The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-21
TRIBUTE TAX
MUST Be PAID
II WHITE, OF STATE ROAD COM
MISSION HERE IN INTEREST of
HIGHWAYS AND LICENSES
Has Been Over The Creator Part OF Tie
State in Connection With
The WORK.

Fl s White. road commissioner and
automobile department agent is IN the
CITY on official business and Ia look up
d,linournt truck ownCrS who have laii"u
To pav their privilege tax and also 10
Stir M the taxi owners who are violating
the Inv.
The privilege tax is an act Of lhr leg
islature in which truck owners DONG
n business between two Incorporated
cities or towns pay douhcl tax Tor IN"
privilege Of using the streets ana inc
extra tax goes to the repairing al S'rH"'s
md roads of the county and corporations
and their upltccp.
Mr.. White has been over the greater
norton Of the state and has i"uhd
great many violatorS and quit" lie"
counties and cities have been 'nrirh"u
hy his vigilance in getting the 'htlr"
amount collected oC tho privilege TAX l"r
m. maintenance OF THOR roads and
streets.
~ cnlichtrn the public on this i'm
nortant hu, 'ttl" known law. MI NhlI"'
talking tn an Iutclliccnccr reporter last
night said: II am here as the agent OF
tho state road commission I" explain and
collect tho privilege tax provided for IN
section one hundred and thirty-rIGht or
the road law Of 1917.
4 great many people do not under
stord this tax: none failed 10 tax" il out.
not even knowing that they were com
uniting n misdnmnanor II is 10 get TINS
matter fully understood That the COM
mission directs me to visit this section
OF the state.
All taxlcahs and all trucks. whether
used for hire or in 3rivat" business. must
pay This privlrg" tax and display one
tor IN addition to their regular state
license tags. beginning with class
for taxicuhs, ~ "Y'' and ~ rs the
case may be. that is governed Ivy the
weight OF the machine.
All Of This tax tax roUrrs back 10 tn"
cf,v Of Wheeling ard III" county W
Ohio for the UP keep Uf tho streets and
highways.
The law PERMITS tho cities to collect
tho same privilege tax HAT tho stat"
docs from persons who operate wholly
in the corporate limits Of Wheeling IN
such eases IA" stat" does not collect.
MANY nf the cities and towns ar" pass
Ing ordinanc" in aCr"rdan"c with the
recent opinion of tn" attorney general.
in that they have the right 10 collect
such tax from those who Ito not pay the
state.
Charter &C. section 1an or tho Acts Of
1917 makes il 4 Sprriflr violation and 4
tlnc rr ten to on" hundred dollars To
opornt" taXiCahs rr trucks without this
privilege lax In addition to their regular
state license hut IT." law being now. IN"
rules and regulations net being prnmul-
gated until August az this year. tho
state road commission. that all people
NAV have ;mri" tim" Ia inform th"m-
sclvcs. AMI tn" commission has no d"str"
10 he too stringent: but this tax is now
dur ana must h" paid
No citizen Of West Virginia can opcr-
ate an :ruinmuhil" or. truck with fnr"-
IGN licc.,s" or tags without violating tho
law and is subject (" a fine.
Many thousands &c dollars hay" been
lost Ia our state rnnIs by persons taking
out an Ohio, Pennsylvania. Maryland OF
virginia license. or buying cars with
such tags AMI operate them tn" who'll"
year urlawfully in West Virginia.
MIR. White is stopping nj tho Mcclure
and will 20 over tho I"'al field thorough
" in search uf tax dodgers He reports
that near three Thousand NOR" licenses
have been issued already this year than
last with only four and Il half months OF
tn" fiscal year gone