Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-14
PRE ELECTIONS COMPLETELY UP
SET ~ UPPER HOUSE
or LEGISLATURE.
KENDALL SILL ADOPTED
As A SUBSTITUTE
Gill Must Now Go Sack to House and
Fate Of Important Bill ~ Adjunct to
Read Legislation 10 In ooubt-kim.
ball Bill Would Answer Purposes
and Strengthen Road Law.

Des Moines. April 1.-THE Iowa
senate upset the dope" completely
Saturday when 1t rejected the motor
vehicles BILL which was the product
of many weeks of labor on the part OF
the joint motor vehicles committee Of
the house and senate and which bill
adopted in it's stead substitute mea-
sure, which Is in reality the kimball
bill reported into the senate by the
ways and means committee and the
child Of the retrenchment and reform
committee.
This substitute measure must now
60 over to the house and friends OF
progressive motor vehicle legislation
are fearful for its fate. II the house
does not adopt the bill, as many are
predicting. a conference committee will
have to be appointed to agree on
measure which will suit both the lower
and the upper house:
Should the present legislature ad-
journ without adopting motor
vehicle bill which will supplement the
road law and provide for increased
fees for road building. the hard sur
faced road program provided for in
the road bill which has now been
adopted by both houses will fail. How
ever, with tho tremendous interest
aroused In the success OF the road
measure 1t is regarded as practically
assured the house and senate will get
together on a motor vehicle bill. Pos
sibly the house will accept the sub
stitute measure.
Truck Tax Too Heavy.
Apparently one of the principal
objections to the joint committee bill
was the heavy tax imposed on trucks.
The truck representatives fought this
section Of the joint bill with vigor. The
substitute bill however goes little
lighter on the truck fees but bears
down more heavily on the pleasure
cars than did the joint committe mea-
sure.
The joint bill nxed the minimum fee
on cars costing $1,000 or less SIS. The
substitute bill adopted by the senate
has the following section a. to fees:
"All motor vehicles shall be classi-
fed by the executive council bienniaily
July 1 according to their average re-
tail market value in the state, assum-
ing they are new. in classes of $500
or fraction thereof. and multiples Of
$500 and fractions thereof. The license
tax shall be for each car ~ and Tor
Sach soc or fraction thereofpin value
In such classification and 80 cents per
hundred pounds on the weight OF the
car. @
After the motor vehicle Is four
years old the license tax based on
valuation shall be 90 per cent Of the
tax when new and after the motor
vehicle IL six years old the license tax
shall be 40 per cent Of such tax when
new.
THE secretary Of state shall publish
schedules Of the classifcations and
weights Of various known makes OF
cars with the amount Of license tax
and furnish in suitable numbers to
the county treasurers Of the state.
This would make car which cost
around $500 and weighed 1900 pounds.
which Is about the minimum in cost
and weight Of complete cars, ST.
The bill provides for the payment OF
fees to the county treasurer and
record OF all of the business in the
office Of the secretary Of state. The
bill also provides that the motor
vehicle funds shall be apportioned as
they are now, IS per cent Of the fees
going to the counties in accordance
with the number of townships or so
much for each township in the state
One half Of the remaining per cent
would go to the maintenance Of the
state automobile department and the
other half to the support of the state
highway commission. However, the
county treasurer must pay into each
city or incorporated town share OF
the fund based on the miles OF un-
paved streets. The money to go to