The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-12
GOVERNOR BOYLE
fAVORS INCREASES

get, Governor Boyle has made several
recommendations for increasing the
revenues of the State. His recon-
mendations in full are al follows:
Recommendations for event leg
islation. Fees OF the Office for the
filing of articles. Of incorporation
should in my judgment be increased.
First. by practically doubling the
fees now in force.
Second. by requiring an annual fee
for retaining corporation charters on
the States records. These increases
! should aggregate $4,000 a year.
The statutes and the Nevada re-
| ports are now sold at prices below
the cost OF the actual printing Office
and binding expense of publishing
them. / recommend that reports and
| statutes be sold henceforth for IS
each. This will increase revenue
from this source s~3,5OO.OO per year.
The fees for the State Engineers
Office are far below those charged in
other States. l recommend that they
be increased to the schedule proposed
in his report. This will increase
revenue. from this source $1,000 per
annum.
Income from the sale of auto IL
censes should be increased approx
mately $4,000 a year If we are to re-
deem annually 100000 of State
highway bonds and pay interest on
these bonds in the next two or three
years exclusively from this source of
revenue.
/ recommend:
a-That a charge of $3.50 be made
for each auto license plate issued.
b-That the fee on cars weighing
from 5000 pounds with load to 5000
pounds be increased from 35 cents
per 100 pounds of weight to so cents.
c-That the fee on cars weighing
from 5000 pounds upward be raised
to rs cents per 100 pounds.
This schedule of increases should
produce annually from auto license
plates $21,0O0.00; from licenses on
heavy cars and trucks, 100000;
to relieve county tax rates on county
State highways operations a IN
cent gasoline tax on all petroleum
distillates Of a gravity of 40B and
above, with no other exceptions. This
will permit tractors and stationary
engineers to operate on a practical IL
cense exempt fuel, while permitting
the licenses to apply to those who use
the highways. Upward to 6,25O.00O
gallons of motor vehicle gasoline are
sold annually in Nevada. Twenty
per cen Of this is sold to tourists;
this plan should produce annually
$156,250. equivalent to 5 cents on
the tax rate. Summarized these rec
concentrations will produce annually
from corporation fees and licenses
$4,000, from sales of statutes and
reports $500, pne-half to general
fund, n half to school fund. From
fees of State Engineer, $1,000, one
half to general fund; from auto IL
cense fees $4,000, one-half State
highway bond interest and redemp-
ton fund. The auto license fees un-
der present laws would increase the
rate of redemption OF State bonds
without Immediately affecting the tax
rate. The other increases would re-
duce the State tax rate 3h cents for
each year in this biennium.
Fees from the sale of fish and
game licenses should be doubled; the
income turned over entirely to the
State; the fish and game wardens ap-
pointed and paid by the State; this
plan will permit of better policing
than is now obtained; the application
of all license fee returns to fish and
game protection and propagation and
the support without further State
aid, of the fish and game commission.
This proposal, II acted upon favor
ably. by you, win affect a reduction in
the State rate for 1921 and 1922 Of
cent.
Please note:
That without provision for addi-
tional rel there will be no money
in any fund In 1921 and 1922 in ex-
Tess of the amounts budgeted.
Therefore, you may in the event of
appropriations: