The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-01-30
PROGRESS MADE
ON TAX PROGRAM

Both houses of the general assem-
bly, made consequentialE strides last
week in the advancemeflt of their tax
programs, the senate agreeing to the
inheritance bill with minor amend
ments while the house passed the hy-
ldro-electric tax, the evaporation IL
cense tax and the foreign corpora
tion tax bills with litt1N if any no.
ticeable opposition. The week also
Witnessed the Introduction by the
house ways and means committee of
the luxuries tax, the last of the Sc
ries of eight new revennp bills, while
the committing Of Representative F.
G. Harris pool room biiifto the ways
and means committeessf the We'd
nesday night sessionSi is faken as in
dicating the possible inttoduction of
revenue bill, tax offspool rooms,
the Hubbard Wells timber tax meas
ure introduced in the senate, being
the ninth.
Inc inheritance tax blH, which was
one of the two revenue measures
passed by the house last Session, now
lacks only the concurrence of the
house in the senate aifiendments-.
and this, it is expected, will be will
ingly given SINCE they involve no
material changes in the measure,
to take it's place on. thesii of acts
enrolled for ratifcation.E Governor
Cooper also is expected ITO give his
agreement to the measure as it
stands and the tax should therefore
become part of the state law this
week. Six of the revenue measures.
all of which have already passed the
house, are still on the Senate calen-
dar or in the hands of the senate fin.
ance committee, howevel, and this
fact is reacting to delay the progress
of legislation in the houss, which for
the three weeks of the session has
been pushed through with "deliber-
ate speed"
The ways and means eemmittee is
several weeks in advance Of it's last
years schedule of hearni9s on the an
nual appropriation bill and should be
able to report this measilfe out short
ly if no further delay ~ easioned zy
the upper houses prot Stion of dis
lcpssiosl on the new M 3illsAwhich
are caicufated to maze s 81 sDis m
cal reductions in the state visible
property levy. Resolutions providing
for the amendment of the state con-
stitution to erase practically all
traces of the states former tax sys-
tenn are pending in both houses.
Passage of the inheritance tax bill
the first of the new revenue bills t.
get by the upper house in two years
and the sending to the house of 1
joint resolution to postpone the tim,
for paying taxes until June 1 were
the more outstanding features Of the
week in the senate.
The inheritance measure had rough
shedding in the senate for a time, but
Thursday night proponents Of tn,
new revenue measures determined tC
fight the bill out to finish and nea,
midnight a stiff opposition fight lee
by Senator D. Gordon Baker of Flor,
ence collapsed and the measure was
passed on a viva voce vote.
All the new revenue bills have prec.
edence over other matters in the sen
ate as the house has already passed
several of the bills and in way is
waiting to see what the upper hous'
intends doing. The people over the
state are also looking toward the sen,
ate as the house has already demon
strated that it is in favor of the new
measure, while the senate has failec
to respond in any measurable degree
in speeding up legislation.
- The gasoline tax bill is, scheduled
to come up Tuesday and anothe,
fight will be on hand as a dozer
amendments have already been pro
posed.
The senate finance committee still
| has the income and movie picture ta,
bills, but they will likely be reported
| out this week as hearings have al
ready been held. Another, tax meas
ure is before the senate, one to ta1
timber, having bNen introduced by
Senators Hubbard and Wells.
Under he provisions of the joint
resolution sent to the house the time
for paying taxes would be extended
until June 1 with penalties from
per cent in January to z per cent be
ginning June 1, but executions woult
not go into the hands of the sheriff.
until September 1. The resolutio,
also provides that any person paying
taxes within the time set forth in the
resolution shall be allowed to vott
in any general or special election
The hydro electric tax bill, which
was passed by the house Wednesda!
morning, was the only one Of the new
a,