The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-17
P0sIIV DENIAL IS
MADE By GOVERNOR
That He Has Any Particular
Revenue Measure or Mea-
sure to Present to Solons

| CHARLESTON. May E-Rosinye
denial has been made by Governor
Henry D. Hatdeld that he kas any
particular revenue measure OF meas
tures 10 present TO the Vest Virginia
1eetsators when they assemble .ere
next Tuesday.
II have prepared none. said the
governor when asked the direct cues
ton 81 have had the assurance that
additional revenue would be PROVIDED
iSf the legislature was conTened ana
I ON that assurance I nave issued tne
call
Relative to revenue. the governor
/ in his cali said: ITO enact laws 20
From his reply 10 the question whether
+ he would advocate any particular
{ kind OF revenue. it may be Cleaned
! that he will not even single out any
particular measure IN the message ne
t5w!ii send TO lie scions Tuesday
1 Apparently next in importance. be
cause It is the second item IN ms
proclamation. the governor calls at
! ren1ion TO the law enacted by the
/ last session OF the legislature relating
10 the care OF the insane-wherner the
charges should be paid by the county
or from rne STATE treasury. II is IN
CerStOod
Lawyers DiIer
as to whether the several counties
should pay for those sent from their
county or whether the expense snoulo
be paid out of the state treasury- Leg
islators also differ Some insist their
vote was against saddling the expense
on the county They do not charge
that they have uoc been properly re-
corded In the vote but insist they
! were under the impression they we're
voting for just the opposite thing Inc
confusion was due to the Sanous
amendments and their effect on the
measure as a whole.
Opinion differs as TO what kind OF
revenue measures the solons IN extra
session Will provide. There is gen
eral belief however, that practically
all, il not all. that were offered and
! considered at the last special ana
regular sessions Will again be pre-
sented. Among these VIII be the
Excise Tax ON Net Incomes
of corporations; making pipe lines
! common carriers and placing trans
/ portaIion tax on gas and Oil: the cor
/. poration tax measures as offered by
4 Senator White. Republican. and which
passed the Senate. and were put 20
sleep in the House because the Sem
ate had given measures passed by
the House similar treatment The
White r1easur2s are expected ID in
crease the cost Of taking out charters
IN west Virginia about fifty per cent
which would still leave The cost OF
Incorporating IN West Virginia much
/ below that OF other states where cor
I oorations are given anyrhins like
/; wide latituoe. and are expected to in
crease the states revenue about $780,
| oca or s20o;00o.
! Another method Of raising revenue,
| 1t is believed. viii be the
Increasing OF the State Tax
! to fourteen or fifteen cents on the
hundred dollars valuation. instead Of
!! a maximum Of ten cents as under the
present Law.
/ Paragraph four OF the proclamation
gives the legislature power 20 make
/ any appropriations in addition te
! meeting the expense of the session
that it may see fit. This will enable
4 the soIons to again put che state
/ militia on firm basis by appropriate
Il ing for its continuance. In the pre-
vious appropriation bill the governor
struck out the appropriation for the
state militia because he did not be
Il lieve the revenue was sufficient K
meet the appropriations.