The Alaska daily empire., 1915-04-09
.SSEAIBLY Y AFTER TAX
 DODGERS

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 Representative Dan Driscon of Fair banks introduced in the House this morning a bin to provide for ihe col- lection of unpaid Territorial taxes. There is owing the Territory approx- imately S2OOO00 which does not inc clude the few months in the present calendar year.
 The tax dodger bil. as twas im- mediately dubbed. provides that the Speaker of the House and the Presi- dent of the Senate enter into a cons tract with a competent attorney, for the prosecution of tax dodgers. The prosecutor shall receive 15 per cent. of the moneys collected. and S25O is appropriated to pay marshals costs of ming papers and serving processes. The bnl further provides that all ac- tions be triahle in the United States court at Juneau The bin was re, ferred to the ways and means com. mittee
 Liquor eil Finally Passed.
 The Senate passed without amends ment today the Snow bill. providing for vote on the liquor question No. vember 4. 1917 with the provision that saloons and breweries in Alaska shall suspend January l. 1918 if the drys poll a majority of the votes cast The bin win so to Governor strong. who has declared he would sign it.
 The House passed + B. SS, making subscribers Co notes jointly or several ly liable, F. B. 53. providing the month ly payment of wages and providing 8 pcnalty for obtaining labor under false pretenses. and House Joint Memorial {. providing reservations on navigable waters. between homesteads.
 The House committee Of the whole held hearing on the Tanner fisheries memorial after adjournment Capt Charles B. Oliver and George Rounse. fell of KetchilSau were witnesses.
 F. B. 66, MT. snow. preventing mar. shals rom acting as prosecutors or attorneys for defendants in justices courts. was introduced. and referred to the judiciary
 H B. G. Mr. Shoup regulating gen eral insurance business. was intro duced and the same measure was filed in the Senate as $. B. 48 by Senator Willard.
 First Division Loses Out.
 Each division of Alaska will re- ceive one-lourth of the First and Third division forest reserve moneys. after % per cent. is taken out for school purposes. the House of Repre- sentatives today agreed upon with Representative Shoup. Heid Heckmaa and Britt. the First divisions dele gation. vigorously protesting. The amount per division. is about $ll000.
 Alter an an-morning debate. the Coombs bill. already amended several times. went back to a special commit tee. with instructions to amend it by inserting provisions for the creation Of four road districts. with one office commissioner in each division. who shall draw the divisions share of the money and spend it for roads as he shall see it. The road commissioner will be elected first by the Legislature. and after January ]. 1917 by the peo- pie.
 Representative Shoup's motion that no member of the First division be placed on the special committee auth orized Co amend the bill. carried. Mr. Shoup stated it was the opinion of the people of the First division that the money from the Tongas forest re- serve should be spent in the First dt vision. where Che Tongas forest is lo- cated. and that t would be unfair to the voters of this section to have their representatives in the legislature be made party 10 drawing up meas ure which will take an equal division of Che money He cited that the First division already had suffered irrepar- able damage. by the operation of the forest reserve law. He told of the arrival here two years ago of Capt Otto Syerdrup. famous Norwegian ex- plorer mad navigator. whom, he said. came to Southeastern Alaska with two and one-haif millions in cash, to erect a paper mill in the forest. but who was driven away by the forest service reg ulatons The Sverdrup plan. Mir Shoup mentioned was to utilize the spruce trees. extracting the pulp for the manufacture Of paper. He said that one of the most objectionable rules of the reserve was that for ev- cry tree cut down another had to be planted
 What Alaska Lost.
 There was even no guarantee that Capt. Sverdrup would have title to the ground his pulp mill would occu- py. and for that reason he went to Si- beria. taking his money with him, % MT. Shoup said
 Speaker Collins named Representa-. tives Holland. Driscoll and Getchen to draft the new bill The motion to com nit was unanimous. with the excep- ton of the First divisions members.
 The House received the Sunday clos ing bill, which passed the Senate with the emergency clause attached. put ting the law in force upon approval by the Governor. the S-hour day bill
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