The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-15
TAX MEASURE
WITHDRAWN
BY GOODRICH
Substitutes Bill by Which Flat
Increases Will Be Sent Back
to County Boards for Sur
vey.
SESSION DRAGGING ON
(By Associated Press)


Abandoning the plan Of legalizing the
horizontal increases ordered by the
state tax board. and recently declared
unconstitutional by the state supreme
court, Governor Goodrich, after a con-
ference with advisers today, deter
mined to have introduced in the spe-
cal session of the Indiana general as
sembly another measure which he be-
lieves will meet the situation.
This plan, it is reported, contem-
plates referring the tax returns made
by the county boards to the state
board back to the county board. The
county boards will make another re-
view of the tax returns in their re-
spective counties and will then make
a new report to the state board.
To EquaIize BY Counties
The latter board will make an
equalization by counties. The su-
preme courts decision held that the
state board might equalize by coun-
ties, but that it exceeded it's authority
In making an equalization by town
ships.
According to the Governor, the plan
adopted today will produce the same
amount of revenue and will avoid the
necessity of legalizing the horizontal
increases made by the board.
The draft of the new bill was not
complete this morning. The governor,
after conference with Assistant Attor-
ney General U. S. Lesh and members
of the legisla ture. said he hoped to
have the bill ready for the assembly's
| consideration late this afternoon.
Mark Time and Wait.
oP fln h1xy, lyoI
time this morning while awaiting COM
mittee reports on some of the emer-
genCy measures recommended for
passage at the special session, by the
government.
In the house it was expected that
| the bill of Representative Harry B.
Tuthill, Republican, of Michigan City,
| legalizing the horizontal increases,
would be brought up, but action was
postponed pending the arrival of the
new bill favored by the governor.
@.Took over Appropriation Bill.
| In the senate six minor bills were
passed under suspension Of the rules,
and a recess was taken until o'clock
during which time Republican senators
held a caucus on the appropriation
bill passed late yesterday by the
house.
| This bill provides approximately
100000 for the maintenance of state
institutions until the close of the
present fiscal year, Sept. 80.
One of the bills passed by the senate
was later passed by the house and
now goes to the governor. This bill
provides for amending the Peru Flood
Prevention Act, so that it will apply
under the present population of the
city.
| Election Measure UP.
In the senate another administra-
tion measure was expected to come up
today, this concerning changes in
election laws so as to provide for the
increase in votes at the fall election if
women are given the right of fran
| chise by that time.
A committee of Republicans and
Democrats in the senate has prepared
an election bill which will command
non-partisan support and it's passage
is expected today under a suspension
Of the rules.
Leaders of the general assembly had
practically given up hope today OF
! concluding the special session this
week and they are now working with
the hope of a sine die adjournment
next Wednesday or possibly next
i Tuesday.
Many Bills Are Up.
Bills have been introduced in both
houses covering a variety of subjects
and the authors of many of the meas
ures insist that emergencies exist
which necessitate immediate consider
alton of their projects.
Committees have killed a number
of bills but numerous favorable re
ports have also been received advocat
ing passage at this session of the
bills which have been introduced
The house of representatives i'm
mediately passed three bills to the
: upper house: the first, under a sus
pension of rules, the bill appropriatins
funds for the maintenance of state in
stitutions; the second giving the pub
lie service commission the authority
to order railroads to provide 100 pei
cent car service to coal mines with
which the state has contracts; and the
third amending the registration law
so that the registration Of voters viii
be permanent unless they move from
the precinct in which they reside.