The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-02-28
SENATE PASSES
INCOME TAX BILL
SELECT COMMITTEE MEASURE
FINALLY FAVORED
Vote Close After Two Days Debate
-Fifty-hve Hour Textile Bill
Passed
The State, "a.

The State, "a.
The senate at 1870 o'clock last
night passed the select committee IN
come tax oil framed largely on the
lines as suggested by Senator S. H.
McGhee Of Greenwood and providing
for tax of 25 per cent Of the amount
paid to tie federal government to be
paid to the state government. The
vote came after nearly two days Of
continuous debate.
Following another night session de-
voted practically entirely 20 the in
come tax bills the vote came on the
motion of Senator Christensen to lay
the select committee bill! on the table
and the senate refused to table the
bill by a vote of 21 to 18. The vote
on the motion to table resulted as fol-
lows: Yeas: Beasley, Bethea, Chris
tcnsen, Crosson, Gross, Harrelson,
Hubbard, Hutson, Johnsone, Johnson,
Kennedy, Lightsey, Miller, Moore,
Padgett, Robinson, Stabler, and
Wightman-18. Nays: Bales,
Baskin, Black, Bonham, Butler, Dun
can, Goodwin, Hart, Hamilton, Mason,
McColl, McCravy, McGhee, Noise,
Ragsdale, jeremiah Smith, Watkins,
Wells, Wideman, Williams and Young
-21. Pairs: Laney "yea" with Ba-
ker may" and Pearce yea with H.
L. Smith, Jr., "nay."
The bill as passed and returned to
the house is vastly different from the
house ways and means committee bill.
It's socalled simplicity was what won
it's way with the senate.
In nut shell the bill enac$s I'll the
federal statutes, rules, regulations and
other enactments into the South Car
olina law and provides that the tax
commission shall enforce i. Every
person paying tax to the federal
government will make copy of the
return to the federal government af-
ter this year, but for 1922 only an
affidavit is required as to what was
paid to the government Every per-
son, firm, corporation, ETC., paying a
tax to the federal government must
pay 25 per cent of such tax to the
state government.
Money This Year
Some question as to whether or not
the bill provided for tax this year
on the 1921 revenue arose at the last
moment, but Senators McGhee and
Watkins both said that the measure
provided for tax this year on 1921
incomes.
Amendments by Senator Hart to
exempt federal salaries, interests,
emoluments, etc., and also state sala-
ries were adopted at the last moment.
An amendment to make the rate
20 per cent of the federal tax offered
by Senator Hamilton, was killed and
an amendment offered by Senator
Johnson to make the rate 33 1-3 per
cent of the federal tax was likewise
killed.
On a roll call vote the bill was
finally sent to the house, 81 to 5. The
measure was framed by select COM
mittee consisting of Senators Padgett
McGhee, Ragsdale, Watkins and Nc
Coll.
All day yesterday the select com
mittee bill and the ways and means
committee measure were furiously de-
bated. Speaking for the ways and
means committee bill were Senators
Padgett, Johnstone, Beasley and Mil
, Ter and for the select committee bill
Senators Hart, Ragsdale, McColl
Young, Bonham, Black and Williams
The 55 hour textile bill was passed
and returned to the house without a
murmur against it. The amendments
were proposed by the committee on
commerce and manufactures in the
form of substitute bill to eliminate
useless matters from the house bill,
those promoting the measure said.
Senators Young, Pearce and McGee
, were named on the free conference tc
the J. O. Williams cutout bill, the
house refusing to adopt the senate
amendment allowing spotliga.s to be
used when they were eXtingulshed
200 yards from an approaching We
hicle.
The bill to regulate the hunting
) of foxes in the state was killed by
: the adoption of the unfavorable re-
port made by the committee on fish