Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-12

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correct as can be obtained now. Ac-
cording to these figures the estimat,
ed revenue for 1922 will be S9,257,-
442, and Ike authorized eXpendl-
lures viii afaounr to So, l90,0 600"
The Telegraph's Surnmary.
The Telegraph correspondent here
writes.
THE state sanitarium failed to get
the $4,000 compromise ap9ropria-
ton to keep its doors open.
"The Confederate veterans of the
state will, those who are on the old
list, get the back money due them and
the accounts will be squared for
1921, but they do not get the full IN
crease in 1922 allowed by law. The
new class pensioners get nothing,
tThe gasoline resumption tax Of
cent a gallon, which is calculated to
raise a little more than S1,000,000,
and which goes into effect with the
signature of the governor to the bill
will most likely not get the state one
penny, at least until it has Travelled
through the long process Of the
courts The bill is law today, and
some of the tax may be credited to
the state for day or two, but the
law requires payment to he made
quarterly, aud already notice has been
served by the Reed Oil company that
it will attack the constitutionality of
the law That means, Of course, ,
the payment On any of the tax viii
be stopped until the courts decide !
the case.
The fertilizer tag, which viii af
ford the State Bureau "f Markets /
100000 for .expaad..sg its work, and !
put S200,O0o into tite5State treasury, |
will bring il. not one pea3iy this year, /
buc viii amountNto th&t much rev.
enue next year. NasN@N
The poll tax clause, from which
about 100000 was expected to be
realized from registration Of women,
will fall far below that because Of the
fact that the law provides for poll
tax upon all persons between the
ages of rs and so. That, though an
error, will reduce the aggregate equal
to the number Of people between the
ages of Il and rs.
Cigar Tax Dropped.
Some CT the other large taxes
over which there was contention are
not to finally become law as they
were written, because the conference
committee compromised and reduced
them. For instance there will be
no one cent tax on cigars selling at
10 cents Of more. There will be
tax of SIS year on wholesale and
SIS year on retail dealers in cigars
under specified grade
The increases made on automo-
bile dealers of all kinds remains in
the tax bill and will more than double
the revenue from dat source TO the
state
Another item that will hit general
" over the entire state is the pay
ment which will have to be made by /
taxicahs. In any city of more than !
100000 population each taxicab will
have to pay Sl00--that is each car, !
not each compaRy--on each taxicab
IN cities of 10000 and up q tax Of /
SIS; in those of 10000 and up i
tax of $40; in 5000 population and
up $50 oil each car, and under that I
figure in population $40.
The soft drink tax over which
there was so much contention, fell
down. The bottlers of the state pay
the same as last year, and the tax on
syrups was made one-half Of one per
cent and on all carbonic acid gas it
was made three cents per pound pres
sure instead of four.
These are the items principally at
interest in the new tax bill A com
pilation has not yet been completed
by any of the authorities to compare
with the appropriations, but it is
roughly estimated by senators and
representatives. who have kept the
closest tab on the bill it will 60 be- |!
yond the needed revenue when taken
in connection with revenue from all
other sources" AS closely as the {
estimate could be made up today it
appeared to show a total revenue to
the state of about $12,275, 900 with
appropriations amounting in round