Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-02-11

to taxa ,iol under whatever Jur-
isdiction il fails Ii we say that
the tax tn :ntang:' les is only tc
! be collsclei | rs ia state and tins
county can't tor' / them. the
burden : not eGi Illy distributed
Fix class Tarcs II proportion to
the ablr.y ri tle various class
cs to pay and a. oly 20 these
rates for every phfpose i nave
the Endorsement of every politi-
cal writer in the world on that.
/; Mr. Thompson quoted from sew
eral economists with whom he
has correspondcd in regard to
the provisions OF the bill.
The speaker pointed out that
in many states one-hali ot the
intangible tax goes to the coun-
ties and in others all OF it. The
state has no moral right to come
in and take the tax ON any class
of property" he said. I'VE have
! the inherent right to this tax for
tho support uf our local govern
mentS. The fact that some cOun-
.ics have more OF certain class
of property than others Is no
reason for voting away the cUun-
. ty'> right
You are guardians of your
counties. II tho state gets more
than lis share II j., your laul!.
not that of tie State Commission.
il is seeking all it can get. II
VIC continue tu exempt property
from local taxation we can never
lower rates. but they will con
tinuc to so up as long as the
state takes all.
Mr.. Thompson rcciicd br ciy
the classiiicaiions ol his bill and
the rate, allowed under il, pro-
visions. No exception i, made
- regards tangiblcs." he said.
III VIC exempt ono and then an
other. eventually we will have
nothing left. The purpose is t"i
tax every man alike. We want
to make Iuuisvillc uncover itS
ulangiblcS and eastern Kentucky
IT. mineral rights. II we don't.
the agitation now going on be
tween different parts of the state
viii continue. louisville SAYS put |
a hig tax un coal. 4 production !;
lax. But that Is not right. Tor
VIC want no double taxation. Wei
arc al kcniuckians and ought {,
be taxed alike and each hc made F,
to bear hi, share al the burden
Il cnt Il Kentucky says make !
Louisville uncover It's intang hlc>
and 80 thc contention continue.
So far - iutangiblcS are CON
ccrncd. We have found that vel
can't safely exceed sixty cents.
the maximum under this bill.
They say intangible, Will rwnt
away. Where viii they ruu:
Mr.. Clarke saws this taN hiii
is crude 1t won't protect hi~
taN-dodging clients. but II wiz
get results. The counties Will
be 100000 better off under it..
II there Is state deficit il is ou
all OF II, and all must share il
al kc. Mr. Clarke claims there l.
S5.CUOOO worth of taxable prop |
crt, not listed. We want 60 cN-J
pose this and stop The crime 81
hiding property Mr.. Clarke lcp-l
rc,cnt~ the dodgcrs.'
Mr.. Thompson took up several
counties. showing how muchi
would be saved by the local gov
crnmcnt u"dcr his bill which
formerly went go The state. lef-
icr~un county vuu'l receive tax,
1T SS47.OOO: Grave S5U0OO: llar
lin S2S.0OO and Warren SltOO0 !
.c said
"\uotlicr thing this bill dpfAk
Is 90 get cooperation eeEE
-omjics taN commissioners ahfI
Ilc state commissioner NNnl-
bcrr i, toutcnliol. the local au
Ihp,ilic, refusing 10 look up,
foprul on which they receive
uu taN.
This bill viii give n tsif dead
lo cycuonc II will bring To-
'ipm those WHO couceal property
AND there win bc ma double saN
ation under a. II we list $3.50.
HVWm more property q small
i.ct cent of Ms tatkt' FIVE tdl I
lion. vt NSll ht back Whetc wei
mt NOW
ln au,Vr uo e que ,bn ol
kcplt seutalNy pece eIlsou
mi yillt, as lu bou This prop
Ut was a. W. hfmwld out NJ
lhomp,uu tuok up l1t section ~
hs ml Vllvh provides that She =
State luN Commission can hN'
indi, ulual assessments "lhis VI
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