The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-02-04
ATTEMPT TO
KILL STATE
TAX MEASURE
UNSUCCESSFUL
Minority Report Submitted by
Sambor Against Admin
stration Bill Oppose Sal
ary Raise.
q BILLS INTRODUCED
(By Associated Press>

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 4-Unsuc-
cessful efforts to kill the administra-
tion tax measure. failure of passage OF
the drastic "anti mashing' bill, and
Introduction of 23 new mea sures fea-
tured the business session of the lower
house OF the Indiana legislature this
morning. This afternoon the house
had four bills up for passage, one Of
them being the Mckinley bill to re-
quire protection of workers from nox-
ious gases by use of gas masks.
The fight to kill the taxation mea-
sure was precipitated by Representa-
tive Sambor, of East Chicago, q mem
ber Of the committee on judiciary A
submitting q minority report which
Representative Laughlin of Oden, after
Chairman Kimmel, of Lafayette had
reported the bill, recommending pas
sage. When the motion as put to sub
init the minority report for the ma
jority report the speaker ruled those
opposed to the proposed legislation
had failed to substitute their recon-
mendations.
Representative Sambor contended
that the committee had not given pro-
per consideration of the bill.
Attacked Salary Raise
Representative Laughlin attacked
the bill because of the provision which
remained giving the state board Of
tax commissioners authority to tax
buildings and loan associations, banks,
trust companies and public utilities,
because he alleges by raising salary
all the way down the line, including
ha (v1v ~ 80
missionefS* salary at $4,000 annually,
double the present salary, 1t will add
between 100000 and 100000 addi-
tional expenditures upon the tax pay
ers annually: third on the ground that
the state board would have authority
70 compel property owners who failed
70 make complete returns Of property
Tor taxation after being publicly mott
ned to come to indianapolis and ap-
pear be1Dro the board and explain;
fourth, because principles Of govern
Mapt fQg representation upon being
t1xSd Is being guaranteed would be
violated by the stats boa ard-controlling
local tax levies and fifth because he
alleges control Of the tax levy SO that
more money would not be raised next
year than Is raised tl'a year by taxa
ton would be impossible.
OOJeCtS IRE.
He summed his objections by stat
ing, "The bill is too ridiculous to De
thought of. 1t does not give the right
of appeal from the decisions of the
state board, and simply would give
few fellows additional salaries"
Representative Kimmel in ure'"g.
adoption Of the majority report de.
clared that the subject is the D.ssesl
that has been before the people in
many years. Floor Leader Menden-
hall Of the house majority, who intro
duced the measure, also urged the bill
be printed and the issue settled upon
the floor by consideration of section
by section. The bill. If passed, he said
will not give perfect law. He EN-.
phasized the need for constitutional,
amendment whereby evils that cannot
be corrected by law now will be elm
mated. He said that there are con-
Germs in Indiana, valued at from one
to two million dollars which are
assessed for taxation at $4,000.