Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-12
Bill Would Levy
Tax on All Gas
Used in Virginia
Scent Carrier Rate
Would Affect D. G.
Buses and Tuxis
BY q. s,af Correspondent of Tn. Ste

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Buses and Toxis
BY q. staH Correspondent Of The sior.
RICHMOND, Feb. 12.-Out-of.
State motor carriers would be re.
quired to pay tax of cents q
gallon on all fuel consumed in Vir.
.ginia, regardless of where purchases
were made, If bill now before
the General Assembly becomes law
Parallel in many respects to 8
similar levy proposed for air lines
making flights over Virginia, the
motor carrier tax was included ir
q new bill introduced yesterday
by Senator John S. Battle, Char.
lottesville, and would affect District
OF Columbia cabs and sightseeing
buses which make trips from Unior
Station and other Washington
points into nearby areas of Virginia
Meanwhile, Gov. Tuck had fol
signature bill to establish q
boundary line between the District
and Virginia at the present high.
water mark on the Virginia shore
carrying an emergency clause, it will
become effective Immediately or
signing and will ratify a congress.
sional act sponsored last year by
Representative Randolph. Demo-
crat, of West Virginia.
Ends No Mans Land.
The so-called mo mans land" for
stretches along the George Wash
ington Memorial parkway, where
police authority has for years trou-
bled Federal, State and District Of
f1cials, is declared to be within Vir-
. ginia, with the Federal Government
retaining concurrent Jurisdiction.
Also placed within this State is. the
Washington National Airport and
Virginia's ABC laws, and road taxes
will be enforced, but State tax
aviation fuel sold there is specifically
prohibited.
However, Virginia would collect a
6-cents-per-gallon tax on aviation
fuel sold there and consumed in
flights over this State by terms of
one of three companion bills intro
duced in the House last Friday and
sponsored by Delegates Willis r.
Cohoon, Suffolk; E. Blackburn,
Moore, Winchester, and Clarke and
others.
The mechanism for making COL
lections from motor carriers and
commercial airlines would be the
same. BY provisions of each pro-
posed law they would be required to
make reports to the State Corpora
ton Commisson by the last day of
April, July, October and January,
covering the quarters ending the
last days of the proceeding months.
Those who purchased fuel in Vir-
ginia would be entitled to a refund
Of the tax paid this State at the
rate Of 6 cents per gallon, regard
less of whether the fuel is con-
sumed within or without Virginia's
borders.
Hearings Scheduled Today.
Evidence Of the fuel purchased in
Virginia and outside the State but
consumed here would be submitted
in a form prescribed by the State
Corporation Commission and when
1t was shown that the tax paid here
exceeds the refund credit due, the
difference could be applied on the
next quarters report.
The House and Senate Finance
Committees were to hold Joint hear
tngs today on Gov. Tucks proposed
road tax revisions which would in
crease the gasoline tax from S to
cents a gallon, abolish the 2 per cent
gross receipts tax on truckers but
continue it for buses, increase the
license rate for common freight
carriers by so per cent and for con-
tract freight carriers two and half
times and reduce the price of pri-
yate automobile tags by 20 per cent
Designed, according to the Cover
nor, to raise about So SOC, 900 in adj
ditional revenue, the 1-cent-a- gallon
increase has brought forth indica-
ton OF more general opposition
while the gross receipts repeal for
freight carriers may be opposed by
the competing railroads which would
continue to pay similar levy
Northern Virginia legislators have
indicated opposition to the gasoline
price increase because the differ
entail between District and Vir-
ginia rates - already 2 cents per
gallon-yis absorbed by distributors
and dealers within the District price
zone.
Postp0nement Is Refused.
Chairman S. D. Rogers of the
House Finance Committee said he
had received more than 200 tele-
grams over the week end requesting
today's road tax hearings be post
poned for 10 days, but that he was
unable to meet the request because
the session is too far advanced for
additional delays.
A bill by Delegate Stuart B. Camp
bell, Wythe, authorizing the Su-
preme Court to issue certificate to
practice law without examination
to certain persons attached to En-
bassies and Legations, was passed by
the House.
Among bills given final approval
in the Senate was House measure
by Delegate Frank P. Moncure,
Prince William and Stafford, to re-
quire adoption commission reports to
be furnished counsel for petition
ers, and bill by Delegates John B.
Spiers, Radford, and Magruder, au-
thorizing trustees to act in behalf
of service personnel incapable of
managing their own affairs.
The House Courts of Justice Com
mittee will hold public hearings to-
night on Mr.. Campbell's series of
bills and q resolution for a constitu-
tional amendment to reduce the
number of court circuits from IS to
%. Adoption of the complete pro-
gram by this and the next session
of the Assembly would bring about
q referendum on a constitutional
amendment which could eventually
result in one judge presiding over
the Arlington Circuit and Alexan-
dria Corporation Courts.
Alexandria Driver Held
In Bows Hit-Run Denth