The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-16
House Committee Starts
 Consideration of Bill
 Which Taxes Everything
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(Continued from Page Two1 from six thousand dollars a year to ten thousand. Recitals in a deed to land
 sold for taxes under this act would oe prima facie evidence of the regularity of
 the proceedings under which the sale IS made
 The taxes collected under the income tax
 sections, relating to corporations, after paying the commission allowed the tax collector, shall be distributed, twenty-five per cent each to the county and the mu- nicipality where the corporations has It's business, and the balance to the state.
 A heavy penalty is imposed for making public the income tax record The H. cense of automobiles Is increased fifty per cent and trucks weighing with their lead in excess of ten tons are prohibited
 from operating on any public road. The
 automobile license tax is to be paid into ] the road and bridge fund and is to be used exclusively for the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges. NEW SECTION ADDED A new section is added requiring license of automobile storage garages. in cities of 100. 900 inhabitants and over, s75 a year; cities with over 25,- 900 and less than 100 1000, $50; with
 
 cities and towns. Two other new sec tions imposing a license tax on auto mobile filling stations, s, and auto mobile accessories, $60. in Birming- ham, were added and also requiring barbers to pay an annual license tax of s2.50 for each chair. A clause was added to the bill posters license pro I vidins that by the payment of s25o I they may operate in any county with out further license
 1 The restaurant and cafe license was change as to base the annual lt- cense on population and capital in- vested. When the moving picture schedule was reached Representatives l Hale of Mobile and Arnold of Birming
 ham suggested that such theaters oper- ating in suburbs be permitted to pay a less amount than those in the busi-
 ness or thickly populated sections of
 the cities. An amendment to this cf- feet will probably be inserted. 1 Turpentine extractors will be re- | quired to pay license, a new feature. Sawmills are also required to pay a license tax not imposed under the
 present law, scheduled as follows: | Capacity of 5000 feet and less a day. I $10; more than 5000 and not exceeding | 10000 feet. $25; more than 10000 and
 not exceeding 25.o00 feet, $50; more
 than 25.000 feet and not exceeding 50.000 feet, $100 more than 50.000 feet, ! s200.
 A license is also imposed on ice
 cream manufacturers not included in the existing law, graded according to | population Bottlers of soft drinks are l required to pay license tax of one half of 1 cent per bottle for each bot l tie put up. This section is meeting with opposition from the bottlers, who will make strenuous fight to prevent fy oro ofv na,f iv1tn lou
 TAKE UP COAL TAX TODAY The committee adjourned at 5;30 until o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when the coal and iron ore tonnage | tax will be taken pp. The time was moved up so that more time could be given to the discussion of this feature | of the bill. Judge Murphree having concluded his explanation of the vari- ous features of the bill. the commit
 tee will now go into it's consideration section by section.
 It is patent that number of | charges will be made in the bill be- fore it gets out of the committees hands and when it goes to the house committee of the whole other changes are expected to be made.
 Representative Brindley of Morgan appeared before the committee today and asked permission to make a state ment, but this was not granted the committee stating that 1t would hear | him at later date. MT. Brindley on leaving the room, announced that he reserved the right to offer amend ments the floor of the house, and other representatives have made sim l liar announcements.
 The indications are now that the bill will have a rough passage before it gets out of committee and still , rougher one after it is reported out. The opposition to the bill in it's pres ent shape does not come solely from coal and ore operators and corpora tions who will be hit hardest by the income and excess profits tax sections, but is general, hardly section of .he
 state but is voicing its objections. It is freely predicted that the bill cannot possibly be enacted under a month,
 and the first of September is likely
 to see the house still working on 1t.
 Birmingham is gaining some friends
 In other parts of the state. Jeffcr-
 son county now pays about 25 per
 cent of the total revenues that go into
 the state treasury and If the coal and
 iron ore and income and excess profit
 taxes are added Jefferson's annuel