The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-17
By BERRyMAN G. BETTY


 Montgomery, March 16.-(special.)-Th general revenue bill, which had been be- fore the house since 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was passed by that body at 6:45 o'clock tonight by vote of 54 to 20. Members of the house had labored on the measure since the hour of converting this morning. and when the final vote was taken and the result announced sigh of relief went up from all present.
 The general revenue bill, which was of- fered as a substitute to the Smith Teas ley bill was amended section by section. At the session, yesterday afternoon the house, acting as committee of the whole. adopted all but four sections of the bill, the members deciding to leave the re- maining sections until today. When the house convened this morning, however. a number of the sections which, had been previously adopted were recon sideied and aniended 9,1ealat Sls s5.4.Ss, F tee of the whole did aot reach the last four sections of the bill until this after noon.
 Percy and Busr n~h-4- The features of the
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 important sections in tl,y Dill ln,g..,ss,.- debate occurred on the proposition to ex- empt cement industries from taxation. This was not considered wise and this feature of the bill remained The ques- tion then came up in regard to exempting shipkuilding plants from taxation, the principal debate being Walker Percy of Jefferson and Albert Bush of Mobile. The Jefferson representative man- tained that all corporations and indus tries should be taxed, whereas Mir Bush insisted that it would not be wise to tax infant industries, particularly those that were aiding in the development of the state. After more than an hours debate the committee decided by close vote. 10 exempt shipbuilding plants from taxa tion.
 Another interesting question before the house today was the debate on the AL mon amendment which provided that the amount of franchise tax paid by public utility corporations should be credited to the intangible property tax The speaker of the house declared that corporations should pay only one franchise tax The debate continued for more than an hour after which the Almon amendment was [ ta bled
 Tax on Professional Men , Another long debate ensued when MT. Hollis Of Walker attempted to amend the bill by striking out the Mastin provision. which imposed tax of $5 on lawyers and other professional men. This question was considered at length, the committee ! finally voting down the amendment The section was later amended so as to exempt | u,na eional men from paying this tax. When the Dill was finally passed Mr. Brindley onered a resolution extending the thanks Of the house to Representative George sullivan of Mobile, who had presided as cnairinan over the committee of the whole ton. The rules of the house were susnended ana the resolution was adopted by a ris ing vote. MT. Sullivan had remained in 6 the chair since early this morning and bis \ work as a presiding officer was much commended by the members of the house a Revenue Bill Alter the preliminary business of tho morning the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole ha,,i,, elected Mir. Sullivan chairman. ana Me revenue bill was again taken under consideration. 1''0ei MI w duueii OILefeQ q substitute to section 20 of the bill, which places ~ v, annual tax of $100 on money lendars The object of the Waddell substitnta was to make it clear that license ca,, be assessed in only one county.
 Mir. Mastin wanted to call nm hi. section relating to the taxation n, Eprofessional men for the purpose of Eoffering an amendment, but inasmuch las 1t seemed that several members wanted to debate the section, the Mas. tin motion was tabled.
 MT. Brindley offered an amendment Ito section 13 of the bill relating to Exemptions on government bonds, state Ebonds and education and church prop erty This amendment was adopted together with the section.
 Pegram Amendment
 MT. Pegram moved the reconsidera- tion of section 26 of the bill in order that he might offer an amendment to exempt cement plants from taxation
 MT. Pitts said he favored the Pegram yamendment, and after some little dis E,ussion the committee of the whole Returned to the consideration of this section.
 Mir. Percy said he thought the princi pie of exempting plants from taxation was fuAdamentally wrong He said he
 
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