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For S989,000
Income TaxCut
Larger Deductions
For Dependents
Passed by Senate
By J. L. Michael
Special Stor CORRESPONDENT


ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 17.-Gov.
Lane has on his desk today a
measure which would save the
States income tax payers a total
of So89.o00.
The bill, increasing deductions
for dependents from $40O to $500,
whizzed through the Senate yes
terday, % to 0, in a tally taking
less than minute.
1t was the first of the Cover
nor's promised S1,250,0O0 income
tax cuts to clear both houses.
The action will leave more
money in the pockets of 10000
taxpayers when they pay up for
1949 earnings. Returns are due
April Is.
Another Bill Passed.
Another administration meas
ure, doubling $1,000 exemptions
for taxpayers over IS, passed by
20-to-0 vote without debate.
Already approved by delegates,
the bill will go back to the House
for concurrence. Delegates will be
asked to agree to an amendment
tackled on by Republicans which
would permit $1,000 exemption
for each dependent over IS.
Leaders of both houses an
nounced at the end of brief ses-
sions yesterday that the legislators
are to have another Saturday at
home. The assembly will not re-
convene until Monday night.
A persistent fight against the
States method of revaluing real
estate by dividing subdivisions into
districts and reassessing one dis
trlct each year was continued YES
terday.
Seek Statewide Plan
Delegate McKewen of Baltimore
and 80 co-sponsors offered a meas T..
ure designed to force discard of
the rotational plan and instead
make a statewide reassessment
this year and thereafter every five
years.
A similar bill already in the
House would affect Baltimore city
only.
Under the system now in use,
assessors are directed to value
property at full cash value" The
three-member State Tax Com
mission has said that in carry
ing out this plan. it tries to avoid
''inf1ationary factors"
Goldstein Offers Bills.
I Senator Goldstein, Democrat
of Calvert. who has spearheaded
The fight against the program. has
introduced a series of bills to re-
vamp the entire procedure or to
exempt his own county from
present practice.
Twin resolutions we're intro
duced in the House and Senate
proposing a commission to "in-
vestigate the matter of automobile
The resolutions were much by
way of an epitaph to a current
bill providing for compulsory auto
General Assembly lead
ers seemed agreed that the issue
was dead for the present session.
Senate President Byrnes, au-
thor of the Senate resolution, said
its purpose was to keep the sub
ject alive in case the pending bill
was defeated-and he intimated
that he didn't expect it to go
much farther than the House
Ways and Means Committee.
Suggests Hospital Plan.
Senator Gofdstein also came up
with a plan to solve the
quandary of an administration
with no more money" and hos
pitfalls that need "at least $330,000
than the budget provides.
He would force harness race
tracks to disgorge all and 1-mile
race tracks half their "breakage."
His estimates show that the two
would add over 100000 to State
revenues that could be used to
help out hospitals.
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Bonus bill hackers are at an
impasse today as result OF At
torney General Hall Hammonds S
ruling that any appropriation bill
passed ahead of the budget PROB
ably will be held unconstitu-
tional. Il
Senators Phoebus and Gold
stein indicated they will hold UP
action on their $50 million bonus
bill and Delegate McNulty, Demo-
crat. of Anne Arundel said he
would move into position" with
his 500 million proposal and be
ready to Jump in the moment the
budget clears.
Truck Loading Bill Passed.
1t also passed a measure spon-
sored by Delegate King, Republi-
can. of Montgomery County to
prohibit the loading of trucks in
a manner that would permit any
part of the load to fall on the
highway.
j, A bill to be offered by the Mont
somery County delegation would
authorize court clerks to microfilm
'ecords for transfer to State files.
Members of the delegation said the
process would save the county
10000 on a two-year backlog of
papers now on file.
Senator Sothoron, Democrat, of
Prince Georges sponsored bill
o exclude flowers, plants and
from the sales tax.
A measure by the st. Marys
County delegation would direct the
county commissioners to levy a.
special property tax to set up a
library fund.
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