Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-14

snapshot SHOWS Governor Pin
taken at the recent dedication
ORR The governor was Roose-
of 500 on each bill or resolution
lobbyists is employed to work
upon was lost, as vas also an
amendment by Rep esentative Mil
ner, which ne said was aimed at
the Georgia tax dodgers league"
to levy license tax OF $500. The
wording of the Miner amendment,
which occasioned some little de
bate, was upon each person re-
tanned on employed for compensa-
ton, to aid or oppose directly or
Indirectly, the enactment of a bill
or bills, resolution or resolutions,
by either house of the general as
sembly, by the circulation of propa
ganda and written arguments de
signed to influence the members
of the general assembly in the dis
charge Of their duties, subscription
or its members, for the purpose Of
aiding, or opposing directly or in
directly the enactment of bill ~
bills, resolution or relations, by
either house of the general assem-
bly,, by the circulation of propagar-
da and written arguments designed
to influence the members of the
general assembly in the discharge
Of their duties, the sums of $500.
Two test votes taken in the fore
noon session of the house of repre-
sentatives Tuesday demonstrated
conclusiyely that the bill by Repre-
sentative Knight and others to re-
peal the. Miner tobacco stamp tax
law will not be repealed, but that
an overwhelming majority of the
house are for the continuation and
operation Of the law designed to
raise revenue to pay the pensioners
and to build a tuberculosis SAM
forum at Alto.
The fight against that law was
pitched when the general tax act
was taken up for consideration
Tuesday, and was headed by Repre-
sentatives Stewart and Knight, the
latter putting the house on. no
tice that, if the legislature doesn't
write a tax act just like the old
one upon dealers in cigars and Gig
arets there win be no tax at all be-
cause the powers that be- who
be said are the courts-are going
to wipe out the Miner law.
/ REPRESENTATIVE Stewart made a
stubborn fight to rewrite the old
tax provisions in the general tax
act, but Representative Miner
worked in am amendment to the
| pending bill to the effect that, re-
gardless Of what was voted, it be
in the nature of q tax Gin addition
to that provided for in the act of
I August IS, 1928" and shall not
| be constructed to conflict with the
said act approved August IA, 1928.
That amendment brought the first
/ tese vote, and was adopted 1906 20
| %.
The house committee had recon-
mended the elimination of all para
graphs fixing an occupation tax ON
dealers. both wholesale and ret ii,
in conformity with the understand
ing IN the summer session prior u
the passage OF the miner e Ia"
Numerous amendments were olI ls.I
ed to change the erect OF J Ihe com,
mittee proposition but MANY on
second vote, which tested the " ~
tude Of the house m respect 70 . 'nI
stability OF the Miner ia"' Tue
vote was III TO 81 Tor Ulg . +La,
mlttee fecominenu'.i i'oi AN anu act ' !,
Poftloh OF me 800 NC, a. =, '" 9th +he
passed up MI 94 IN u my session
MINER Id" Vi '''e 9''''-'''N ~ A.,
Among the first WORK o! Che e"S
by the house was adoptioh %
clause offered by Repres e..:'.i
BusSey, IN the paragraph llAiiiS
professional tax upon lawyers uQ T
tors, masseurs, emoalmers anu ?e ~
Drol,idpd that the practitioner.
, right to practiee ms pro- eoslotn I.. - =.