Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-01-24
S0L0NS keep BUSY
WITH MANY BILLS!
BILLS OF STATEWIDE ftNTEREsx
ARE BEING INTRODUCED IN
ABUNDANCE.
TAX BILLS ARE IN THE LEAD
Several Measures For Raising Rove
nue. Are Receiving Consideration
Of the Lawmakers,

Columbia.
The hydro.electric tax bill, which
is fathered by the ways and means
committee, would provide for the levy
ing of a tax of one-third OF a mill for
each kilowat hour of electric power
produced by water power in the state,
the tax to be assessed and paid quar-
terly. Plants incapable of producing
5000 kilowat hours month would be
exempted from the provisions of the
tax. The state tax commission would
have charge OF the administration of
the tax.
The Ellerbe fraternity bill, which
was rejected by an overwhelming ma
jority, would have left it to the op-
tion OF the board of trustees of the
university as to whether or not Greek
letter frateTnities would be allowed
at the university. The bill was car
ried over on the calendar from the
1921 session.
The morning session was cut short
in honor of the anniversary OF the
birth of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Imme-
diately after the holding of the special
exercises to hSs memory Representa-
tives ]. r. B. Hamlet and ]. G Greer
of Creenville, both veterans of the
Confederate armies, at the invitation
of the house. made the addresses in
tribute OF Genral Lee. while Eugene S.
Blease OF Newberry replied in the
name of the house, thanking the two
veterans for their addresses and call
Ing upon the PEOPLE of the state to
remember the Confederate soldiers in
the few remaining years they will be
living.
Justice Marion submitted his resig-
nation to the senate, and Lieutenant
Governor Harvey ordered an election
for January 81 to fill the place left
vacant by Mr.. Marion's promotion.
j. Lyles Glenn, representative from
Chester county. is considering resign
ing and making race for the SEN
ate.
The income tax bill was read by
the senate, 1t having passed the house
and being referred to the finance COM
mittee.
The corporation license measure,
the fifth Of the new revenue producing
bills making up the tax reform of the
present legislature. has been intro
duced by the ways and means COM
mittee OF the house. The FIVE reve-
nue. bills now on the calendar, which
will provide that income in lieu of
property taxes. are the gasoline tax
bill, the income tax bill. the insurance
tax bill, the hydro-electric- power tax
bill and the corporation license bill.
The corporation license bill provides
tax against corporations of three
classes. domestic corporations, COM
mon carriers and foreign corporations.
The tax against domestic corpora
tions annually would be one mill upon
each dollar paid to the capital stock
of each corporation, to be paid before
April 1 of next year.
The tax against foreign corporations
would be one mill on each dollar of
the value Of the property of each cor
poration used within the state, 20 be
paid within 30 days after notice of as
sessment by the state tax commission.
er the first part of each year This
tax would be in addition to the initial
license fees paid by foreign corpora
tions.
The tax against railway. street rail-
way, express. navigation, waterworks,
power, light. telephone. telegraph 'and
Pullman car companies would be three
mills on the gross income of such cor
porations. to be paid before May of
each year.
Senator Crosson introduced bill to
abolish the present tax commission
and board OF review and the present
county, township and municipal board
OF appraisers and to provide for state
and county board of appraisers. re-
fine their duties and prescribe their
powers of taxation.
Senator Goodwin presented a meas
ure to prohibit the killing of partrid.
ges in South Carolina under any con-
ditions and to punish anyone violating
this act. The bill will enable the farm
ers to fight the boil weevil as the.bifds
destroy many weevils, Senator Good
win said.
Senator Crosson also introduced
measure to "place all hospitals. bar
Der shops. soft dring stands and places
where soft drinks are either bottled
or manufactured" undetr the provis-
ions of an act passed in 1920 relating
to the sanitary inspection of hotels
and restaurants.
The senate passed without dissent
Ing vote the measure to give the gen
eral assembly control over expendi-
lures by all state agencies during jan
uary and February of this year, and at
the same tire to appropriate one-sixth
RI the 1921 appropriation bill to run
the government on until the 1922 ap-
preparation act is passed. The bill
was sent to :he house
A concurrent resolution from the
house was adopted calling for the ap.
pointment o. committee of three
from each house to Investigate the
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