Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 193, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 December 1929 — Page 18

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COURT DECISION HAS BEARING ON CHAIN TAXATION North Carolina Case to Be Cited as Supporting Indiana Law. Encouragement was seen today by attorney-general’s assistants defending constitutionality of the Indiana “chain store license law’’ in a recent North Carolina court decision upholding a similar chain store tax law in North Carolina. Trial of the Indiana case, filed by Lafayette Jackson, owner of more than 200 Standard groceries in Indianapolis, in federal court Jan. 2, is being awaited anxiously by state officials, in view of the fact that a decision upholding the law would help relieve the state aid school fund deficit of $1,000,000 through the collection, of store license fees. Fees Held Up Temporary injunction, entered by agreement pending trial of the case, has prevented collection of licenses estimated at $250,000 for 1929. Fees under the chain store law in 1930 would raise an additional $550,000. Joseph W. Hutchinson and George W. Hufsmith, assistants to the Indiana attorney-general, hav waitten to Wake county. North Carolina for a certified copy of the superior court ruling upholding the North CaroMna law, to be cited at trial of the injunction suit in federal court. The North Carolina suit w r as filed by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Milner Stores Company and others. Scale Different Apparently the only substantial difference in the North Carolina law, attorneys said, was the fact that it provided a flat tax of SSO on each store after the first of a chain, while the Indiana law has an increasing scale. “While decision of the North Carolina superior court is not binding, upon a federal judge here, w r e shall present it for consideration,’’ Hutchinson said. Attorneys for Jackson declined to comment on the decision.

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TARIFF LIKELY TO BE HELD UP UNTIL APRIL 1 Hawley-Smoot Bill to Meet Many Delays Before Passing. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—The present regular session of congress will end. in the opinion of many congressional leaders, before the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill is written finally into the statute books. This despite the original plans of President Hoover and his advisers in congress to complete the measure during the special session ended last month. Nearly nine months ago, April 17, to be exact, the President recommended to congress a “limited” revision of tariff rates. The resulting bill was passed by the house with little delay, but has been before the senate for many months. When the special session ended the senate was about halfway through its consideration of the bill. During the three weeks of the regular session it spent less than a week on the tariff and completed only two additional paragraphs. Predictions as to when the bill ! finally will pass the senate vary from February 1 to April 1. Chairman Smoot of the senate finance committee today estimated the date as April 1. He said it “should” pass in February, but chose the former as a more likely date.

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