The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-14
FLOOD Of BILLS
POUR INTO HOUSE
MORE THAN THIRTY TAN MEAS
TRES DROP INTO HsskET
FIRST DAY,
QETNI les STATE IAN
REDUCES STATE TAX
rRALkI.EN, PITTS AND MONTAGUE
PRESENT BiLL---CoMMIsSf
BILLS IN SENATE AND
AND HuIsE

AND HuISE
\ food OF bills which w!ii soon
reach its crest poured into the House
Of Delegates yesterday. the opening
day of the special session Of the Cen
eraf Assembly. called re- consider the
subject o! tax reform All dealt
with the various phases OF the pro-
biern OF taxation ranging from COM
/. plete bill introduced by Mr. Stearnes.
Of Roanoke County. and cnntemplat tin e
absolute segregation. to measure
providing for a TAX on butterine. In
PRODUCED by deleEste who forgot 70
put his name 10 H.
The bills introduced tn the House
yesterday numbered more than thirty
Of which twenty five were prepared
hy the joint special tax com mission,
constituting the tangible result Of the
seven months deliberations 81 the
commission. ard all or which we're
considered some cursoriiy and some
In detail. by the House Finance Com
fnit,ee, during its week of Informal
sessions. just prior 10 the converting
OF the asse bly,.
Commissions Bills.
The bills were introduced by Mr..
Montague. secretary az the commits
sion. who explained in presenting
them that most of them had alternate
sections. one for adoption In the case
the assembly fayors the permanent
commission plan and ou~ in case II
favors tho segregation plan.
A bin providing for the reductions
NJ the State tax rate on real estate
and tangible personal property from
shirty-fve to twenty FIVE cents on the
one hundred was introduced by Dele
gates Chaikiey. Pitts and Montague
9f fshe joint tax commission, The bin
of course, is conditional upon the
adoption by the assembly of the Ia X
commission plan. for IL the segreEa-
ton plan ne adopted. the State will
nnt tax real estate ana tangible prop
erty al all, there being two az the
sources or revenue segregated TO the
counties and cities
The bill to reduce the rate on real
estate Is pertinent at this time" said
Mr.. Chalkley in discussing the bill.
when II Is evident that attempts will
he made 10 increase assessments.
THE rate can he lowered without in
creased contributions from any other
source, provided only that commits
sieners OF the revenue and real estate
assessors make ar assessement Of
such property. at sixty per cent Of the
IdtT market FafUe thereof
Effects of the Btii.
"Deducting 10 per cent on the
500 from the provisions for the sup
port of the government on the 1914
assessment would mean loss TO that
fund OF s657. 54756 but increase the
assessment to so per cent Of the fair
I market value OF these two classes OF
property and we have the following
Real estate 1880 ssz2,95z-oss
Tangible personal prop
erty -.-,..-s+.. lSi.oi Ass''
s953.94g. 97(
"a twenty-five cent rate on this in
. creased assessment would yield the
following revenue, applied as follows
and showing the following losses anC
gains to the different funds as com
pared with the present thirty~fivt
cent rate on the present assessments
For support of government, 1858.
s46.eT; loss, sssi14s14 for public
! free schools. ss5seas.s7; gain, 1895,
ass.42. for pensions. s476.973.4S
/ gain. s14s,1as.7o; net gain in ta'
revenue. sss.451.es.
THE 1914 Appropriation bill carrie'
annual appropriations from the gen
erAi funds over and above constitu'
tional and statutory requirements o.
/ S144.s17 for pensions and sss0.oet
for public free schools. Therefore
! this 1851. 600 loss TO the general funds
could be supplied from these excess
appropriations, and yet under the new
rate and the new assessment both the
public free schools and the pension
{ appropriations would he slightly In
creased from the revenue derived from
! real estate and tangible personal
property"
CapitatIon Taxes.
A bill introduced by II c. Lowry
of Bedford County. makes provision
for the collection OF capitation taxes
three years or more past due. Under
II the clerks Of me several counties
and cities are required To make ont a
list Of ali such delinquent taxes. de-
liver them to the treasures, who shall
proceed to collect them as other taxes
are collected. After December ! he
shall proceed TO levy for these taxes
~ for others, keeping a separate
book, accounting to the auditor as
with other taxes.
The bill drawn by Judge Martin
Williams. OF Giles, providing for dis
trfct committees. the chairmen OF
which shall constitute the State tan
commission. was also presented Judge
II Williams stated to the House that his
{ bill was conditional upon the adop-
ton Of the commission plan. The bill
drawn by Former Governor Mann and
Captain ". w Baker, of Chesterfield
similar in some respects 10 the vii.
fiams and 10 the Lesner bill, was also
introduced. In the House,
In the Senate Senator Hartman. OF
Richmond. introduced the twenty I'VE
special tax commissions bills and
Senator Lesner. OF Norfolk, intro
duced the bin drawn by him and At
ferHey j. Lindsay Heard al Snrfalk
The following were presented anC
referred under Pule 81.
To the Committee on Finance:
BY Messrs. Charley. Montague
Pitts. Weaver of Warren--A bill tc
amend and re-enace section s3T oi
\ The code of Virginia relating 10 asses
{ sofs of real estate. as amended an1
re-enacted by an act approved De
cemb<r 10. l9e3 and 40 amend ane
re-enact certain other sections refat-
Il tng TO assessments and to commits
II &4oners OF the revenue
BY the same patrons---A bin Il
3 amend and re-enact sections 45e. 4si
81 and 4Sl Of the code Of Virginia a.
81 heretofore amended.
ny the same patroDs-A bill to re
s. 0nire the actual consideration 10 b,
& & stated In all transfers Of property b.
~ Ae4d or other conveyance. or TO b,
M furnished TO the clerk Of the cour.