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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS =
WOULD TAX SOFT DRINKS
Bill Prepared BY Counsel For Board
OF Commissioners Would Tax All
soft Drinks, Cigarettes And Cigars

\ bill has been prepared by J.
! Watson Thompson, Esq, counsel to
the Board of County Commissioners,
and sent to the Dorchester delegation
at Annapolis to be made one OF the
local laws for Dorchester county
which places tax on soft drinks
i CIGARS, etc II has been suggested
that MI. Thompson left out num-
Der OF articles which could be made
| revenue producers. His idea in the
I bill prepared is that the items which
he proposes to tax are luXurieS in
that they are not necessary for the
welfare Of anyone. 1t has been sug-
| @estcd that he include everything not
| essential, such as gasoline, where
used for pleasure, corsets, photo
| graphs, ali kinds of candy and cakes,
! and that d limit be placed upon the
amount that a lady or gentleman be
allowed for expenditure upon per-
! sonaI effects, for instance. that no
| lady may wear silk hosiery or pay
| more than $3.50 for pair OF shoes,
| that all silk lingerie be prohibited by
| law, unless a tax of say about 5O per
cent of it's value be levied; that no
man shall pay more than SOU Tor
a pair OF shoes nor over SO for
suit Of clothes; that the limit for
hat shall be 50 and that silk hosiery
and neckWear shall bear tax OF at
least so per cent. Of their value; ana
while collars do add something to a
mans personal appearance, still mas
much as they are not absolutely
necessary, why not tax them, say IL
cents each, in other words. why not
tax everything that is not absolutely
necessary: undoubtedly great deal
of revenue could be raised in this
manner.
Mr.. Thompsons bill, which only
taxes a few of these unnecessary
things follows:
SEC. THAT it shall be unlawful
to- sell or dispense any soda water |
COCO cola, ginger ale, pop, or any |
beverage, generally known as soft |
drinks or cigars, cigarettes. cigarette |
papers or smoking tobacco, in Dor
chester County, without first collect
ing the tax and aftixing the stamps, /,
required by this Act.
SEC. THAT for the purpose OF
raising revenue, The County Com
missioners for Dorchester County, is
hereby authorized and directed to
collect for the use of Dorchester
County. the taxes, herein set forth.
and in the manner herein provided.
SEC. 3-The County Commission
ers for Dorchester County, shall have
prepared stamps, of such design as
the said The County Commissioners
for Dorchester County may deem
proper and the said stamp shall be
furnished to all dealers in the ar
ticles, taxed by this Act. for one cent
each.
SEC 1.-THE said dealer or retail
Ell shall, before he delivers any of
the articles, taxed by this Act, at
taoh the proper stamp or stamps
thereto and Immediately cancel or
disfgure said stamp or stamps, but
leave it or them on the said bottle or
package
SEC. 5-An beverages or drinks,
sold in bottles shall have one cent
stamp attachedato each bottle, if the
retail price of such bottle is five
cents or less and an additional one
cent stamp for each five cent in
crease in the retail price of said bot
tie or any fractional part Of five
cent increase. in the retail price .
thereof
SEC. 6-Every drink or beverage
of every kind, if not sold in bottles,
shall be dispensed in paper cups,
which cups shall be prepared and .
furnished to every dealer by The :
County Commissioners for Dorches- .
Ter County, for which cup the said =
dealer or retailer shall pay one cent q.
and it shall be unlawful to use any .
container for selling drinks or be-
verages except the cups, provided by
this Section, and each cup shall be .
destroyed as soon as used once.
SEC. Tt shall be unlawful to .
sell cigarettes except in the original
unbroken packages. Every package :
of cigarettes cigarette papers, or
smoking tobacco shall have attached .
10 it before it is delivered to the pur- :
chaser, one, one cent stamp, If the
'etail price of such package is ten !
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