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Show MATTSON PUZZLED BY NEW TAX LAW Secretary of State Wires Washington Authorities for Instructions as 1 to Procedure A long telegram asking for a definite interpretation of the ar tax law as applicable ap-plicable to certificates and documents common to the basrnesB of his office was forwarded last sight by David ilatteon, secretary of state, to William 6 MeAdoo, secretary of the treasury atWasiington. Hnsmesa in the secretary of state s office Is demoralized for lack of a working: interpretation of the law and until tis treasnrer replies to the- telegram tele-gram i will eontinue to grow worse. Th attorney general, Albert R. Barnes, is now in Washington and appeals ap-peals of ha office for an opinion have not removed a& the- perpleniV proMems. as the assistants in that office are .at a less themselves for a definite mean-ing mean-ing of some t of the prorlsioijs of the law as contained in the summaries on hand. Aetual copies of the law are scarce and until the attorneys them selves receive copies they are somewhat at sea. The telegram forwarded last niglt In terrogates the treasurer ss to whether a stamp must be affixed to all certificates issued by the secretary of state, either certificates of uieorporatioB, certificates of payment of license tax or any of the numerous forms of certification handled by the office, also whether articles of incorporation malt bear the stamp before being received by the of fiee and, if so whether the county clerk, to whom the articles first come is responsible for the tax or the secre tarv of state These and many other similar ques tions must be answered before the nor mal business of the secretary of state s office can be earned on it was said last night |