The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-02-26
SAVES INCOME TAX LAW.
HOUSE REFUSES TO APPROVE
ACTION OF SENATE.
Number of Senate Bills With No OPP
position Receive Second
Reading.

Columbia, February 24.-The
house to-day killed without much
ceremony the proposition that had
passed the senate by which the State
would repeal the farce commonly
known as the State income tax law.
The senate realized that the law was
unfair in that it's enforcement was
reduced to an absurdity, and in ad-
dition, the Federal government was
imposing similar tax. Messrs.
Boyd, of Spartanburg; Brice, of Ches-
ter, and Mcqueen, of Marlboro, un-
dertook to convince the house that
the income tax law in this State
should be repealed, but they could
not bulge the house, and it final
ly killed the bill by a vote of So
to "a.
The chief argument of Messrs.
Rittenberg and Wyche, who favored
the income tax, was that while the
law may be imperative. at present
that they could get information from
the Federal tax returns. Mr.. Wyche
thought that the Federal tax returns
would be available for Information
for the tax officers, and he further
thought that the tax was along the
right lines. Mr.. Rittenberg thought
that the best thing to do would be
next year to pass law requiring
every one who made an income tax
return to the Federal government
to do so to the State or suffer a
penalty for not doing so. He thought
that if an Act of this kind were pass
ed making it a criminal offence for
any one making return to the Fed
eral government and not doing so to
the State that very different results
would be secured. At all events the
house refused to take the position OF
the senate in killing the income tax
law and South Carolina will con-
tinue to have, for those who IRE able
to pay, both Federal and State
law.
Free Transportation.
There was considerable discussion
this morning on the senate bill which
provides for free transportation for
the sheriffs while travelling on official
business. The fight against the bill
was led by Mr. Nicholson, with the
support of NIessrs. Miley, Stanley
and Lilies. The bill was killed by a
vote of As to "a.
Messrs. Youmans 'and Wyche
thought that the sheriffs should be
entitled to this free transportation,
and that it would be for the good of
order and affairs of the counties.
The house, however, thought it would
be an entering wedge for free trans
portation, and killed the bill.
Last year a bill was passed pro-
viding that serum be supplied to the
farmers of the State by Clemson Col
lege "at cost" 1t appears that a
mistake was made in. the ratified
Act and that the Code has the law
as the general assembly intended
that it should be, that is, that serum
be supplied lat COST
Senator Black had bill passed
through the senate correcting the
law, and to-day when the house took
Fit up, it also passed the bill, but with
these propositions: First, one pro-
posed by Mr.. Belser that the lat
COST allowance should not be avail
able to veterinarians and others who
made a business of handling serum
for hog cholera, and it should only be
provided to the actual farmer and
user of the serum.
Second. Mr.. Stevenson had fur
Their amendment adopted by which
Clemson College is required to pro-
vide the serum free to those who
are not able to pay for the same.
And then Mr.. Lumpkin worked in
an amendment that the farmers who
had hogs to die of cholera bury them
four feet underground.
The achitects of the State have
been very much disturbed recently
over a bill of Senator Crouch's regu-
lating the employment of architects
in this State After some discussion
the house, led by Mr.. Lumpkin, kill
ed the bill, therefore there will be
no law with reference to the regula-
tion of architects.
A number of senate bills of more
or less local Importance and to which
there was no opposition received their
second house reading. Included
among these was the resolution to
paw the Kuker claim; to amend the
/ 9Th circuit bill, to regulate pool and
billiard rooms in Union county, re-
lative to the selection of juries in