Evening star., 1934-12-30

1894, totaled s23,4l8,661. as compared
with total collections for the Sams
period in 1893 of $13966, ,563, and
total expenditures amounted to S23.-
301 500, as compared with Sl6.530,900
in the corresponding period OF the
previous fiscal year.
More than half of the new revenue
came through the operation Of the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board,
and more than half of the eXpendi-
ture increase was charged to the
same agency.
On November 30, s4,824,O00 had
been cleared into the controllers
office from the A B C sales, whereas
the expenditures of the beverage
board had been So 651 900.
Federal Grant Boosted.
The Federal Government gave the
State revenue a big boost this year
with grants S2.683,000 in excess of
the amount received from this source
during the same period last year.
Another new source of revenue was
the excise tax on beer of more than
81 alcoholic content. This yielded
$312,432.
The increase in gasoline tax re-
ceiptS for the first five months OF
the year amounted to $59650O.
Collections from taxes on other
sources showed an increase of ap-
proximately s800,0OO. This item of
increase was accounted for mainly in
revenues from taxes assessed on
water, heat, light and power COM
panleS and inheritance taxes under
the Peery tax equalization program
passed by the 1884 General Assembly
The revised taxes on water, heat, light
and power companies resulted in an
increase of $5l0,l00 for the period in
this year, as compared with the same
months year ago.
Licenses Increased.
Collections received from the is
suance of chauffeur and motor vehicle
operator licenses showed an increase
of Sl22000 for the current year over
the same period of the previous year.
This was offset, however, by q drop
Of S340. 400 this year in the revenue
from automobile licenses, as compared
with last year. due to a reduction in
the rate from 20 cents to 40 cents per
100 pounds for passenger cars-an-
other part Of the Peery equalization
program.
Another item taken into considera-
ton by the controller was 100000
paid out in the period last year in
refunds for cases which had been in
litigation.
Increases in appropriations to the
State Board of Education resulted in
one of the larger items of expenditure
increase. In the current year the
Education Board distributed 1852 100
more than was distributed in the COR
responding period last year.
Expenditures by the State Highway
Department for roads showed an in
crease for the current period over the
same period last year Of 81 l,6l1,400.
Besides these increases there re-
manned a balance OF approximately
s555 900 in expenditure increases,
which Controller Combs said was ac-
counted for largely by the partial
restoration of cuts in State salaries
fees and commissions.
Other Headline News.
Other Virginia headlines Of tft
week:
The State Compensation Board be.
gan announcing 1885 salaries and ex-
penses for local commissioners of tEs
revenue, Commonwealth's attorneys
and treaSurers. The first salaries an
nounced for tie new year were those
of the county commissioners of the
revenue, who are being shifted from
the fee system of compensation to
salaries.
Gov. peery had a merry Christ
mas greeting for everybody in Vir-
ginia except the bootlegger. and his
seasons greeting to him was State
wide appeal for law enforcement dur
ing he coming year.
Four COlOred men, charged with
the murder of the two little white
girls at Clifton Forge we're ordered TO
be removed from the Henrico County
Jail where they were being kept TO
assure their safey, to the Roanoke
City Jail in preparation for the trial
of the first, Philip Jones, in the
Botetourt County Circuit Court. The
trial is set for Wednesday.
The Virginia division of motor vehi-
cles declared holiday season war on
drunken drivers
S. Heth Tyler, chairman of the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board,
said he was not sure whether he would
accept an invitation to serve on the
board for another term if it were Of
fered to him when his term expires
in March. The chairman said he is
interested in the work, but he was not
sure whether his business associates
in Norfolk would permit Another
years leave.