The Nome nugget., 1927-04-30
MUCH BUSINESS IN LEGISLATURE
 TRAM WAY BILL DEFEATED BY sUNDQUIsT
Especial Nugget correspondene.,. :.

JUNEAU, April 30.-A bill repeating the fur taxes and licenses passed the Senate Thursday and is a law. Second Division Members Lomen Gaffney and Rydeen spoke strongly of the measure in the House, and Senator Jensen made a vigorous speech in the Senate in favor of the measure, de- clarins 1.-The tax is penalzing trappers and trad and is driving them out of business"
 The Nome, Kotzebue, St Michael Ship Subsidy passed the Senate today, also the Telephone Sub sidy. There was considerable opposition to both measures developed, the ground usual, that the Second Divisions share of the Territorial negligible but by skillful handling both meas piloted through.
 Ganneys Aviation Bill is expected pass the Senate tomorrow. The Nugget will be notified the minute the bill passes.
 The Ganney Bill asking that twenty per cent may. if necessary. be appropriated from the road funds to comply with the Congressional Act for the extension of the Seward Peninsula Tram Road defeated by the sundqust-Paul combination. by a vote of nine to seven. The Legislators favoring the measure said that sundquists action in the matter unprecedented in this. any other Legislature. Gahney, with his usual vigor, made strong argument for the bill backed by Lomen and Rydeen. in lengthy. pithy remarks. General steese strongly favored the bill.
 A Bill providing for the limit of two thousand collars to each Division for assistance fifty fifty basis to incorporate Fair Associations, has passed both Houses.
 An Appropriation of $136.0O0 for the Aer- cultural College and School of Mines passed both Houses.
 Tax Bill is under consideration which .e peas the tonnage clause in Chapter Seventy Section Seventeen of the Session Laws of 1925
 Charged with the duty of undertaking to b::ng about change in the i've years the contract system of caring for the Alaska insane. tfe four holdover Senators. Steel of the First Division Jen sen of the Second, Frame of the Third and Dunn of the Fourth. were appointed a committee to rep resent the Territory. with Governor George A. Parks to confer with. and bring before tn. Federal au- thorities Alaska's desire in ths matter Action is was taken at joint meeting of both Houses pre- side over by the Governor who told the Legislators it would not be possible to abrosate the contract now held by Morningside Sanitarium near Portland, Oregon. which until 1881.
 Two political bills were lost in the Senate, when that body indefinitely postponed . measure by Senator Hunt. providing for a method of sell
 
 ventions. and . second measure changing the Pri- mary Election system.
 The Senate passed the House measure chang ing the Territorial system of refunding money to schools in incorporated towns. amending it to put all schools in class instead of four as originally proposed and limiting Territorial school aid to eighty i've per cent. and maximum amount of refund to one town placed at thirty thousand dollars. It is estimated this will increase the Territorial school expenditures one hundred thousand dollars bien- nially.
 The House passed . bill authorizing the Gov ernor to arrange for of Legionnaires mak- ng the trip to the Paris Convention of the Ameri- can Legion. to accompany Benny Benson the Seward school pupil who is the designer of the proposed omcial Flag of Alaska. from Aiaska to Washington. and return vis Paris Fifteen hundred dollars was appropriated for this purpose and an additional nf- teen hundred dollars appropriated to cover the cost of making the first ohcial flags. and souvenir hass. to be given away by Legionnaires on their transcontfnental trip. travelling with Benny Benson
 Tho House killed the Ross Bill for a public