PRINTER'S NO. 3928
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2598
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY RADER, JAMES, BERNSTINE, SCHLEGEL CULVER, PICKETT,
B. MILLER, SCHMITT, MACKENZIE, GLEIM, BROWN AND BROOKS,
JUNE 15, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JUNE 15, 2020
AN ACT
Repealing the act of February 27, 1868 (P.L.43, No.9), entitled
"An act to declare the true intent and meaning of the
eleventh section of an act to provide for the reduction of
the public debt, approved April twenty-second, Anno Domini
one thousand eight hundred and forty-six."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of February 27, 1868 (P.L.43, No.9),
entitled "An act to declare the true intent and meaning of the
eleventh section of an act to provide for the reduction of the
public debt, approved April twenty-second, Anno Domini one
thousand eight hundred and forty-six," is repealed:
[AN ACT
To declare the true intent and meaning of the eleventh section
of an act to provide for the reduction of the public debt,
approved April twenty-second, Anno Domini one thousand eight
hundred and forty-six.
Section 1. Certain manufacturers and mechanics exempt
The true intent and meaning of the eleventh section of an
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act, entitled "An Act to provide for the reduction of the public
debt," approved April 22, 1846, is hereby declared to be, that a
manufacturer or mechanic, not having a store or warehouse apart
from his manufactory or workshop, for the purpose of vending
goods, such manufacturer or mechanic shall not be classified or
required to pay the annual tax and license as is now required in
relation to foreign dealers, and that an affidavit before an
alderman or justice of the peace, or any person authorized by
law to administer an oath or affirmation, setting forth the fact
that such manufacturer or mechanic has not a store or warehouse
apart from his manufactory or workshop, shall be sufficient
evidence for the appraiser of mercantile tax not to so classify
said manufacturer or mechanic: Provided, that any person
swearing falsely in relation to any matter provided for in this
act shall be deemed guilty of perjury, as if said oath had been
taken in any legal proceeding.]
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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