The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-05-18
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ations imposed by this section shall
not prevent the levy of additional
taxes to pay interest or principal.
on bonds issued by or through the
agency of the state, or any coun-
ty, city, town or school district,
nor the levy of additional taxes
to pay interest on, or toward the
reduction at the rate provided by
statute, of the principal of county,
city, town or school disetrict war
rants outstanding at the time OF
taking effect Of this act: Provided
further, that any county, school
district, city or town shall have
the power to levy taxes at rate
in excess Of the rate specified in
this act, when authorized so to do
by the electors of such county,
school district, city or town by a
three-fifths majority of those vot-
ing at special election held for
that purpose on prescribed dare
prior to the first Monday in Oct
ober in the year in which the levy
is to be made.
The income tax law, another in
itiative measure adopted by the
people at the last election, is as its
name implies law for the taxa
ton Of incomes and is designed to
shift the burden of taxes from
tangible property and to provide a
new source of revenue to supplant
the shrinkage that will result
thru the operation of the 40 mill
levy measure. It's constitutionabil-
ity is now before the supreme court
for consideration and all opera
lions under it are suspended pend
ing the handing down Of a decis-
ion by that body.
House Bill No. 35, being Chap
ter 8 Of the session laws, is new
state and is far reaching. Itisthe
departure in Legislation in this
state and is far-reaching. It is the
law setting up the machinery for
the emergency relief that is now
being administered. The declara-
tion of emergency which prefaces
the act reads as follows:
"The public health, peace and
safety Of the state and each coun-
ty, city and town therein, beink
imperiled by the existing and the
threatened deprivation Of a con-
siderable number Of their inhabi-
tants Of the necessaries of life, ow-
ing to the present economic de-
preston, such condition is hereby
declared to be a matter of public
concern, state and local, and the
correction thereof to BE- state,
county, city and town purpose,
the contamination of which re-
quires, as a necessary incident, the
furnishing of public aid to indiv-
iduals. While the duty of providing
aid for those in need or unemploy-
ment is primarily an obligation of
the counties, nevertheless, it is the
finding Of the state that in exist
ing emergency the relief and as
sistance provided for by this act
are vitality necessary to supplement
the relief work accomplished or TO
be accomplished locally and to en-
courage an stimulate local effort
in the same direction. This act,
therefore, is declared to be mea-
sure for the public health and safe
ty and occasioned by an existing
emergency"
Under the provisions Of the act
all city and county relief shall be
administered by or under the di-
rection of a county welfare board
which board shall select the per-
sons to be assisted on the basis Of
their needs as determined by ade-
quate investigation. Provision is
made for local or state appropria-
tion Of funds for the carrying on
Of this relief work. Money so far
being used is coming direct from
the federal government. Local
county funds are not yet available.
The states $4,000, 900 bond issue
passed by the last legislature and
designed to help carry out the pro-
visions of this act is now in the
supreme court in test Of its con-
stitutionality and the money from
that may or may not be available
according to the opinion to be rem
dered.
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