The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-01-09
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MEETS TOMORROW

VI IhS pSoPiS ny Ihc tiuopIiOn VI uSV
sources of revenue through what i.
commonly called the painless extrac
tion method and to reduce expense!
all along the line will probably be tn,
most important work to be under
taken by the general assembly at tho
session which begins tomorrow at
high noon.
A small advance guard came in last
night and other members will begir
arriving this afternoon and tonight
and by early tomorrow morning
every member will be present. Politi.
cal efforts will lbegin to take on new
life with the early arrivals as there
are n number of places to be filleG
by the assembly.
When J. b. Atkinson, speaker OF
the house, raps for order at neon TO.
morrow and Wilson G. Harvey, pres.
ident of the senate, does likewise, q
session that may go down in history
as stormy" will be off with a rush
Only few changes will be noted ir
the attaches, while four new mem.
bcrs are to be sworn in. ID. d. Noise
newly elected senator from Sumter
and F.. P. McCravey, newly elected
seator from Pickens will be the new
faces in the senate. Eugene S.
Blease succeeds George S. Mower as
q representative from Newberry
county and j. B. Britton succeeds
Mr.. Noise from Sumter. The new
senators take the places of Senator
Clifton Of Sumter and Senator Alex,
ander of Pickens, who died during tho
year.
New Revenue Bills.
New revenue measures will be
among the first bills to be introduced
The joint legislative committee or
consolidation has already drawn bills
covering different phases of it's re-
port and there are to be introduced
early in the session.
In general the new revenue bills
may be summed up as follows: A tan
on gasoline and kerosene, an inheri.
tance tax, luxury tax, an income
tax, an occupation or business license
tax, an increase in the corporation Ii.
cense tax and a small tax on hydro.
electric power, Taxpayers have beer
meeting in the different counties anG
statewide meeting was held in Co,
lumbia to discuss the need for chang
es in the present tax system. These
meetings have gone on record for the
new sources of revenue.
Probably the most concrete recon-
mendation so far is that by the joint
legislative committee. This commit
tee proposes that tax of two cents
gallon be places on gasoline and one
cent gallon on kerosene, that the
luxury tax incorporate tobaccos
theater tickets, soft drinks, automo
bilcs etc, and that the other recon-
mendations be largely similar to the
general trend of thought. Under the
recommendations of this committe,
the new sources would bring in $3,
435,OOO and make possible, it i:
claimed, the reduction of the state
levy from IL to mills. An earnse,
effort to reduce the millage will b,
made, and even if the new source:
are not tapped it is practically GER
tain that the levy will be cut, posi-
bly, to seven or eight mills.
Under the proposals of the join
committee it is planned to introduce
bill Tuesday to provide for tenn
porary appropriation to pay stat.
officers and employees during Jan
uary and February. This would re
lieve the necessity of all pay war
rants in advance of the appropriation
bill, which policy has been practice'
for many years.
Three of the new revenue bills tina
are being advocated passed the hous
last year and are now either on tn
senate calendar or in committee
rooms. Many other important bill
are also on the calendars of the tw
houses.-The State.
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