The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-11
HOUSE APPROVES
scent GAS TAX
Vote on Final Passage Mon
day Was One Hundred
Four to Eighteen
MUST GO TO SENATE
Measure to Reduce Motor Ii
cense Fee Turned Down
For Highways

paved the way to legallZe Scent
gasoline tax, Monday, when by q
safe majority the house members
of the legislature turned down the
proposed Accent measure and ap-
proved the increase of 1 cent ir
the present tax by a vote of 104
to Ii.
Roll call on the final passage Of
the gas tax bill, showed those vot.
ing yea were:
Adams, Aldrich, G. A. K. An.
derson, Arvik, Atwood, Berg
Blodgett, Brophey, Campbell, Chill
gren, Christensen, Council, Cul
lum, Dahl, DAZZLE, Dahlmeier, Dav.
idson, G. L. Davis, Day, Dilley
Dunn, Eide, Emerson, Enstrom
Erickson, Escher, Finstuen, Gehan
Gilbertson, Glaeser, Gende, Greer
Hart, Hastings, Hazel, Helgeson
C. Johnson, Hitchcock, Hofstad
Holm, Hompe, Hulburt, C. M. w.
erson, l. G. Iverson, C. Johnson
R. G. johnson, Jordahl, Keller
Kempfer, Kern, German, Knudson
Kolshorn, Kramer, Lager, Lager.
stedt, Lever, Lewis, Lightner, Lo.
din, Loftsgaarden, Lowe, Masec
Melby, Merrill, Merritt, Morton
Moser, Naylor, J. A. Nelson, N. J
Nelson, Neuman, Nolin, Nordine
Odegard; Olson, Opsahl, Paige
Payne, Peterson, Quinlivan, Reed
Renick, Retrum, Richards, Roden
berg, Rohne, Rosetter, Salmon
son, Sanger, Schmitz, Schneider
Scribner, Spellbrink, Strandemo
Sweitzer, Swenson, Therrien, Thor
kelson, Wahlstrand, H. l.. Weeks
White, Zech, Zimmerman ane
John A. johnson.
Those voting no were: A. G. An
derson, Deming, Herfndahl, DIV
Johnson, George w. Johnson, H
A. johnson, Kennedy, Kodak
Lundine, McNulty, Mullin, Mum
Peterson, Samee, Starkey, Stock
we'll, J. A. Weeks, Youngdahl.
At the same time the house vot
ed down the bill to reduce motor
vehicle license fees. The gasoline
tax bill now goes to the senate
where it will undoubtedly find lit
tie if any opposition. With tht
early action by the house thi!
week on the gas tax it is expected
that the proposal to refund all o.
part of the $19,OOO,0O0 worth o.
county reimbursement bonds will
be taken up and disposed of nov
without delay by both branches.
The proposed Accent gasoline
tax which was made a special or.
der Monday, along with eight 9th
er bills relating to highways in the
state, was amended as soon as i
reached the floor of the house tt
make the tax cents. The house
adopted the amendment by a vote
of 81 to At, and then passed the
amended bill.
Representative Mike Kramer
who sponsored the reduction il
the motor vehicle license fee re
quested that it be considered as {
separate measure from the gaso
line tax. The vehicle tax bill wa.
promptly killed by vote of sc tx
81.
Proponents of the Accent gaso
line tax bill made a concerted eff
fort to have it passed on the
grounds that the diversion of one
third of this tax for the county ai(
roads will take a large share of i
away from the highway depart
ment and that as a consequence
an increase in revenue favoring &
Scent tax claimed that it will pro
vide sufficient funds for road i'm
provements.
Representative L. E. Brophy o:
Minneapolis proposed the Seen
amendment to the gasoline ta1
and led the fight on the floor fol
it. The Accent proposal was siren.
uously defended by Representa-
tives R. T. Hart of Moose Lake
and o. K. DAZZLE of Spring Grove
It is estimated that a Scent gas
| oline tax will raise about $500,
/ 600 a year.