Evening star., 1937-04-17
N|CE'S RELIEF BILL
HAS RECEIPTS TAX
AS ITS BACKBONE
Maryland Governor Esti-
mates His Own Program
Will Raise $6,2O5, 900.
AID SPECIAL SESSION
TO CONVENE THURSDAY
Legalzed Gambling and Added
Racing Days Eliminated in
Administration Measure.
H the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 17-Gov.
Harry Nice submitted to members OF
the Maryland General Assembly today
relief revenue program ''conserva-
lively estimated" to raise S6,205 600
yearly for relief and allied social secur-
itw needs-With gross receipts tax OF
S3,375,000 as the backbone OF the
program.
He submitted that program five full
days before the legislators are to meet
here in special session to consider the
relif program. Yesterday he announced
he had set noon next Thursday for
beginning Of the session.
His program differs from the relief
bill passed by the recent Legislature
and vetoed by Nice-by addition of the
gross receipts tax of "a of l per cent
and elimination of the sections legal
tzing and taxing bookmaking, licensing
of claw machines, granting 20 addi-
tional days of horse racing and calling
for registration of automobile drivers.
$4,000 for Aged.
Nice's relief bill allocates SAC, 900
for old-age pensions from June to
September 80 and $717,553.33 for aid
to dependent children for the same
period. The yearly ALLEGATION for old
age pensions would be $1,320,000, and
for aid to dependent children, s2,-
152600.
The remainder on the yearly basis
would be for direct relief needs of
Baltimore and the counties, with Bal
timore receiving so per cent and the
remaining 40 per cent going to the
counties on basis of population.
The city and the counties may use
their shares for any purpose what
soever, relief or governmental pur-
poses. That is the system of distric-
ton now followed.
The Board Of State Aid and Chari-
ties requested s6,4oO,ooo yearly for
the entire program. Nice said he
felt that his proposals, since the es-
Inmates are conservative, would raise
that amount.
He sent copy of his message and
copy of his proposed bill to each
member of the Legislature.
Text of Message.
The text Of his message to the Legis-
lature follows:
With the greatest degree of re-
luctance, find myself obliged to call
you into extraordinary session, for
the purpose of enacting legislation to
raise adequate revenue for relief.
You are doubtless aware of my
reasons for vetoing Senate bill No. 311,
chapter 1872, known as the relief bill,
as enacted at your last general session,
and it would therefore serve no useful
purpose for me at this time to restate
them.
Public interest requires that this
extraordinary session confne itself
to the enactment of an adequate re-
lief measure. Knowing that such will
be your attitude, I am submitting
herewith bill, which I feel should
meet with your prompt approval, and
which will raise revenue adequate to
care for the relief situation in the
State of Maryland.
Used Only Two.
I'm presenting this bill, I have
taken into consideration the fact that
on January 25, 1887, I submitted to
your honorable body II suggestions
Of sources from which revenue might
be raised, all of which must assume
you considered when you enacted SEN
ate bill No. 311, Chapter 3S2, and
which I have vetoed. OF these sug-
gestions, you incorporated in the We
toed measure but two. 1t is only fair
Tor me to assume that you were I'M
willing to enact into law any of the
remaining 10. Therefore, it becomes
Necessary, in submitting a bill, that I
look to other sources for revenue.
In the bill I herewith present, you
will note I have eliminated only four
Items contained in the vetoed bill,
namely, licensing of bookmaking, tax
Ing of claw machines and other SINH
lar devices, 20 additional racing days
and the tax on the registration Of
motor vehicles. I am Suhnn sting to
you the remaining items already ap-
proved by you, having enlarged the
tax on toilet articles and cosmetics
BY including soap, tooth slagi mouth
washes, dentifrices and tootn paste.
I have also included il. this bill the
gross receipts tax, and in Sc doing I
am incorporating a measure which
has heretofore met with sour ap-
proval, was in successful operation for
more than year, and which proved
Its ability to produce adequate reve-
hue. There can be no valid objection
to this, especially when you note that
had reduced the rate from per cent
to three quarters of l per cent.
Lists Bills Items.
For your information, I herewith
fist the items in the bill now submitted
by me, together with the estimated
revenue each item will produce.
assure this estimate is conservative
and is based upon authentic informa-
tion and figures furnished me by Drs.
s. 8. De Vault and w. P. Walker
Of the Department Of Economics of
che University of Maryland, both Of
whom are known to you as recognized
authorities on taxation.
Sources of Revenue
Estimated
Tax on beer sold or delivered
BY. manufacturer or whole
4. ssler. rs cents per barrel = s7500oo
Manufacturers tax on distilled
spirits. ala, cents per Gallon 100000
Tax on admission to amuse-
on tickets and cents to Is
ssss: On 35seS assSes
Tax on toilet articles and COS
metics sold at retail 40 per