The Alaska daily empire., 1923-04-05

increased amounts according to the length of the load. No minimum lead length has yet boen fixed by the com mittee
 Herring is also hit with a material increase in tax by tho tentative schedules. In 1921, a small tax of 2la cents per 100 pounds was put on this product. The present bill calls for 15 cents per 100. or six times the 1921 rate Mild,cured red salmon, taxed at 10 cents per 100 pounds in 1921, was boosted to 15 cents. Clam canneries. paying ? cents per case on their product under the 1921 law, are raised>to cents, which also ap- plies to canned herring. Non-resi- dent fishermen are boosted from 8 to $15. the latter rate, however, not becoming effective upefl 1924.
 Changes In Mining,
 The net income mining tax retains the per cent rate prevailing here tofore on all net incomes from that industry in excess of 5000 up to $15,000. Between $15,000 and $150, 900 the rate is raised to 2 per cent. and in excess of the latter amount to 21, per cent. This levy also applies to royalties for which no exemption is allowed.
 Licenses for professional men are made uniform at $20 each This rep resents an increase of $10 for attor- neys, doctors, including practitioners of medicine, surgery or osteopathy; l; s5 increase on optometrists, and a re- duction of s on dentists from the 1921 schedule. Slight changes were made in the automobile license fees and in the taxes on bakeries.
 The nonresident hunting license is fixed at $50, one-half of the 1921 license.
 Schedules In Full
 The completed tentative list of taxes and license fees follows:
 1-Attorneys-at-law optometrists, dentists and doctors, including prac- ticing medicine, surgery, or osteo- pathy. $20.
 2-Automobiles (family cars) or Night delivery trucks $10.
 3-Automobiles for hire, including trucks. $15.
 EtBakeries, business exceeding g, 900. less than $4,.000. s5; for each additional 5000. s.
 5-Light and power plants one-haR of 1 per cent. of gross receipts in excess of $2.5O0 from light power and steam sold; one-half of 1 per cent of the net profit from supplies sold
 6-Telephone companies, one-half of per cent of gross receipts in. excess of $1,580 per annum.
 7-Water- selling water or power to public, one-half of l per cent of gross receipts in excess of $2,5OO.
 s-Employment agencies. operating for hire and collecting fee for ser vices, $500.
 9-FISHERIES-
 (a)-Clam canneries, cents per case
 (b)-Herring canneries. 3 cents per case. s<
 (c)--Canneries packing reds, kings and sockeyes as follows: Cannery pack 10000 or under. per case, l5e; pack 10000 to 15.000 cases, per case, zoe; pack 15 900 to 25.OO0 cases. per case. 25c: pack 25.00O to 10000 cases per case, 40c; pack 10000 to 60.0oo cases. ,per case, soc; pack in excess of 60.00O cases. per. case, 75c. On all other varieties except chums, as follows: Cannery pack under 1O.OOo cases, per case. 31sc; cannery pack under 10000 to 15,000 cases, pei case. Sc; cannery pack under 15,0OC to 25 900, DOT case, Sc; cannery pack %, 900 to 10000 cases, pen case, lie; cannery pack 4O.O0( to 60,000 cases, per case, 15c; al in excess of 60.000 cases, per case l 2Oc. On chums a flat case ta, regardless of quantity, Sc. On ne