The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-04-30
SENATEPASSES GAS TAX BILL;
 REvERSES SELF
Bill Defeated Saturday Is Passed Monday Ten
 Measures Passed

SAi AAACoa9ttA Nht AAANAANtAAAC OAAD AO' three cent gasoline tax and an- other for the election by popular vote of Commissioner of Educa- ton, were passed by the Senate yesterday afternoon. The gasoline tax, which was lost Saturday a.ster- noon by a tie vote, came up aga,n on a motion for reconsideration made by Senator Sundquist He had voted against it Satur- day. Yesterday he changed his vote to yea" and the bill carried five to three. The bill to elect ommissioner of Education passed six to two, Senators Dimond and Hess opposing.
 Accept House Plan
 The Senate yesterday concurred in the House amendments to the measure relating to pensions and similar subjects These change the residence qualifications of per- sons to receive old age allowances from the Territory At present persons over the age Of 65 and having resided in the Territory con- tinuously for Is years if in need, are eligible for allowances. As the new bill passed the Senate this was changed to 20 years residence. The House struck out this require- ment and wrote into the bill a clause limiting allowances to per- sons arriving prior to and residing here continuously since January l, 1906. It also raised the maximum monthly allowance from $50 to $35. By a five to three vote, the Senate concurred in the changes. Sena- tors Anderson, Sundquist and Steel voting against such action.
 Ry unanimous consent, Senatz.rs Anderson and Sundquist were gfv- en leave to introduce Senate Bill No 91. being bill to appropriate $2,50O from the Second Division road fund for building a sidewalk at the town of Kotzebue and to drain swamp adjoining that town. It was passed by the Senate under a suspension of the rules. Pass Publicity Bill
 The Senate passed Benjamins bill providing funds for Territorial cooperation with the Territorial Chamber of Commerce in obtain ing publicity for Alaska's natural resources. It carried an appropria- ton of $5,000 to be expended under the direction of the Governor.
 The House measures passed in- cluded a bill appropriating $30,- 900 for predatory animal control; one continuing the co = operative mining work under the direction of Federal Mining Supervisor B. D. Stewart, but cutting the appropria- tion from $30000 to $20,000; two measures covering refunds Of fish ing trap licenses amounting to $5,15o; Fosters bill appropriatlng $17,000 for construction of a school house at Kodiak; and a House memorial urging Congress to in- crease appropriations for Federal mining investigations, giving the Bureau Of Mines sufficient funds to add two engineers to it's field force in the Territory.
 College Measures Blocked
 All measures pertaining to the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines were still closed in by the Senate blockade yester day. Two of these bills, one or iginating in the House and the other a Senate measure, have been on the calendar for several days. They have. been continued in sec ond reading from day to day with out comment or debate. One of them seeks an appropriation of sl0,000 for museum building and to pay salary of man to gather specimens of natural history and for transportation of specimens to the museum and various schools S1Ab A4<oSiOQS4Ollo III dllQ OuG OA bllC Territory. The other, which has passed the House, carries an appro- priation of $10,000 for an investi- gation of parasitic insects affect ing the reindeer herds of Seward Peninsula.
 The measure appropriating $135,- i 035 for maintenance and operation of the college, and a bill accept ing the benefits of the Congress sional enactment relative to the Hatch and Smith-Lever Acts, under which s10,000 Federal funds will be available to the institution, are still in the Finance Committee and efforts to get them back on the floor so far have been futile.