Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-02-04
PUSHES BILLS TO
REVISE TAX SYSTEM
Sweeping Changes In State Affairs
viii Follow II Bills Go Though.
Legislature proof Reading.
Charleston, FEB. 2.

Charleston, FEB. z.
Senate bills off red by Senator Mac
Corkle will soen be the center of at
traction In the upper house of the leg.
islature. Ne. IS Is a slap at expenses
of state officials, while IA is the bill
by which the senator from Kanawha
hopes 60 upset the present system of
taxation, abolish tha county boards of
review and equalization AID put the XII
hosh en- the tax commissioners office
Upon recommendation OF the Commit
tee on Finance. Of which MacCorkIe
was chairman until the new arrange
ment in the senate resoinded the APP
pointment of all committees. ordered
No. ii printed. and II will make more
than 100 printed pages.
The bill changes the beginning OF.
the assessment year to April first.
makes the board Of public works
board of review and equalization,
makes public service corporations de-
liver their annual returns to the audi
tor instead of the tax commissioner,
lut latbfF 0ihft ptkUR NU1ttSHf1s d.iu
the assessors are made 10 do much Of
the work done b. the field workers OF
the present tax commissioner de-
partment =
The bill Is a direct attack at the
administration, and IL expected to
have rocky road In the state senate.
though the large democratic majority
may pass II in the House.
Legislature proof Reading.
Lawmakers are not necessarily prll-
trs. I'nt Speaker Wetzel, OF the
IIouge pulled eff good one. The
other day pi-line crept into the
House Journal. which the printing
clerk missed. The line meant to re-
fer bill to the Committee CT the
Judiciary, and the following line did
80. AS the first line stood 1t could
only be pronounced by chIrpiay like
blackhird. The speaker eyed II
curiously. and then sent hurry call
for the public printer for an explain
ation. II was a new kind of "pi" for
the speaker.
But speaker Wetzel Is not the only
lawmaker who has not made the ac-
quaintance OF the printers louise. n
the Journal the other day a trarsposi-
ton slipped in In West Virginia. so
that the first part was "eWst One
delegate made a motion to place the
&c" after the "W." rather exacting.
jolly Is Very III.
Delegate J. X. Jolly. the only repub
lcan elected In Weed county. Is said
to be seriously Ill at his home. He
was not we'll when the legislature con-
vened, but came here for few days.
after which he was compelled to re-
turn home.
Delegate Nelson G. Hubbard is OPP
posed to limiting ID legate Ice tcf
Marion) In his speeches to anything
Under two hours. Hubbard Is a great
man for free speech. Ask those dem
ocrats who called him a "bolter.
Republicans Of the state Senate
caucused on the appointment Of their
members on committe They ex-
pect to deal extensively in the caucus
business this session.
Young Delegates Called.
Speaker Wetzel handed one to the
Younger members the other day when
they were referring 10 each other by
their respective names. Instead CT
saying "the gentleman from Cabell,"
as the case may be. the delegates re
fsrred to by name. Delegate Sept.
Hall, who could write the book of rules
from memory, raised the point OF or
der II have only iadnlgcd the gen
tlemen b~tause Of their inexperienced"
said the speaker.
Chairman Padden ef the Commit
tee on Labor has reported favorably
on House Bin So, the employers liza
bility bill. He does not expect much
assistance from the corporation lobby
in getting the bill passed
The arrival 81 man supposed to
be Pat Grove here when there was
talk of Kidnapping a Republican sena-
tor added interest But Pat came
strictly on business. and was not In