The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-11-06
Governor Confident Tax Legisla-
ton Will Be Adopted. Biennial
Fiebt of Politicians for State
06ces Expected to Open.

.r1 ANITA. Ga.-Complete conf
a hat hat the extra session of the leg
dtnle '"' to convene on Wednesday,
SaLu, her 7. will adopt amendments
No'5l"g statc constitution calculated to
10 ll' +3v reforms and new prosperi-
D." N Georgia is expressed by Gov
'rn 1Tba neople of the state are over
,.i,.o;ng1v behind the state tax COM
Hi i0a;an and | am certain that the
nlls 1,bers of the Legislature are going
nl''r ,o-onerate in every way possible
~ SO +br movement to give the state
VIII Ia, "' system that will equalize the
"a. Gnns Governor Walker said. 81
I, uo+ r'%ceived scores of letters from
n1 Ed conservative members of the
So ,noraI assembly, pledging their sup
s Sort of the tax reform program.
POT1yh o Governor stated that he expect
me ~ or two efforts to postpone &C
Gu o' an taxes. or to defeat plans for
.oD rsiorm. but he had implicit con-
i s1.nce in the majority of the mem
h u.,j standing by the plan to settle
g ga +sv question as soon as possible.
ITIs o be1ieves the Legislature will finish
IL tro weeks the work for which ii
! "1 Governor Walker said that senti-
,,ont for a limited income tax seems
~ h. growing all over Georgia, and
o%3oeciaiIv among the members of the
raTneraI assembly who have talked to
j him recently.
Report of Tax Commission.
The governor said the report of the
.,v commission will not be made pub
Gc until it is delivered to the legisla-
tr-e However, it is generally under
stood that the commissioners will rec
ommend an income tax with eXemp-
lions somewhat lower than those. al
6wed bv the government; classifl-
,,t;on of property intended to bring
Invisible property onto the tax digest
certain amendments to the tax equal
raron law, and possibly a higher pol
tax
4 number of legislators have asked
tbp governor to amend the call so tC
mrlnde consideration of a convention
IN amend the constitution of the state
mt Darliamentarians say that this
question also can be settled, by max
mo tax reform the primary purpose
of the call for a constitutional con-
pnton 1t is claimed that the orig
NAL call is broad enough to permit
consideration of any matter that has
ANYTHING to do with proposed reform
Of taxation.
Efforts to repeal or amend the tax
on cigars and cigarettes, passed by
the regular session last summer, are
PREDICTED. Supporters of this measure
{. are grooming for a fight on any pro-
posed change in this bill, which be
comes effective January lst.
There will also be an effort to pass
The general tax act that was approved
by the lower house, but failed to get
IA through the senate at the last session
This bill. as it passed the house, in
creased the taxes on many professions
and OCCUPATIONS, and would have add
ed several hundred thousand dollars
10 the revenues of the state, its sup
OOrters claimed. II was under consid-
ration for more than week in the
lower house. and the senate commit
tee to which it was referred did not
report it out, on the claim that Il
reached the committee too late fol
careful analysis.
legislators and legislative observ-
aS predict that the extra session vii
last three or four weeks, although i
is known that there will be efforts tc
have the body adjourn or recess or
the first day it convenes. Governor
Walker set the date forward one weel
in the hope that the body could com
pIete its program in time for the mem
bers to go home for Thanksgiving.
VIII Open State Campaign.
As to the playing politics" feat
me many leaders long experienced