Evening star., 1932-01-27
VIRGINIA BUS-TRUCK
INTRODUCED
Tax Increases Provided on
Heavier Than Two Ton
Vehicles.
Iy staff Correspondent of The Star.

| BY staff Correspondent of The Star.
| RICHMOND Va, January Z7.-The
recommendations Of the buS-truck COM
mission were placed before both houses
of the General Assembly yesterday in
| the form of five bills which would raise
! the taxes on all classes of buSseS and
| trucks heavier than two tons and pro-
vide a complete motor vehicle code for
| the State. The bills were introduced in
| the Senate by Senator w. O. Rogers,
| chairman of the commission, and in
the House by Delegate King Harmon,
member of the commission.
Patrons of the measures declared that
they were an attempt to reflect the
damage done highways by heavy Vehl-
cles and were based upon Scientlhc cal
culations by the department OF nigh
ways. In order that additional revenues
of $3.50 900 be provided annually, tne
bills increase the gross receipts TAX on
busses and trucks from l 2 to 5 per cen'.
Drivers License Law.
The bills include drivers license
law linked with a liability provision IN
case of accidents for which no damage
settlement is made and change OF
the license year from April l TO March
81, instead of from January l 10 ne,
cember 81. The 1892 license tags would
be good until April l, 1888.
Gov. Pollard has announced that ne
is preparing a special message on tile
| commission report, but Senator HogeiS
said he did not know whether the 10y
ernor was going to agree 10 all Vi Vic
provisions of the bills. .uoo4io,,
Designed to strengthen the collectloL
of the scent gasoline tax, one OF the
| hills would class as a dealer any person
or firm importing gasoline into the
| state in a container holding more CnaI
! 5o Gallons. A license fee OF 81 WouIu
| he reouired from such importers.
The increase of license taxes ProVloeo
for verv heavy vehicles were due, Ine
renort stated, to public complains
| against them, because engineers Satu
thew necessitated wider and thlcHS.
| highways. and because the rallloaos
| cIaim that the buses and trucks are not
toxad in proportion to the railroads and
bonce eniov an unfair advantage IN
| competition. BY not increasing leVleS
m the smaller trucks the commission
evnects to avoid any difficulties with the
| farmers.
Fees for Certificates.
Fees for certificates OF registration
| and license plates on trallerS, semi
| trailers and tractor-truckS were placeo
on the same basis as proVloeQ LoL
trucks. Such vehicles having soild tireS eS
would be assessed 81 for each 2,Ooo
The following scale of license fees for
busses and trucks, based upon the
weight of the vehicles, were set up IN
w Vehicles weighing 5000 pounds, SIS;
e o0O pounds. $3.50; 1000 pounds, $40;
5000 pounds, $3.50; 5000 pounds, s25;
| 10 600 pounds, $50; 1000 pounds
s47.5O; 10000 pounds, $65; 1900 1900
pounds, $50; $4,000 pounds, s95; 10 9Oo
bounds, S122.5O; 10000 pounds, $3.50;
1000 pounds, $40; $4,000 pounds;
$i9O; $4,000 pounds, s2l75O; 10000
600 6O1-io3, pounds, $3.50; $4,000 pounds, $3.50;
$4,000 pounds, $3.50; 10000 pounds Hno
S64O; $4,000 pounds, $735; 34ooo
bounds, s84o; $4,000 pounds $3.50; 38,-
600 pounds, s1,O7O, and 10000 pounds,
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