Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-27
ADOPTS PROGRAM
| FOR RAISING FUNDS
| FOR ROAD BUILDING
Accepts Subcommittee's
Plan With Few Minor
Changes.
SEPARATE BILLS TO COVER
INCREASE ON CORPORATIONS
Votes to Reconsider Action De-
feating Recommendation of
12-Cent Levy.
THEN TAKES NEW TURN
Tax Equalization Considered and
Special Committee May Be Named
SEPARATE BILLS TO COVER
INCREASE ON CORPORATIONS
THEN TAKEs NEW TURN
Tax Equalization Considered and
Special Committee May Be Named
TO Remedy Inequalities.

BY vote Of to 6 the Senate
Finance Committee last night, on mo-
ton of Senator j. p. Buchanan, adopted
all the features of the subcommittee
program with the exception OF the in
creases on public service corporations
and on coal mines. which will come up
for consideration this morning. Sepa-
| rate bills will be prepared and intro
duced to carry out the subcommittee
program. Increases recommended IN
| clude the following:
Increase OF automobile tax 100 per
cent, one-half of the Increase to Cd to
the State highway system and tho
o.ner TO state aid to country roads. a
estate and personal property.
nnerease .pt l per cent in the levy on
Increase In merchants license taxes
from a minimum Of IS to maximum
nn Increase in taxes on hotels. based on
| Increase of tax on manufacturers OF
| soft drinks. -
buchnnn~ &C., ><~---- WIFI Come.
BY vote OF to s the committee
mend tho 1e-cent levy for good roads
smu' inn "a aTccSording Srg to the expressed opin-
tRat H ot from SenatGr ns ri. i Royall showed
at least the committee is opposed to
WWteetiinis Wtrniniss Federal aid for the roads of
acciares that the money can he re;sad
py inc various taxes suggested by the
nun1o'h,nittee man if, OF which he is the Chair
vote of to 6. rcconsidered Its act;oa q
| in this respect 10 ACTON
-, Aiter over three hours OF discussion
yesterday evening when Senator oIS
oConor Goodrich pressed his "com.
prem1sS q pensr, resolution. which. provided for
80 per cent Increase in auton,os,,,,a nes, q
s36o 0oo 'aNes axe ana an appropriation of
the ballotinga a'd The 20 eountry roads. In
vided into three parts and that r.I. o..
faiIed fiiaI.1ng Of TO The the general property TAX tax
visions in regard to the a,itn,nt3- Pre-
fftrehse fnr taxes and to the appropriatios
wheiminrlyv wi inuinsly reads hm we're adopted over. over
sections sec was pertunctorv' as on on t tsnese
t.W ia@ ppeen peer, cut out OF the resolution The
motion TO .o%evG5 reconsia is still held on n r.
ny Senator J. T. West. was made
Money for History Comu,.i
session "e = pEssinnnins inning of the committee
that the abpropriation for ana asked
sinia War History Commission =. 'nr-
ss% AS the rom romn;;5;ss $4,000 i, to $4,000,
um wa pehalng measures at 5 O'Clock. there
was considerable discussion 70
"nether or not the vote shouId he ~ ~
on onicia1e hnd h. delegation OF Richmond CITY W
dry financial meas,ISes against sun
noyall and Walter f. Addison wantss
i' in,cnmond to have an opportunity to hc
heard Senator Buchanan deciarsd - thos DC
mere had already been too much dc
lay. " much oe-
senator Addison declared that /, Was
,inn n.f,t proposition that in connec-
..on win a Dill involving $4,000 00O
OF revenue the subcommittee had cnmo
rom me committee room the preccd
nn; img ,on night; Sft; and wanted immediate
heretofore it had been the nolicv 10
give al! interests a hearing and that
as Richmond paid ne-siXth OF tho
taxes OF the State. her representativns
heard. ~ %
senator George n. Conrad declared
.nat othcr cities were here Monday
Richmond representatives, who were
closer to the Capitol, should not have
Zen Zen present also. Senator West de-
mons motion that the subcommittaa
went into consideration OF the various
matters OF taxation on which 1t had
reported
Says Three Element. In Senate. -
There were various other speeche,
upon the question until Senator Cool
Tick declared that he had anticpated
the maze that would result from the
injection of outside issues into tho
program for Il State highway system.
He said that there were three elements
in the Senate. One led by Senator
Addison was urging schools Another,
led by Senator T.. Lee Trinkle, was
urging state aid for county roads. and
the other. in which he was interested,
wanted state highway system. He
then introduced the resolution which
was offered as a compromise measure.
Senator Goolrick also declared that
the reason the conference COMMITTEES
on procedure did not take action uh-
I'll this week was In order to allow
propaganda. issuing from Richmond,
TO be circulated in the state and to get
up interest in the school proposition
that had been brought 10 the front.
Tho discussion took wide range,
and various matters were brought IN.
but by this time the Mayor and a
counci!manir committee OF Richmond,
arrived. and were given twenty n,tn,
utes In which to present their vews
Assistant City Attorney George Wayne
Anderson was spokesman. and he pres
sented resolution of the City Council
protesting against the appropriation
for county roads OF money. the greater
portion OF which comes from the
cities. Nt o'clock the committee ad-