The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-28
GENERAL SALES AND FUEL OIL
 TAX PROPOSED
Hess Proposed to Put Gross Sales Tax on All Mer-
 chandise and Oil
ONE-HALF OF ONE PER CENT ON MERCHANDISE
Gas Tax Is One Cent Per Gallon-House Passes
 Corporations Code

A general sales tax on merchan- disc and manufactured goods, with certain specified exceptions, and a tax on all fuel oil sold in the Ter ritory are proposed in two meas ures introduced in the Senate this morning by Senator L, c. Hess, Fairbanks. They were referred to the Committee on Taxation.
 The author, while inclined to doubt their passage, said at least they would cause some discussion which ought to be beneficial. The general sales levy proposed is one half of one per cent, and the fuel oil rate which includes gasoline. is fixed at one cent per gallon.
 Other Bills Introduced
 Three other bills and two memo rials were introduced in the Sem ate and one memorial in the House. A bill by MT. Lomen, seek ing to amend Section three, Chap ter 40 of the laws of 1929, rela- tive to administration of small es- tates, extends the original act which applied to estates of per- sons dying intestate, to small es- tates where wills are left but no executors are. named or if named are not qualified to act in the Territory.
 MT. Dimond introduced meas ure to amend Section 1.772 of the Compiled Laws relating to appeals to the District Court in probate cases, and requiring that the party appealing to that court must file his exceptions to the order appeal ed from within 60 days after the making and entry of such order He introduced another bill seek ing to authorize Commissioners acting as Justices of the Peace to allow attorneys fees in civil cases in justices courts.
 Land Grant Memorial
 A memorial urging Congress to grant 160 acres of unappropriated public land in Alaska, or one min- eral lode or placer claim, to Alas ka war veterans was introduced by MT. Dimond. It is identical in na- ture with a memorial recently in- trcduced in the House by Mr. Mo- Cutcheon.
 MT. Lomen is author of a Sen- ate memorial introduced today asking the Interior Department to give most earnest and serious considerations to the findings and recommendations resulting from the survey" now in progress of the Indian school system in Alaska.
 In the House MT. Nylen intro duced a memorial urging the Bu- reau of Fisheries to make at the earliest possible date survey of all the fishing resources of Boring ca, Kotzebue Sound and Arctic waters, where, it is claimed, banks of halibut and cod are known to be located, and other food fish present.
 Senate Amendments Accepted
 The Senate's amendments to Fosters resolution calling for a legislative inquiry into the conduct of all Territorial offices were adopted by the House this morning. It also adopted the amendments, which were minor, to Hellerich's bill alloting $2.5oo per year from divisional road funds for mainten- ance of Nome Harbor.
 MT. McCutcheon's memorial ask ing the Bureau of Fisheries to mod fly it's existing regulations to the end that the taking of salmon for food for animals on fur farms might be classed as non-commer- cial. At present this kind of fish, ing is termed commercial and is subject to all the regulations for other types of commercial fishing.
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