Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas Page: 35
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IIOUSK JOURNAL. 35
press in conveying information to the
public and will remove the present
limitation placed upon the freedom of
the press.
"Honest and Efficient Economy."
The Democratic Party does not advo-
cate the incumbrance of our Civil and
Criminal Codes with any great number
of additional statutes. On the con-
trary, we believe that the requirements
of the times demand the simplification
of the law, not the promiscuous enact-
ment of new legislation. The exaction
of greater tribute by way of taxes levied
and collected than is necessary for the
efficient and economical administration
of the government is not to be sanction-
ed by the law. We believe the present
evils of the body politic can be largely
cured through the proper administration
of existing laws. We call upon the
proper officials of Texas to use every ef-
fort toward the ultimate degree of fru-
gality in administration which may be
consistent with the efficient discharge
of the functions of government. To
.the practice of honest and efficient
economy the party lays a mandate
upon the candidates for office whom it
has duly nominated, and dedicates its
conduct of the government.
TO ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL IN-
HERITANCE TAX LAW.
Mr. Stevenson offered the following
resolution:
H. C. R. No. 1, Asking Congress to
repeal Federal Inheritance Tax law.
Whereas, The Federal Estate (Inherit-
ance) Tax Law, as amended February
26, 1926, provides that all estates liable
thereunder, shall be credited with any
inheritance tax paid by its beneficiaries
to the State, or States; the credit to
equal eighty per cent of the Federal
levy; and
Whereas, This amendment encroaches
upon the rights of the States to raise
their own revenue as the wisdom of
their legislators may direct, because its
object is to persuade them to abandon
their State inheritance tax laws in fa-
vor of statutes based upon the Federal
law. The tax not being required by the
Federal government for revenue at this
time, its only object now must be to
force uniformity of this tax in all of
the States; therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Repre-
sentatives of the Fortieth Legislature,
the Senate concurring, We hereby re-
quest the present Congress to immed-
iately repeal the Federal Estate (Inheri-tance) Tax provisions of the Revenue
Law, effective February 26, 1926, and
abandon this field of taxation and leave
this source of revenue for the State Leg-
islatures of the various States to deal
with as they may see fit; be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolu-
tion be forwarded to our Senators and
Representatives in the Congress of the
United States.
The resolution was read second time
and was adopted.
(Speaker in the chair.)
RELATING TO FEDERAL AGRICUL-
TURAL LEGISLATION.
Mr. Tillotson offered the following res-
olution:
H. C. R. No. 2, Relating to Federal
Agricultural Legislation.
Whereas, In recognition of the uni-
versal acceptance by every progressive
people that agricultural industry rep-
resents the foundation of all real prog-
ress by the social body, governments
have come to lend their just powers
and influence to conserve the integrity
and stability of farming enterprise in
its various forms as a necessary service
for the protection and promotion of pub-
lic welfare; and
Whereas, Agencies created by and un-
der the just powers and authority of the
government of the United States, and
functioning under proper governmental
supervision, in accordance with a judi-
cious public policy, have developed con-
ditions tending to the intelligent mob-
ilization of the nation's credit resources;
for the determination of the great trans-
portation and labor problems of the
country; and for the well-being of com-
merce and manufactures; and
Whereas, Agricultural industry, the
greatest of all the nation's enterprises
and the foundation of national security,
prosperity and development, is without
the equal recognition and the co-operat-
ing and directing services which the
national authority and influence may
justly lend; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of Texas,
That we respectfully and earnestly com-
mend to the favorable consideration of
the Congress of the United States the
need for the creation at the earliest
practicable time of such judiciously de-
vised and well-balanced agencies for
the accomplishment of the stabilization
and well-being of essential agricultural
industry of the nation; to the end that
the great problems of sound economic
agricultural production and judicious
distribution and stimulus to more gen-HOUSE JOURNAL.
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