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P s si P il] le d » st CC al all m PENN. CHAIN STORE TAX ILLEGAL HARRISBURG, Pa., June 20.— The state supreme court of Pennsylvania in a decision handed down Monday declared the graduated tax on chain stores and theaters illegal. A county court ruling, by which the levy of to 00 on each place of business, depending on the number under the same ownership, was declared a violation of the state constitution was upheld by the higher court. According to the state constitution taxes upon a particular class of property must bj uniform.
