
nish this report of III ystewartship.
The 29th legislature was in session
| in all about four months and ten
days. and passed abcgt $50 bills.
| shall only refer TO the more inn
portant matters of legilation.
The question of taxation took up
more time than anything else. The
new corporation tax Dili--the Will
| liams' Intangible Asset tax bill
measure taxing the stock and bonds
and franchises of corporations. IT
| Is estimated that the law will bring
| in revenue of something like ST.
600. 900. This law does not take eff
feet until 1906
| Then the Love Gross Receipts tax
1 bin, a measure taxing the gross earn
| ings OF railroads / per cent, (their
earnings freight and passenger Is
| s65 900 600 per year, will bring
! $3.50 600 revenue. then the Kennedy
| Gross Receipt tax biiI--taxinG the
fgross receipts of express companies,
telegraph and telephone companies.
sleeping and palace car companies.
and Numerous others. all bring in a
revenue OF 100000 per ear.
The Brelsford tax bill taxing the
franchises of foreign corporations
will bring in sl0e 900 per year
The Bowser Bill taxing insurance.
companies 90 per cent and / 2-3
per cent will bring in revenue of
$3.50. 600.
These tax measures are new
sources Of revenue They are fair
and just, these properties having
heretofore been escaping taxation.
have not borne their share OK the
burden of government
The railroads Of Texas pay taxes
ion q valuation of s ,000 per mile on
len average. they are bonded for
/ $40, GOO per nile. and these bonds
| &re worth Eore thau par on the mar
/ kets Of the World The Railroad Com
mission ~ Texas is not allowed 10
tcul the eight rate below reason
able dividend TO the railroads incIud-
/ ing the interest on their bonds and
/ wher fbe railroads fix their rates
thes FIX them on the basis OF the
sto and bond value They have one
value for charging freight ard an
other value for paving taxes.
/ In thirty-sjN states in the Union
the railroads pay more taxes than
they now pay In Texas.
These tax bills it is estimated. will
! (leaving out Che Williams billl not
defective Till 19n6) produce a total
/ revenua OF $1,000 900 This is a
new source of revenue and IL TO be
added 20 the revenue produced by
the advalorem tax which at l6 2-3
iceuts brings in 81, 500 600 These
added equal st.s0B, 600 per year.
1.-THE appropriation bill shows that it
costs S5.522,7 ESQ to run the state for
aue year. that would leave S26s, 900
10 pay Oft the deficiency.
/ The advalorem tax rate was raised
but should not have been. The ad-
valoTem tax payer is the free horse
that is ridden 20 death This legis-
llature spent 100000 less than the
2>th legislature
1 We cut our q number Of soft Jobs
land eut down appropriations.
and bill was 100 large as finally
passed
The departments wanted about l-3
3more than they got. but they got all
Ithey needed 70 costs twice as much
now 20 run the government of Texas
las ID did six years agD. while the bsne-
lfits to the people have not SO increas-
led
The Girls Industrial school at
Denton with only IT'S pupils wanted
s2fS 600. We gave them s5S 600.
The university with an available fund
4 of It's own OF $4,000 wanted KS00. q
'en out OF the general revenue in
addition We gave them SO. 600.
The university with It's million Of
acres of land leases aud notes ought
"a be self.snssaining They have
S2l5 eco and only 500 pupils
We provided for the 600 insane
people in the jalls of Texas hy build.
ing more room AZ The Terrelj asylum
There are , soc insane people In the
asymms We gave them st.22f 600
for ths two Years Ws gave The Con-
tedeFate soldier tl0an.uB6 for the
two Years
We changed the pwbiir land law
effectively We revised the free
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