San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-20
STANDARD OIL.
DISCUSSED IN
LEGISLATURE
Committee Asks Attorney
General for Oil In
quiry Data.
SAY PRICES FIXED
Motor Vehicle Tax Bill
Would Yield Over
$7,50O,O00.
SAY PRICES FIXED

CATION of Standard Oil and its alleged
in Texas, Before taxing
action on the resolution, the commit
tee decided 10 request the attorney
general to supply the committee WIN
information which ne Is sati - % oiI
been coiiectihg On .he ,ba;r offiI;,-
companies IN texas anu 49,. IL. h. tho
tons. This action was I'm" bcsr;nc
committee following "h ope"
on the resolution ;toot;on
Pending receipt Oh tne , my. fmntLsr
from the attorney generaii NJ aonm;t.
action VIII DC taken py .he limit
tee. lt was lnuicateu III tne St.nrnor
tee that IN inc event .ne ~ ~
general Is unapie 10 Iu,nisn .u Ill
formation that iaVoraoie Iep0.n W., W.
be made on the measure VI . ~
tute calling upon 'he a'so, nnrb
ais department 20 LnaA o.4oi,, Eli
inquiry lh'o oMneiso n,roiIad hv
companies alleged 10 De eon'i'i'e "
STANDARD VII. .,:,.,; pooro.
In support OF ms rssoi M
sentative Nlnirse ol lo' anJ
peared before the co,iu,i. IT,
charged that the oil INDUSTRY oi IeA
as is controlled by -FOUR large eo nno
panles ana 'heSe Iou, n;i IL Has
dominated by STANDARD vi. IL Mas
also charsed D! N ntlrs wa" Pf;red
OF crude OIL anu gasoii"e "i' LAW
by TINS combination
Fire Escape Bill.
Representative Burmeister OF NC
Mullen has a bill pending on the sus-
pension calendar of the House re-
quiring the erection OF fire escapes on
certain buildings. This measure is
designed to correct the defects found
by the Court of Criminal Appeals 10
the fire escape law passed several
years ago. The higher court held
this old law unconstitutional in that
il delegated powers TO the state fire
marshal to prescribe the specifications
for fire escapes. The court held that
the Legislature had no such power.
The Burmeister. bill seeks to cure this
defect. -f. ..-
There is also pending on the suspen-
sion calendar the Dodd eugenics bill.
This bill would require males apply
ing for marriage license to make an
affidavit that they are free from any
social diseases. This affidavit must
be obtained from a reputable physi-
clan.
Motor Vehicle Tax Bills.
The House spent The entire after
noon session considering the McNatt
ct al House bill which seeks to
change the method of taxing motor
vehicles in the state. and when re-
cess was taken the measure had not
as vet been disposed of
The bill A. presented for considera-
ton, would reduce by oneahalf the
present license fec of 81 cents per
horsepower now assessed annually
against all motor vehicles. and in I'D
dition leyies n graduated fee based on
the weight Of the vehicle. using 100
hounds as A unit.
An amendment nv Representative
Chin of Bell reducing the horsepow-
or fees on passenger vehicles from
171-o cents to IL cents and the
weight fees approximately so per
conf. WINS adopted
Representative Jacks of Dallas Of
fenad amendment proyiding that all
fens collected under the nroposed
measure would he deposited in the
state treasury 10 the credit of the
State Highway Commission. and such
funds used exclusively for the main
tenancc of highways in Texas. Jacks
said that his amendment was in ac-
eordance with an agreement made
with tbe county ;udees Of Texas.
while the hill wouid hermit the high
wav commission 70 use the funds for
construction and other highway pur-
noses. =
A substitute for this amendment
was offered Inv Renresentotiyc ponc of
Nueces which would reouire all such
funds 10 be nIaced IN The credit of
tho General revenue fnnd in tbe treas
ury. The PONG substitute was de-
feateJ nv vote of n IN "a Then
tbe HonSe odonted tho Jacks amend
ment nv n vote Of 81 TO "a.
Would Weld e. zoo 600
IF is estimated that the nassape of
tbiS hill would weld annroximoteIv
S6 600 600 n wear for tho state bigb-
way commission. IN no used i'm tbe
maintenance Of Stote higbwavs and
SI 800 O0O for the varions counties
The. hill donbles tbe nrasent tax
there is every indicotion that the biIi
will mass in tbe Uonse and also in
tbe Senate This is ono ~ tho inn
portant hills ON The nroyram ~ tho
State highway denortmenf
Hinder tho terms az sor;oS Of four
bills nassed dnrinp tbc nresant Sos
sion of the Legislature. signed Inv the