Word: bill
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...entirely possible that this proposal, broached several weeks ago (TIME, Nov. 2), may be revived when the tax bill reaches the floor of Congress if the Democratic strategists see hope...
...mill a gallon is to be placed on the manufacture of near-beer and other cereal beverages. The tax was written into the bill at the request of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Lincoln C. Andrews, in order to enable him to have constant control and inspection of near-beer breweries to prevent them from selling high-power beer...
...agreed with only two or three dissenting votes that the estate taxes prevailing during the past year should be abolished retroactively. The maximum estate tax until June, 1924, was 25%, and since then it has been 40% (TIME, June 2, 1924.) Under the new bill it is to be 20%. It was argued that it was unfair to assess unusually high estate taxes against those who happened to die in the last two years, when taxes before that were lower and are now to be lower. So the 25% maximum rates were restored until the new bill becomes effective. Estate...
...Painlevé boldly stated that the factional discord now disrupting French politics (TIME, Nov. 23 et ante) had prevented the bill from being anything more than a compromise measure, but added: "I have sought the advice of every party, and if in the end the bill was framed to meet the majority opinion, it was because the minority limited its advice to what the Government should not do. . . . The bill is not perfect. . . . It is a positive and creative measure. . . . Regardez-le bien! . . . Is it not the only really constructive attempt which has been made to deal with the present grave...
Corbett of Pittsburgh placed sixth, and two Syracuse men. Bill and Rupert, followed in quick succession...