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Show FRENCH GOVERNMENT NOW CONTROLS COAL Department Created to Regulate the Sale D stribution and Price to Ee Charged PARIS Dec S, I 55 p m The senate today agreed to accept the income tax bill as It was passed by the chamber of deputies yesterday Before adjourning to January 11 the senate sent to the French and allied armies and their chiefs Its greetings and expressions ot full confidence and hope The chamber ot deputies sent similar greetings. The chamber at Its session today passed a bill creatine- a department of government which wUI regulate the sale distribution and price of -oal. The Idea of this department Is to centralize all operations in regard to furnishing ot stocsa ror puoiic or pm ate Industries and those working for the national defense nd to control domestic consumption. The department all! have power to requisition coal, working la accord with the military authorities, snd will co-op erate witb the government in selling and dlatributlna bureaus which are to be es tabllsbed throughout the oountry The Income tax law as passed hy the chamber of deputies, provides that the law should be applied before December SL UK It will apply only to real revenue. On a revenue of 100 000 francs, an unmarried un-married person will pay a tax of 1T00 franca and a married person a t&r at 1100 franca. If the Income of a person In 1915 Is reduced during t e following- years the tax will be levied in accordance with the diminished revenue |