Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-12-05 | Page 8 | Secretary of State Puzzled Over Tax

SECRETARY OF STATE PUZZLED OVER TAX A iong telegram asking for a definite def-inite interpretation of the war tax law as applicable to certificates and documents commxin to the business of his effice was forwarded last night by David Mattson. secretary of state, I to William G. McAdoo. secretary of I the treasury, at Washington. Business in the secretary of state's office is demoralized for lack of a working interpretation of the law and until the treasurer replies to the tele gram it will continue to grow worse The attorney general. Albert R Barnes, Is now in Washington and appeals to his office for an opinion hae not removed all the perplexing problems, as the assistants in thai office are at a loss themselves tor a definite meaning of some of the provisions pro-visions of the law as contained in the summaries on hand. Actual copies of the law are scarce and until the at torneys themselves receive copies they nre somewhat at sea. I The telegram forwarded last night HpHBHjHMjHtfHHHHHjflflHfl interrogates the treasurer as to whether a stamp must be affixed to all cer'ificates issued by the secretary of state, eithc-r certificates of incorporation, incor-poration, certificates of payment of license tax or any of the numerous forms of certification handled by thu Office; oloo whether articles of incorporation incor-poration must bear the stamp before being received by the office and, if so, wheth&l the county clerk, to w horn the articles first come is responsible responsi-ble for the tax or the secretary ot rtate. Those and man;, other similar ques tions must be answered before the rormal business of the secretary of state's office can be carried on. it was said last right.