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and the efforts that have been made in the Legislature, to have that 

 law passed, with the intention of having it returned to the county 

 treasury, and not having it returned pro rata to the townships and 

 boroughs as the division is made now, is Avhat I understand to be 

 sought. 



MB. MILLER: The resolution says that the whole of it is to be 

 returned. 



MR. BOND: To the county? 



MR. MILLER: It would have to be returned to the place where 

 it originated. 



MR. HERR: My understanding is that it is to be retained rather 

 than returned. 



A Member: Mr. Chairman, would it not be well now to appoint 

 a committee to get this in proper shape before decisive action, is 

 taken, rather than to go ahead and say something that will not 

 sound well after you have said it. 



The CHAIR: Are you ready for the question on the amendment 

 to the report? 



MR. CLARK: Mr. Chairman, will you kindly have the amend- 

 ment read so that it will be understood? 



The CHAIR: Will the Secretary please read the part desired? 



The SECRETARY: Mr. Chairman, the report of the committee as 

 it now stands under consideration reads as follows: "We further 

 recommend the enactment of a law whereby the personal taxes and 

 the license fees should be retained in the counties in which they 

 are assessed, and thereby relieve our overburdened taxation." 



The motion to amend was to strike out the four words "and the 

 license fees" so that if the amendment passes it will read as fol- 

 lows: "We further recommend the enactment of a law whereby 

 the personal taxes should be retained in the counties in which they 

 are assessed and thereby relieve our overburdened taxation." 



MR. SEXTON: Mr. Chairman, as I understand it, that resolution 

 has already passed and we are discussing it after it has passed. 



The SECRETARY: Mr. Chairman, for the benefit of Brother 

 Sexton, through the Chair, let me say that the motion was to re- 

 consider the vote by which the report was adopted and that motion 

 prevailed, so that now this report is before us just as it was orig- 

 inally, and then the brother from Indiana county offered the 

 amendment. 



MR. BROSIU'S: Mr. Chairman, if we adopt this amendment, it 

 would stand in regard to licenses the same as it is to-day. Then 

 we say nothing about the licenses and unless we would have legis- 

 lation it would remain exactlv as it is; that is my understanding 

 Of it. 



