The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-03-06
Would Boost Tax
On Beer, Liquor
New Bill In House Would In
crease Taxes On Alcoholic
Drinks In This State

counties and cities, under terms of
bill filed today by Representative
Hans johnson, Pierce.
The bill set up 81 barrel tax on
beer under A per cent alcohol by
weight, So for beer over that per-
centage, and taxes ranging from 10
cents gallon on light wines to $4.80
a gallon on hard liquor OF So per
cent alcohol.
The tax would be paid to the state
treasurer. Division would be made
2 per cent to the state, Is per cent
to schools, Is per cent to mothers
pensions, 80 per cent to old age pen
sions and 80 per cent to city and
counties.
Liquor Boards Bill Passes
The State Liquor Boards bill OF
amendments and q county city
planning board measure passed the
senate today, while the house ap-
proved the Van Dyk trucking bill.
After passing the liquor bill, Sub
stitute Senate Bill 81, in virtually
the same form as drawn by the
board, by 80 to IA votes, the senate
adjourned until Monday. The house
held an afternoon session to clear
its calendar of small bills.
Repeated efforts Of opponents to
strike out. changes in the Steele Act
proposed by the board, failed in the
senate. The bill as passed permitted
the board to cancel beer and other
licenses without hearing and lib
eralizing search warrants.
During the debate Senator E. N.
Steele, Thurston county, revealed
the board would distribute $500, 600
in liquor profits to the state, coun-
ties, cities and old age pensions
later this month.
Another Gasoline Bill
Gasoline would be made public
utility and all unfair trade prac-
tees made unlawful by terms of a
bill filed by Senator j. P. Keller,
Adams county.
Both wholesaling and retailing of
gas and Oil would be subject to regu-
lation by law. The act barred price
reductions in one part Of the state
without corresponding drops else
where. Oil companies could not sell
cheaper to one retailer than another
or refuse to sell anyone gasoline or
oil.
Senator H. I. Kyle, King county,
put in bill reenacting the lateral
highway law and giving counties
and cities cents of the state gas
tax instead of 8 cents as they now
get.
All sales of exchanges of property,
tangible or intangible, would be sub
ject to a turnover tax under bill
by Senator H. L. Nelson, Clark
county, the tax would be three
fourths of per cent of the amount
Of the transaction.
Gasoline Blend Urged
A bill aimed to use up Washing
ton waste products by requiring
gasoline be blended with alcohol
made from such products was filed
by Representative Jurie B. Smith,
King county. The state gas tax
would be reduced half cent the
first two years and all plants man
ufactlring such alcohol would be
exempt from taxation for five years.
Representative Belle Reeves, Che
Ian, put in two bills placing care of
dependent children under the pro-
posed State Welfare department,
and granting all blind persons over
Is years of age $50 a month pension
from the state. Other house bills
included ones appropriating $4,000
to repair state fisheries damaged by
recent floods, making pari-mutuel
betting machines compulsory, bar
ring any unlicensed dentist from
practising in the state, paying $50 a
month pension out OF the state gen.
eral fund to all persons more than
IS years old, declaring underground
waters public property, setting IL
per cent the maximum monthly in
terest charge by pawnbrokers, au-
thorizing the Columbia Basin Com
mission to draft interstate pacts On
Use of Columbia river water, subject
to confirmation Of the legislature
and urging congress to establish an
embassy in China instead Of a lega-
ton.
Senate Also Has More Bills
Senate bills filed included ones
permitting residents of one or more
precincts to annex their territory
to another county by majority vote,
permitting investment Of funds OF
first class and class A counties and
first class cities, ports and school
districts in municipal warrants, re-
apportioning $26,783 for the Puget
Sound Canal commission, a consti-
tutional amendment to pay legisla-
tors SIS expenses. and q resolution
calling for conference with Ore
gon legislators on uniform motor
vehicle laws.
The mining securities act, re-
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