Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-04-20
KY. HOUSE VOTES
TAX MEASURES
LIQUOR TAX WINS AT FRANK
FORT WHEN RATE is MADE
FIVE CENTS A GALLON.
ESTIMATED To RAISE 100000
In Revenue, Which, They Said, Is
SoreIy Needed-Senate Refuses To
Recede From Its Amendment on the
Eank Deposit Measure.
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Estimating that a tax of cents a
wine gallon on rectified liquors manu-
featured in Kentucky will raise $780,
600, the House of Representatives, by
the vote of IS to "a, passed the Spur
rier bill, increasin, he tax on this
kind of liquor from j cents gallon
to cents a gallon. Representative
Roach offered an amendment to in
crease the tax to so cents the wine
gallon on such spirits. 1t was defeated
by the vote of IS to IS.
The amendment of Representative
Monroe, increasing the tax to 10 csnts
a gallon, was defeated by the vote of
80 to %. Representative Roach de-
clared that the purpose of his amend
ment was to curtail the output of rec
tilted liquors. He said that scientists
unanimously agreed that of all intOX-
icating liquors rectified spirits were
the most injurious.
Representative Moores offered the
argument that if cents the gallon
would raise 100000, then 10 cents
a gallon would raise 100000, which,
he said, was needed so badly by the
state
Representatives voting for the bill
are Bailey, Bays, Bratcher, Brashear,
w. H. Brown. Bullock, Cannon, Cole
man, Chopper, Cruise, Cummins, DObbs,
Dorman, Dover, Duncan, Durham, Eli
eon, Embrey, Gardner, Gearhart,
Gooch, Grimes, Hall, Hobbs, Hutch
craft. Lasley. Lilly, Lyon, Metzger,
Minor, Moores, McAtee, McGlone,
Nichols, Oliver, Pieratt, Humphrey,
Purnell, Ryans, Claude B. Smith, John
Snider, Spurrier, Stone, Tartar, Triv-
EFT, Tyra. Wall, White, Wilson, Wood,
Yewell, Young, Howard, Powell, Jack
son, Johnson, T. r. Jones and W. H.
Jones; total, 5S.
The Representatives voting against
the bill are Ampler, Frank j. Brown,
Gary, Cooper, Downing, William Duffy,
Greene, Hamilton, Kaufman, Kuh,
Meyers, Montgomery, McMurray, Neat,
O'Brien, Perry, Price, Radcliffe, Rich,
ardson, Roach, Schneider, NJ. L. Smith,
SPAIN and Wills; total, "a.
The House passed the Gardner bill
classifying property for taxation, by
a vote of 81 to "a. This action was
taken after the Senate notified the
House that it had receded from it's
amendment decreasing from five to
three years the limit for a mortgage
to run before the recording mortgage
tax applied.
The bill of Representative Howard,
fixing a license tax of two cents the
ton on coal mined in Kentucky, two
cents the barrel on crude oil produced
and one cent the 10000 feet of gas pro-
duced in this state, was made a spe.
cial order.
The bill levying tax Of three cents
a barrel on oil produced, and the
Hutchcraft bill taxing commissions on
pari-mutuels on races per cent, linn
iting total commissions to per cent
and fractions of 10 cents in calcula-
tions of winnings, had their first read
ing and were placed in the calendar.
The Senate passed the day discuss
ing the bank deposit bill, providing
for tax of one-tenth Of 1 per cent on
bank deposits.
By vote of II to IA the Senate re-
fused to recede from it's amendment to
the bill, providing that the local tax
rate on the. capital of banks and trust
companies shall not exceed 60 per cent
Of the rate paid by other property sub
ject to local taxation.
Lieut.. Gov. Black appointed e. con-
ference committee to reach a COM
promise with the House. The commit
tee is composed of Senators Combs,
Ford and Bradley.