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Show HARDING MUST PAY TAX OtUjlS SALARY Revenue Official to Take $18,000 Annually WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 W. O. Hardin as president will receive some- thing like 111 00 less compensation annually an-nually than Woodrow Wilson received. Th treasury will pay Mr. Harding the earn amount It paya Mr. Wilson !"&.-Oooi. !"&.-Oooi. knit Internal revenue bureau officiate of-ficiate aay Mr. .Hardin must return nearly one-fourth In Income tax. President Wilson was exempted from th Income tax. under a aupreme court 1 ruling, because he cama Into office before be-fore enactment of the 111 I revenue laws, under which taxes were songht to be imposed on the aalariea of the i prealdent and federal Judges. The court heM thst the tuxes conlrl not be collected In th eases of Incumbents, because of the constitutional inhibition against reduction of tha aalariea of the executive and federal Judges during their term. Tha aollcltor general ha ruled that the tag could be collected from officials offi-cials taking office after the law be-came be-came effective, because that would not! bring about any reduction in salary during tha terra of office. |