Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-10
PROPOSED TO REDUCE
STATE LEVY s CENTS
Bill Calling fOf the Reduction Pre-
cIpiIa|Gs q lively Debate In
House Of Delegates.
CREATION or TAX COMMISSION
Good Roads Seems TO be Burning
Question With the State Lawmakers.
Who viii Probably Appropriate
100000 for Purpose-ro Prohibit
Sale OF Adultered Stuff.
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RICHMOND, VA. Ian 9.-Almus:
Immediately after the House was call
ed to order this morning n somewhat
spirited debate was precipltatcd by
Captain Read the Mecklenburc dele.
gate. who introduced joint rcsolu-
iion providing that the finance com.
miitecs of both houses he instructed
TO consider all appropriation with re-
ference to resolution Of the state
lcvy from 35 TO 30 cents.
Captain Read alluded to the surn.
ius in the public exchcqucr-he was
under tho impression 1t was more
than million--and quoted some un
known individual who had said that II
Was carrier to freeze fec cream i'm tho
internal regions than To take care of
an overlooking treasury. He thought
MS resolution was good basis on
which To star, the session, for after
all. the plethoric treasury was due To
the people. He explained that the
resolution was not necessarily bind.
ing. but rather ,entative-a sort of I'm.
oniry looking into tho practicability
OF his scheme.
Colonel Bowman. chairman OF the
Finance Committee. was on his feet
III second after Captain Rend had
ilnished speaking. and demanded that
ne resolution be referred He said
IL was far too important thing TO he
passed hurridly. Colonel Bowman
likewise took occasion to remark that
the surplus. according to the Cover.
nors message, was $7260OO-not n
million and quarter. rs had been or.
roneously reported. This mistake. he
said, had done great harm.
Delegate Withcrs also protes ed
against the adoption of the resolution
without reference to committee.
lie insisted that its purpose was too
indeiinate. He didn't know to what
extent 1t would commit the legislature
and fired number of questions at
CAPTAIN Read
Delegate Hill Montague favored the
passage Of the resolution. He said It
was merely advisory-that 1t simply
said to the committees: "If, In ad
vance. yon think 1t practicable to do
SO, the appropriations should be so
made as to enable this reduction TO he
brought about"
strong word in favor OF the reso
luton also was said by Delegate
Churchman.
me debate was interrupted by the
special order requiring the house to
vote on the election of the basement
officers. but the matter will come M
again tomorrow.
Ask Creation of Tax Commissioners.
Senator Lassiter. of Petersburg. and
Delegate iWthers. of Suffolk. are ma.
irons. cojointly. of a bill presented To.
day In The lower house of the legis.
iature advocating the creation of a
TAX commission and providing for their
appointment. duties and compensd.
ton.
The bill recommends that the com
mission shall be appointed l,v tho
governor and shall consist of two
practicing lawyers. a political eco.
nomist and a business man. This
commission shall examine the tax
laws OF Commonwealth. compare them
with tax laws of the other states and
report the result of their investiea
lion to The next general assembly.
me bill to create the commission
defines lis duties. which will require
INC members to recommend two years
nence complete system of taxation
in the form of a bill or bills by which
uniformity and equalization of tax.
alton may be secured.
The closing section of The hill pro.
vides that $20.OO0 shall he appropriat.
cd out of moneys in the treasury TO
carry the act, If passed. into effect.
Would Parallel r. F. g. p. r. r.
r. p Cox, of Richmond. and C.
oConnor Goolrick. of Fredericksburg,
arc Joint patrons OF bill presented in
The house of delegates today. asking
inc repeal of section -. of an act con.
corning corporations. which became a
law on that the signature of the gov
erncr, in May. 1903.
The section is as follows: "No rail.
way company chartered under this ACT
or whose charter may he amended IN.
der this act. shall have mower TO lid
any. railroad parallel TO the line Of tho
Richmond. Fredericksburg & Potomac
Railroad" 1N
Good Roads is Burning Question.
bill of intescst to the state at
large and which may mean a hasten.
ing Of the time when good roads will
D" prevalent IN ALI the counties Is
mat III which Withcrs, of Nansenlond