The Sentinel=record., 1918-07-17
DELEGATES REvE...SE
 SELVES ON LAND TAX
RECONSIDER VOTE ON WARNock AMENDMENT NEW PRO
 PosALs DEBATED ON FLOOR

ittlc Rock, July 16-Tuesday at noon, on motion of Delegate Lamb of Craighead, the constitutional conven- ton reconsidered by a vote of 56 to % the Warnock graduated tax pro- posais, passed Monday afternoon The Ilescinding vote leaves the Sifford amendment 10 Judge Evans substi- tute for Section the question before the house. Several other substitutes offered Tuesday morning also are pending
 The vote on reconsfderations fol - lows: For Delegate Lambs motion Alley. Arnold, Bloodworth Boyce Bratton, Brouse. Brown, Calaway,
 herry, Coleman. Cypert Davis. Driver, Ellic;t, Ftter, Evans, Futrel.
 iinfson, Graves Hammock, Head Iorner Hotchkiss, House, Hutchjn- son, Johnson of Lincoln, Johnson of Madison, Johnson of Sebastian, Xiii tough, Lamb, Mann, Mayes. Moore of atayette, Moore of Monroe, Moore of Philips, McCabe, McClintock, Meier rin, McGill. McMillan, gMcRae Medley. Nelson. Pnnix, Rector, Reynolds. Rutherford Sifford, Sloan, Southmayd. Steele of Little River, Tompkins, Walker. Williamson, of Drew, Wilson of Pope. Witt
 Against reconsideration motion Alitiredge,, Andrews, Bates, Belote, Bledsoe, Breckenridge. Bullock, Carl Lee, Chapline Davis, Dodd, Etheridge. Foster, Goodwin, Kay, King, McClel-
 land, PaItain, Person. Poole, Sellers, smith. Wameck, Watson, Williamson of Stone, Wilson of Bradley, Wither- spoon and President Mehaffey.
 Judge Evans substitute to Section in substance is as follows: That all property in the state IUe taxed at it's actual value, one species no higher than another, after certain conven- tional exemptions are made.
 The Sifford amendment to Judge Evans substitute provides for a grad , uated land tax, the excess land not to be taxed until 1929, in order to give excess land owners an opportunity to dispose of their holdings
 As soon as the convention met Tuesday morning Judge Evans pro posed to amend his own substitute by | a section limiting land holdings to 6i0 acres, and providing that the tax 1.,.N .k. be confiscatory Judge Evans amend ment also provided that land owners might have until 1925 to dispose oi their excess holdings.
 Delegate House of Pulaski county offered as a substitute to Judge Evans amendment Co the substitute a clause putting the limit upon holdings at l 900 an acre and providing special tax of 3 mills for holdings between 1 900 and 2,000 acres. and 6 mills above 2,000 acres. Colonel Houses amendment fixed 1927 as the date of disposition of surplus lands.
 The first speaker to the question was Delegate Mann of St Francis county who delclared against a diff ference between persons and corpora tions, the speaker declared Mir Mann said that land owning bodies had done much for the development of Arkan sas in the past and that under the present circumstances limitation was a bad policy
 Delegate Hammock of Cleburne county defended the timber compan- ies against what he considered an ill., timed attack upon them and their methods He declared that the great timber companies were following ,, federal conservation policy and that the country saw mills were mastefuL
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