HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 1322A'RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF' THE CITY
OF AGUSA OPPOSING ANY.LEGISLATION THAT '+'TILL RESULT IN
A DIVERSION OF .ANY PORTION OF THE GASOLINE TAX FUNDS
TO THE GENERAL FUNDS OF THE STATE.
The,City Council of the City of Azusa do
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS it has.been.brought to the attention
of the City Council'of the -City of Azusa that Governor
Rolph of the State of California.in his message to the
legislature, on Tuesday the -3rd day of January, 1933,
proposed and•recommended a diversion of the.portion
of the gas tax receipts to the General Fund of the
State; and
WHEREAS Governor Rolph in said message, pro-
posed that a portion of the gas tax receipts',be di-
verted from the Road Fund and be used for purposes
other than highway construction,,repair and main-
tenance; and
V=REAS it has been the policy of this.State
to sacredly conserve the gas tax for the purpose of
road construction, maintenance andrepair; and
WHEREAS the construction and maintenance
of good and substantial highways is one of the supreme
assets of this State and brings much money into the
State from tourists; and
NHEREAS this gas tax is paid by automobile
users with the thought in mind that it is to be used
for highway purposes only; and
'd'hiEREAS it is the settled policy of the
State that the Genera -I Fund should be raised from
General taxation only:
THEhEFORE,.BE IT RESOLVED by the City
Council of the City of Azusa thatwe protest in be-
half of the citizens of this City against. the diversion
of any part of the gas ta:c receipts from the Road or
Highway Fund as being wrong in principle, as being
double taxation on automobile users and as being a
step which would tend to injure the.present highway
system of the State and would prevent the extension
of such system.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of
Azusa unanimously endorse the program of the League of
California Municipalities, which_calls for the direct
allocation of a portion of the gasoline tax revenues
to the municipalities of the.State;
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this
Resolution be sent to Assembiymen-Honr. Herbert J. Evans
With the request that he use his vote and -his in-
fluence against any and all Bills or proposed legislation
which provide for the diversion of any.of the gas.tax
receipts from the Fund in which they are no placed
under the lays"
I hereby certify that the -foregoing re-
solution was adopted by the CityCouncil of the"City
of Azusa at a regular meeting held•.'January 16th, .
1933, by the following vote,of the Council:
Ayes: .Councilmen:Mace., Johnson, Morden,
Meier.
Noes: None.
Absent: Councilman Williams.
City ,Clerk of the Ci �ofV Azusa
ASL v�d thi 16th .day of January, 1933
Mayor of the City of Azusa.