The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-09
||Ic1NNITTEE ON TAX
| LAWS IN A DEADLOCK
,o,rpNED WITHOUT AN Y
Az ,crIoN AFTER A SESSION
OF TWO DAYS.
Al PROPOSALS BEATEN.

Much Chance for Adoption OF the
MOI n..'.rnor' 5 Income Tax Plan. Parks
o w Terrell, Takes Position That
This Is InoppOrtune Time
~, .oec;aI committee appointed by
lp' o;.rat,,re to report to that body
inc ' ,,9 looking to re-
rt .an ii Georgia's tax system, with
'l'' o;s, reference to substituting an IN
'pss a tax for the present ad valorem
co., adjourned Thursday night after a
IAN G 1,,s session in which no agree
two o r:. : reached. The result will pc
meh' t ""' ertire tax problem must pc
that t .nJ ont on the floor of the legis-
lat rta commission voted, however, to
Inc IN lime u, the day before the
n l.e,n assembly conVenes, aga again. anu
Gee i an agreement can DC ie"0i''0'
~ Income Tax Beaten
ro,,or,or Hardwick's proposition
u0t We commission recommend that
e,9 providing a limited net m
a anme tax not exceeding o per cent ae
.o od then if this revenue is not sum
anu ;rn+ 70 meet current expenses anu
Glt nJo5 Indebtedness requirements, to
DG III on ad ya1orem tax not to exceed
5 5S1 nils was defeated by vote OF
72 ';' representative ]. w. Culpeep-
10 3 Baskerville, offered the resolu-
ton. ,,,to-d Of Toombs, offered an
.aondment providing that a net IN
come tax OF not more than per zen.
sbonId be levied, but that revenue from
This source should not be greater Than
O. en- 90000O This was voted down.
4 r,esolution recommending that the
ooneral assembly pass a constitutional
ssu on,,ir striking out the provision
a. tbe tax section "all taxes must be
nd va, ralorem and UNIFORM, and leaving
4b a limit OF 5 mills, was offered Dy
u Ir Of Chatham. This change, he
dantended would leave the assembly
fras to PASS either an income tax, an
ad valorem or a classihcatlon tax, VI
any two OF them. The resolution was
lost by vote of 8 to Z.
Parks Hits Plan.
representative w. B. Parks, OF er-
eff >> county made the chief attack on
the proposed income tax. MI Falks
stated that he had made an lnVeStigd-
tion Of the workings OF the income tax
IN other states, and read a letter from
Wisconsin lawyer denounclng the
income tax in that state. The objection
offered in the letter was that the IN
come tax had been productive OF large
revenues for the state of Wisconsin
4 and had encouraged extravaganza III
tbq management of public affairs.
States are like families" the, letter
said IF ones income is small his
& family will get along some way Du'
#f it is large the family Will grow eN-
uavagant and expensive, sooner ol
later IT,
Mr.. Parks offered solution tor the
present deficit in state finances by al
enforcement of the ad valorem system
D now in vogue and an ocCupat1onal tax.
q REPRESENTATIVE Parks and Senator
N Snow both took the position that oW-
II ing to unsettled conditions the pres
Il emit time is not the proper occasion
n to make any changes in the tax Sys-
tenn r
They offered resolution to this Ell
B feet which also urged the assembly, D,
n to practice economy and then, II the
state had not sufficient funds, to levy,
n occupatonal and license taxes on totdl
n sales of enterprises and professions III
lieu OF the present inadequate ana
& unfair system"
This resolution was defeated seven
4 to FIVE.
Mundy, OF Polk, then Offered a pro
posa providing an income tax OF five
per cent, retaining the present ad va
loren system and levying the income
tax only on incomes derived rom
4 property or occupations on when no
ad yalorem tax is paid. This was Vot-
ed down.
Some Other Suggestions.
There is strong sentiment in the
committee for a plan to force pay1n9IeS,lit
OF taxes on invisible property. ne
records show that not over ) per cent
OF the states entire ad valorem reVe-
nue. is paid by invisible property
1t is being suggested that the ieglS-
lamrc pass laws requiring invisible
property to be returned for stamp
taxation, somewhat similar to the ted
eral stamp tax on promissory notes.
And on top of these views, there
Is still another radically opposed TO
them all This is to repeal the tax
equalization law and go back to the
old system OF voluntary returns OF
property which were accepted without
INVESTIGATION.
Senator 0. A. Nix is the leader OF
Inc action which seeks repeal OF the
equalization law.
r. After the meeting Chairman George
Iars"ell stated that he saw very little
nope OF the committee eyer getting
together on any proposition.
IL Is said that the fifteen members
u jhe committee have at least seven
inherent tax plans.
RANDOLPH MAN SENTENCED
TO FEDERAL PENITENTIARY