The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-04
YHREE-CENT GAS
TAX BILL KILLED
Senate A m dme nt Denies
Highway Commission
Share in Money

Helena.-The senate on Monday
took Up house bills $50 and 331,
amending the former, the gasoline
tax measure, so as to leave the tax
at two cents per gallon and dividing
the proceeds so that 60 per cent will
90 to the counties and 40 per cent to
the general fund of the state. AS in
trcduced. the bill called for a three
cent tax. divided as follows: 60 per
cent to the state highway fund, %
per cent to the counties and Is per
cent to the state general fund.
License Bill Passed
Without discussion the senate de-
ciined to strike the enacting clause
of H. 3. 331 and recommended it for
passage. This measure distributes
the automobile license fund to coun-
ties. 81 per cent equally and so per
cent on the basis of their contribu-
.ions.
Monday the senate met at 9 o'clock,
and began a vigorous days work with
Sc bills On third reading. There were
a few preliminaries after the body
was convened, and the the bills began
to travel through the finishing mill.
One bill, H. B. 1914, was taken from
the list and sent to general file. The
whole list was acted upon with dis
patch, and with very little comment,
though a senator now and then ex-
planned his vote or changed it at the
conclusion of roll call. The bills
passed on third reading were all from
tie house except one, and after being
signed by the presiding officers Of
the two chambers, will go to the gov
ernor for his approval or disapproval
II. &. 81, to create commissioner
districts in counties by constitutional
amendment, failing Ct the twO-thirds
vote required, did not pass. The sen
a,e bill passed was 55, Greenup, con.
scitutioral amendment to create state
hill insurance system.
P~asteurization Bill Killed
House bill 342, requiring the pas
te1rizatioE Of materials used in ic'
cream, failed by one vote. The hOus'
bills passed were as follows: H. 3
403, amortization plan fer state lands
43f, tests for milk; 1872, sampline
Mix; 29l, abolishing county contin
CENT fund; PAS, leases and rentals o
state land; 149, raising salaries cap
iccl employees; $50, licensing bucks
ters; 234, payment of taxes undo
protest; 237, relief heirs Of Ton,
Early; 299, collection net proceed
tax; 1856, inheritance tax law amend
ment; BAG, proof of execution; 37e
time for certification special assess
ments; 38S, forms of legal papers
436, accounting commission; 40, "a
title law; 100, state highway commits
son; 40, tax title law; 100, stat
highway commission on per diem has
Is; 357, increasing tax limit for cities
81, trespass on state lands; 141, Gel
tification of nurses; IT'S, county re
funding bonds; 209, price discrimina
ti3u; 314, hearings on bus line
ceases; 219, regulating optometr5
80, licensing transient merchants
pa, relief Of district No. z, Madiso
county; 338, to transfer property
Shelby; 339, to permit school di
tricts to acquire county property; 81
extending time for collection excei
freight charges; 381, sheriffs to |
hamane officers; 1872, election nstiOl
al committee-woman; 420, speci
taxes in consolidated counties; 80
metropolitan police law; 437, resa
land held for delinquent taxes; %
Rock creek hatchery; $50, land f
Bind school; 1923, board manage
soldiers home; 1913, relief George
Rietz; 406, lien for net proceeds ia
426, limiting loads on roads; 81
amending warehousemen's act; IL
maintenance of water systems; Ii
admissions to soldiers home; 253, {
~ganization of irrigation districts; Il
special improvements; 395, comm.
sion for eastern Montana normal; g
powers Of commission-manager g
ernments; 800, bonding carlot deale.
277, status public deposits.