May Revise Tax Plan Faces Deadlock Over Sales Tax and School Term
Raleigh March 2 1933 joint finance committees in a near deadlock over a revenue bill touching a sales tax and an eight months school term with both sides linked by proponents who argue the longer term demands the tax. Lawmakers weigh six or eight month schooling and consider repealing the eighteenth amendment and permitting light wines and beers if federal law allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
House
Senate
General Assembly
Senate Finance Committee
House Committee
Clarence ‘A. Shore State Laboratory of Hygiene
North Carolina General Assembly Proposes Broad Bill Set
A list of proposed measures includes tax and revenue reforms, criminal extradition adjustments, juror eligibility for women, a two year moratorium on certain debts, electioneering rules for primary day, storage battery control, fish propagation prohibitions on black bass, metered electric pricing, uniform sales laws, gasoline price regulation, contractor liability in painting, inmate care funding, insurance appeal procedures, a relief funds commission, farm product promotion, and school efficiency moves under county or local boards. A memorial notes the death of Walter Clark, Charlotte attorney and former Senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Colony
Roanoke Island
Perons
Justices of the Peace
General Assembly
N. C
Congress
Justice of the Peace Courts
North Carolina
Insurance Commissioner
Walter Clark
Charlotte
Bill Passes House on Fees Bill Submitted by Pope and Taylor
HB 561 repeals Chapter 45 of 1929 laws fixing fees for registers of deeds clerks of superior court and sheriffs and authorizes employment of a court stenographer. The House of Representatives passed the measure and sent it to the Senate for action on Saturday February 25, 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Taylor
House of Representatives
Senate
Duluth boy freed after same coal theft court aid
Thirteen year old Ralph Andrews of Duluth Minnesota was charged with stealing a basket of coal. The court released him and provided a new suit of clothes as part of the disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Andrews
Duluth, Minn
Growth of Production Tax Advocated by Senator Clement
Raleigh reports growing sentiment for a one per cent production tax as an alternative to a two per cent general sales tax. Using 1929 data, estimates show the production tax would raise about 13.12 million dollars, reduced to 60 percent for today’s conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Hayden Clement
Rowan
Division of Commerce and Industry
Department of Conservation and Development
U. S. Bureau of Commerce Statistics
Tobacco
Forsyth
Durham
Rockingham
Guilford
Mecklenburg
Gaston
Camden
Alleghany
Clay
Currituck
Dare
Greene
Tyrrell
Yancey
Guilord
Wake
Buncombe
Halifax County
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Herald
Lillie M. Mebane
Sweeden
Uncle Sam
Corporation Commission
Public Utilities
W. T. Lee
George P. Pell
Staney Winborne
Ehringhaus
Towa
Oscar M. Hartzell
Sir Francis Drake
Virginia Kay
New York
Doan
Doans
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!