The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-02-20
All Sorts of Taxes
Proposed in Bills Introduced In Spe-
cial Legislative Session

Frankfort, KY, Feb. 20--Discus-
sion of the proposed tax laws by W.
c. Davis, of Versailles and Elwood
Hamilton, of Frankfort, both MEM
bers of the 1914 tax commission, and
Senators Brock and Glenn, members
of the present commission, occupied
most of the attention of the house at
Mondays session of the legislature.
Seven new tax bills were introduced
A bill by Representative Howard, of
Woodford, provides an annual license
tax of 2 cents on each ton of coal
mined; an annual license tax of 2
cents on each barrel of crude oil
pumped or produced and an annual
tax of 1 cent on each 10000 feet of
natural gas pumped or produced. Rep
resentative Spurrier, of Grayson, in
troduced bills providing for an annual
license tax of cents on each barrel
of crude petroleum produced; H.
cense tax of 5 cents on every ton of
coal mined or produced; a license tax
of 10 cents on every proof gallon of
distilled spirits and license tax of
10 cents on every quarter barrel; 20
cents on every barrel and 80 cents on
every whole barrel of malt liquor
manufactured in this state. An en-
abling act levying special tax of 20
cents on the 500 of property to be
used for road and brideg construc-
ton was introduced by Radcliffe of
Henry county.
That tho spirit of harmony and the
end of common good reign at the be-
ginning of the special session of the
Legislature was evinced last week in
the manner in which the lower house
unanimously abrogated the two-third
IL favor of the majority rule. The
resolution to do away with the rule
which required two-thirds vote to
change a rule was introduced by Rep
resentative Frank C. Greene, of Car
rollron.
Hearings of expressions of opin-
ions on the various bills will be ac-
cording to the following schedule ar
ranged by Representative w. A.
Price, of Covington:
February 9.-Members of present
ana 1912 State Tax Commissions,
banks and building association.
February Observation-Disclosures and
commercial bodies.
February 21.-Farmers and other
zeal estate owners and heads of the
Stste departments.
February 23.-Representativ of
timber, lumber, mines, railroads and
street railway interests.
February 26.-Representatives of
and fiscal courts.
February 27.-All persons affected
by the proposed bills not specifically
above.
Sessions will be held at night and
speeches limited to one hour.
turned loose on the Tax
Commissions bills as soon as they
come up on the FLOOD was perceived
in the announced intention of various
Representatives to present ideas of
their own. Richard Radcliffe, from
Henry county, proposes to change
change the commission of three to
one of five OF seven, and to have the
commissioners elected, like the Court
of Appeals and the Railroad Commits
That there will be a flood of
sion. He would reduce the salary of
each to $4,000 year instead of S4,-
600, as provided by the bill, and cut
the expense account to $4,000 in
stead of $4,000, as allowed by the
bill, outside of printing. Radcliffe
points out that the commissioners
should be responsible to the people,
and that the taxpayers should have
the right to name them. He says that
the appointment by Governor may
be personal or political and not rep
resentative of the wishes of the vot-
ers. No public body does more efiici-
ent work than the Court of Appeals,
asserts Radcliffe.
The House decided to hold two ses-
sions daily, sitting as committee OF
the whole to hear all persons interest
ed in the three revenue and taxation
measures before the House. On mo-
ton of Representative Treadway, of
McCracken county, three new men,
bers of the Republican party were
added to the Revenue and Taxation
Committee. They are Representative
Treadway, w. M. Webb and M. A.
Wilson.
Representative Harvey offered a
joint resolution inviting Ex-Governor
Judson Harmon, of Ohio and United
State Senator Hiram Johnson, of
California, to address joint session
of the Legislature on the question of
revenue and taxation at their conve-