The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-15
GRADUATED TAX ON FISH TAKES
 PASSES HOUSE
increases Largely Existing Taxes on Fish Caught
 in the Traps

Without a dissenting vote, the House today passed Hofman's bill providing for a graduated tax on the catches of salmon by any form of gear, but which in effect applies mainly to traps. It is said to boost trap taxes from 800 per cent on pinks, chums, etc, to considerably more than that on reds.
 The bill was sent to the Senate where it will be studied carefully It was reported that an effort might be made there to further increase some of the rates.
 List of Schedules
 No change was made in the basic license fee for any form of gear The old provision for $2 additional per thousand on all fish caught in any one trap in excess of 100,- GOO was stricken, and the follow ing schedules inserted:
 On medium red, coho, pink ano chum salmon caught in any one trap in excess of 75,O00 as follows: 75,0OO,O0O to 15o,000-$2 per 1000 fish.
 From 15O,0o0 to 100000 - $5 pel 1000 fish.
 From 100000 to 25o,OoO-$1O pei 1000 fish.
 From 25o,OoO to soO,oOo-s2o pel 1000 fish.
 Over 300,0O0-$30 per 1000 fish On red, King and sockeye sal mon, over 50,OOO, as follows:
 From 5O,OO0 to 75,00o-$30 per l. GOO fish.
 From 75,ooo to l5O.OOo-s4o per l. 900 fish.
 From lse,ooo to 2ooooo-s5O pel 1000 fish.
 From 100000 to 25O,ooo-s6o pel 1000 fish.
 From 25o,ooo to 3o0,Ooo-$7o pel 1000 fish.
 Over ,0OO-$80 per 1000 fish
 Must Report Annually
 One new provision relative to re porting the fish taken was incor- porated into the measure by the Ways and Means Committee and adopted by the House. It pro- vides that the takes for all kinds of gear named in the law must bs reported to the Auditor of Alaska prior to November 15, of each year Penalties are set up for failure to report, and where no report is received the Auditor is authorized to estimate the number of fish taken from such facts and in- formation as may come into his possession.
 Pass Other Measures
 The House also passed a bill by Mir. Swanberg authorizing the ex- penditure of $500 for improvement of the landing field at Candle, the money to be derived from the road allotment for the Second Division. It passed two Senate measures,
 
 one making a felony of contribut- ing to the delinquency of a minor, and the ether a code amendment.
 Bills Introduced
 Six new measures were introduced in the House today Two were sub stitutes for bills introduced earlier in the session. One by MT Barono- vich provides that not less than 10 days shall elapse between the date of call for bids, and their opening, for public printing or other public projects.
 MT. Holman introduced a subSti- ute for his original bill recreating the Divisional Road Commissioners, withdrawing the original bill.
 MT. Nordale withdrew his origi- nal measure extending the provis- ions of the school tax to all sexes and increasing age limits, and sub stituted another measure providing for the same things.
 One introduced by MT. Ling o would require all persons receiving old age allowances to make reports biennially to the Board of Trustees of the Pioneers Home whether the need for such allowances still ex- ists. A second bill by the same member seeks $500 to be used in ad- vertising the International High way project.
 The sixth measure was intro duced by MT. Taylor and provides for a preference for Territorial busi- ness men and manufacturers for supplies, etc, purchased by the Territory.
 Seeks Game and Fur
 House Joint Memorial No. II, by MT. Mcdonald, introduced today, urges Congress to amend the Or ganic Act Of 1912 to give Alaska, through the local legislature, power to pass laws regulating the game and fur resources of the Territory