Evening star., 1941-02-07
Mandatory Tax
Cut Proposed
In Maryland
Assembly to Get
Bill to Reduce
Levy on Incomes
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 7,-As the
House Ways and Means Committee
reviewed the State administrations
tax bill today move was afoot 70
make a reduction in income taxes
mandatory next year II the lS4o
tax yield exceeds S8000,000.
Senator Wilmer Fell Davis. Re-
publican, of Caroline, who said he
was opposed TO big treasury sur
pluses." announced he would intro
duce legislation under which income
tax rates would be lowered auto
matically to 4 per cent on unearned
income and 1l2 per cent on earned
income when the revenue reached
the 100000 mark.
The Senate approved tax bill sets
the rate on unearned income at
per cent and the rate on earned
income at 2 per cent. 1t is expected
to meet little opposition in the lower
chamber.
Big Surplus Expected.
Mr.. Davis, who unSucceSSfully
sought to have the income rates
reduced even lower than the 20
per cent slash sponsored by the
State administration, predicted that
under the present bill a Sl0000000
surplus would accrue during 1912
and l943.
The General Assembly got back
to normal today after yesterdays
stormy session precipitated by leg
islation to enable the State to con-
troll the use of explosives and to
permit counties to issue automo-
| bile license tags locally.
An unsuccessful effort Of sOne
| legislators to strike out the 81
license fee required of possessors Of
explosives under the administra-
tion's Anti-explosives Act caused
bitter wrangling in the House.
Charges Hurled on Floor.
A motion to recOmmit the bill
! to the Insurance and Loans Com
mittee was beaten, and then two
amendments were voted down.
Those who voted to recommit the
/ bill were accused of being unpa-
| triotic; one member demanded an
/ apology from a Baltimore City Del
egate for a "derogatory remark"
and another accused Majority
| Floor Leader John S. White Of
trying to jam the bill down our
| throats"
Delegate William H. Lloyd, Re-
publican. of Dorchester opposed the
/ 81 permit fee, saying it would "hit
poor farmers" He pointed out they
would have to hold a license to blast
/ three stumps.
Mr.. White said the bills purpose
was not to collect revenue from
/ farmers but to give authorities a
I record of persons who possesses eX-
/ plosives.
( The favorable report on the bill
was adopted and the measure was
ordered printed for third reading.
Senate Approves Tag Bill.
Meanwhile the Senate. after Q
| lengthy sklrmish. adopted a favor
able report on the muCh-amended
/ bill to authorize issuance of auto
| tags at county seats of government.
| Senator Frank J. Flynn. Democrat,
of Baltimore said the bill was op-
| posed by the motor vehicle commits
sioner on the grounds it would cause
| unnecessary expense.
/ One amendment would exempt
Hartford. Howard, Montgomery,
/ Prince Georges, Washington and
/ Frederick Counties from provisions
of the bill Under another. county
boards of Calvert. Garrett. Allegany,
| Worcester, Carroll and Baltimore
| Counties would be given until jan
/ uary l, 1912 to decide whether or
| not they wanted to issue tags locally.
/ A new House resolution requested
the legislative council to make a
survey of unimproved county roads
lin order that some provisions may
be made for their improvement"
Introduced by Delegate Charles S.
Hook, jr., Democrat, of Frederick,
the resolution said the survey should
be made from January l to March
Is. 1912 when the roads are in their
worst condition" The council
would file a report with the next
legislature.
Budget Cut Proposed.
Another bill would prohibit COM
merCial vehicles over one ton to use
State roads between Saturday noon
and am. Monday. Trucks carry
ing perishable goods would be
exempt.
Meanwhile in Baltimore a reduce
ton of more than S4,000O00 in the
proposed State budget for the two
year period beginning October 1
was proposed by the Commission
on Governmental Efficiency and
Economy.
The commission suggested a bien-
nial BUDGET of S1O1.576.924, COM
pared with the sos. 727 233 budget
submitted TO the Legislature.
The absence of general complaint
as to the present scope Of the State
services suggest that adequate pro-
vision for all State requirements
would be made if the States present
spending level OF 1941 were con-
tinued for 1912 and 1943," the re-
port said.