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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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New Hampshire officials, including legislative counsel F. Mayland Morse, plan to correct a legislative mistake where the wrong 15% tobacco tax bill was enacted, omitting provisions to use $1M revenue to reduce real estate taxes, via amendments next Tuesday.
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Concord, N. H., June 10.-(AP)-
Faced with the knowledge that the legislature had enacted the wrong tobacco tax bill into law, New Hampshire officials studied possible means today of correcting the mistake.
F. Mayland Morse, legislative counsel for Governor Francis Murphy who signed the measure without knowing the error, expressed confidence the legislature itself would act swiftly to remedy the mistake.
Attaches of the governor's office, in the absence of the chief executive, also said the error could be easily corrected by amendments which they added probably would be introduced in the House and Senate next Tuesday. The amendments, they said, would bring the bill "in line with the intent of the governor."
Members of the governor's staff explained that the legislature debated the proper bill, but that the clerk of the ways and means committee sent the wrong bill to the engrossing committee.
The act which levies a 15 percent tax on tobacco products sold in the state was not the one which included a section directing that the revenue, estimated at about $1,000,000 a year, be used to reduce real estate tax by abolishing the annual $1,200,000 state levy.
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Concord, N. H.
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June 10
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legislature enacted wrong tobacco tax bill into law; officials plan amendments next tuesday to correct error and align with governor's intent to use $1,000,000 annual revenue to abolish $1,200,000 state real estate tax levy.
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New Hampshire legislature debated proper tobacco tax bill but clerk sent wrong bill to engrossing committee; Governor signed it unknowingly; officials confident legislature will remedy via amendments.