San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-11

To CONSIDER
REVENUE BILLS
Means $2O,OOO,OOO Add
tional for Treasury If
They Pass.
ELECTION BILL UP
Governors Law Enforce
ment Program Gains
Slight Impetus.

Austin, Tex, Feb. 10.-Recognizing
the fact that time is now an important
factor in the deliberations of the regu-
lar session of the Thirty-eighth Legis-
lature, supporters Of the proposed reve-
nue. producing measures are determln-
ed to obtain the final enactment OF
these measures next week. 1t Is con-
servatively estimated that approximate,
ly S20000.000 a year in additional
revenue will be produced for the state
in the event these tax measures are
finally enacted and presented to Gov
ernor Neff for approval. Even the
supporters of these tax measures now
believe that this will be more than
sufficient to not only place the state
on a cash basis but keep it there in
the future.
The plan in the House is to give
these revsnue measures the right of
way in House during the coming week
and then send the measures to the
Senste fos consideration. So far only
one of these bills has passed finally
i, in the House and is pending before the
Senate committee on state affairs,
where it has been since last Tuesday.
This is the Coffee measure increasing
the gross production tax on oil from
1 10 to 8 per cent. There was a
hearing during this week on this oil
tax bill and representatives OF the Oil
interests of the state appeared IN op-
position to the measure.
No Action Taken.
After the hearing the committee took
no action and none has been taken
since that time. Senator Witt of Nc
Lehman is chairman of this committee
and it is expected n report will be
made on this bill during the early part
of next week. The passage of this
bill, imposing 3 Per cent gross pro-
duction tax on oil, is expected to yield
S5,O0O,000 a year, all of which goes
to the school fund, unless this is
changed in the Senate when the bill is
under consideration.
The Pattman intangible asset tax
bill and the Cawman 1-cent gasoline
tax bill are scheduled to come up for
consideration in the House next Monday
or Tuesday. These two measures were
passed to engrossment in the House by
large majorities which assures these
bills final passage in the House. The
Pattman bill seeks to impose an in
tangible asset tax on a dozen Of the
Z leading Industries of the state. At the
present time the intangible asset tax
law only applies to railroads and ferry
companies. Final enactment of the
Pattman bill will yield between So
100000 and S6000.O00 annually. The
gasoline tar bill, should it become a
Law, will produce approximately 81
100000 annually, three-fourths of
which goes TO the state highway main
tenance fund and the remainder to the
available school fund
Five More Tax Bills Pending.
There are five more tax bills pend
ing in the House, but these have not
advanced as far in their legislative
career as the three measures described
above. These five bills are: Melons
measure imposing a per cent gross
production tax on sulphur; Satter-
whites bill creating a state tax equal
ization board Dinkle's income tax bill !;
Smiths inheritance tax bill; Melson's
severance tax bill.
The inheritance tax bill and the
measure creating the state equalization
tar board have already had considera-
ton in the House, but have not as
yet advanced as far as engrossment.
Melons sulphur tax bill has received
a favorable committee report and Mr..
Nelson said he will make an effort to
call IN the bill for consideration in
the House next Monday or Tuesday.
His severance tax bill has also re-
ceived favorable committee report but
las not been set for consideration. 1t
is expected to reach the calender be-
fore the expiration Of next week. Be
cause of illness in the family of Repre-
sentative Dinkle, he has been absent
from his legislative duties most of the
week, hence no action has been taken
by the House committee on revenue
and taxation on his income tax bill.
There is much opposition to this meas
ure, in fact, it is reported that fifteen
members Of the committee have in
dictated their opposition to the meas
ure. Excepting the Dinkle bill. it is
estimated that the enactment Of the