The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-03-05
TINSON BILL
To BUILD OR
BUY BRIDGE
No Agreement Yet Arrived
At for Purchase; Session is
still at Loggerheads Over.
Taxation Matters
By o. H. OLSON


By o. II. OLSON
With only week left of the
leislative session, none of the
major issues have been disposed
Of.
In highway matters the only
thing that has been decided is the
addition of a few new roads to the
highway system, including the
White Pass, Stevens Pass, Brew
ster Cutoff and two or three on
the west side. The matter of Ii
eense fees is a subject of confer
erce and likewise the appropria-
Inn measures are in conference.
A bill was introduced in the
Senate by Senator Stinson on Mon
day providing, or rather authoriz-
ing, the purchase of the bridge or
the construction Of another one.
The bill also provided that in case
IL Is purchased the state may OPP
erste it as toll bridge, with the
monies received going into the
Motor Vehicle Fund until that fund
has been reimbursed to the amount
Of 500, 900 or such figure as the
Director of Highways determines.
The authorized expenditures for
tie purchase or construction is set
at $500, 900 in the bill. This bill
was merely a safeguard to insure
consideration of this other proviso
m case there should be any ques-
ton about taking this amount Of
money out of the highway budget
n the regular appropriation way.
The irrigation bills are all thru
the House and on the calendar in
the Senate Wednesday, with no
opposition appearing to any of
them. The reclamation repeal levy
or suspension is up for second
reading in the House and the adj
ministration forces will seek to re-
peal the levy instead of suspend
ing. it as provided by the Senate
bill. The repeal proviso may car
~ in the House but it is not likely
that the Senate viii accede to this.
The Columbia Basin bill passed
the Senate on Tuesday by a vote
Of 80 to, Z and should be on the cal
endar in the House very shortly.
A partisan party registration
bill was passed in the House Mon
DAY. 1t provides that person must
designate his or her party affil-
htion at the time of registration
OF not later than 80 days before
election. On Saturday when it was
up it was defeated by a 1910
vote, 40 40 vote being necessary
70 pass a measure. But a notice
Of reconsideration was given and
on Monday the matter was brought
up again and the party whip was
cracked loudly enough that It rail-
ned 62 votes for the measure with
% against. Similar action followed
On tuesday on the so-cal1ed ped
uers bill which will put a heavy
license fee on the man or organ
l1ations which sell merchandise
nom store to store Or house to
llouse. This measure lost by a AZ
" ~ vote on first roll call and
after being reconsidered it was
passed 81 to 40.
AS to the effect of the Showalter
Dill IN Franklin county, wish tc
cal attention of Franklin county
residents to the fact that while it
would benefit the Pasco District,
= would work hardships in the bal
ance OF the county. The figures
presented in last weeks Herald
we're correct insofar as District
NO. ! is concerned. But while the
,evy would be reduced 1866 mills in
district No. 1 with 81 percent val
lA'lon Of the county, the levy
would likewise be raised 1854 mills
'ess what transportation receipts
might :. be received by the other
ussrlcts in the balance of the
suun1y, representing SO percent of
-ae valuation. It is true that the
citizens will bear the same