Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-04
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NO INVESTIGATION
Of TOBACCO TAX
State Senate Votes Down Effort
of Mountain Membcr-House
Passes Mob Bill

Frankfort, KY, Feb. 4-Senator
]. w. Harlan, of Boyle county, in
troduced resolution in the State
Senate to investigate the coal Sit
uation in reference to opposing
the mineral rights tax, either on
tonnage or by percentage on pro-
|duction.
His resolution provides that
Senators Monroe and Miller, re-
publicans, and Marshall and Sim
mons, democrats, be appointed on
a committee to obtain all neces-
'sary information, including a re-
port as to whether or not coal
producing counties are paying
their share of the states revenue
A determined effort was made
by the mountain Senators to in
clude tobacco in the scope of the
committees inquiry, but after Q
lengthy discussion Senator Aux
ier's amendment, to include to-
bacco, was defeated, Is to II. To
bacco region Senators said they
had no objection to investigation
of the tobacco industry but insist
ed this investigation should be
made by Senators from tobacco
growing districts. Senators from
mining sections asserted that
mineral lands are paying their
just proportion of taxes
The main resolution to investi-
gate coal, fuor-spar, barytes,
rock asphalt and other minerals
was adopted by vote of "a to ],
after it had been amended to sub
stitute the name of Senator An
drew E. Auxicr, Pike county, in
the place of Senator Clarence
Miller, of Estill county.
Senator Hon introduced the
American Legion Bill to regulate
foreign language newspapers,
providing for their publication in
parallel columns of English trans
lation.
Senator Antle introduced a bill
changing the age of consent. to Is
years, affecting both sexes
After defeating the amendment
of Representative Z. c. Hardin to
make the State Board of Charities
and Corrections bipartisan, the
House passed the bill of Repre-
sentative Lazarus providing fo1
appointment for this board, COM
posed of eight members. Under
the bills provisions, these mer
bers serve without compensat't-
and shall exercise all poWerS and
privileges now vested in the State
Board of Control and the Board
of Managers of the House Of Re
form for girls.
The bill to suppress mob vio-
lence was also passed by the
House. 1t provides that wher
more than 3 persons gather fol
the purpose of doing violence, in
jury to or lynching of any person
| in the custody of any peace officer
or taller, this shall be considered
to be mob. Any person who
takes part in a mob shall be deem
ed to be guilty of lynching anc
the penalty for lynching is deatf
or life imprisonment.
ANY person who harbors OF
conceals, or aids any member of {
mob to escape arrest, shall, upo1
conviction, be punished by i'm
lprisonment in the county jail fo,
not less than so days nor more
than six months. The law a
drawn, prescribed a penitentiar,
sentence of not less than two no
more than 21 years. The jail sen
tence instead Of the penitentiar,
sentence was inserted in the bill
iby an amendment offered by Rep
resentative Thomas r. Welch
who thought the penitentiar.
sentence would make the measur
. unconstitutional.
An amendment offered by Rep
fesentative James H. Thompson
of Bourbon county, and accepte
by Representative Lazarus, auth
or of the measure, provides tha
! the county judge and not tn
sureties on the bond of an office
!. removed from office for permit
e ting a prisoner to be taken fror
5 jail, shall appoint person to fl
I the office thus vacated until til
next general election. He amend
$ led the bill by providing that tn
7 coroner shall fulfill the office {
! Sheriff and Jailer until such a
y election.
The bill abolishirg the depart
ment of forestry and geolog
passed, III to 4.
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