The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-03-07
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERTSCOPE

CT. The first, an income tax mea- sure. patterened after the federal income tax law, would levy a flat 10 per cent of the federal income tax paid by individuals, corpora tions, banks and other taxpayers. It was estimated to yield around a million a year. The second, a general property tax, would levy 10 mills, the legal limit under the Organic Act, on all property both outside and inside municipalities. Taxes now paid within municipal ities would be refunded The third measure would establish trade license fees of $15 plus one half of one per cent on gross revenue over S20,000. It was estimated the pro- perty tax would yield around $6O0,00O per year and license tax about $3OO,O00.
 A general appropriations bill was expected to come in from the House Ways and Means committee in the next few days calling for a total appropriation of $10,610,000, a cut of approximately a million dollars from the estimate submit ted by the Board of the Budget for the next biennium, and virtually double the amount appropriated ih 1945 which totaled $5,531,822. It meant that if the proposed bill stood the Legislature would have to find ways and means of raising between four and five million dol lars additional revenue to meet the appropriations.
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 The Development Board lives, but will it get an appropriation? This was the $64 question ar1unn the legislative halls this eek af- ter House action of last Saturday defeating the repeal bill by "a 12-12 vote. The Senate had passed, by a margin of one majority - 9-7 measure which would have tossed the Development Board out the window be repeating the act passed at the 1945 session. The House spent most of two days go- ing over the ,ame ground ana hearing the same pros and cons a. bout the Board and then decided to retain it. The House Ways and Means committee had tentatively set an appropriation for the Board at $75,0O0. The question now was if this sum, or any sum for that matter, could be obtained in view of the Senate's majority against the Board. That was the method used in putting the old Planning Council out of business some years ago failed to make an appro- priation. It could happen to the Development Board but it is nol anticipated. Besides, the Board still has around $45,00O in it's kitty.
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 Fish will be called upon to car. ry a larger part of the tax load a. gain it. is revealed as the 18th Leg. isature heads down the home stretch with it's financial problem still unsolved. Senator Engebreth, of the Third, dropped bill in past week which would levy a cent a pound can on kings and red sal mon; half a cent a pound on other Yarities; half a cent a pound on salted and mild cure fish and halt a cent on halibut and other fish. frozen or processed for market. IL would mean AS cents case on kings and reds and 24 cents on other canned salmon. The specIat session of 1946 levied 10 cents case on kings and reds and four cents on other species which brought into the treasury arounn $300,00O. It is estimated that the Engebreth bill in its present form would yield around a million and a half a year.
 The extent to which personal animosity will go in the legisla- tive halls of Alaska is sometimes astounding as reflected in an in cident of last week. Rep Bob Hoopes of Fairbanks has been hay ing a string of adverse luck. His efforts to repeal the anti-discrim~ ination law were defeated; his ef- forts to kill the Development Board likewise failed; things jusL weren't breaking for Fairbanks Robert. He was in an unpleasant mood, to say the least. So into the House hopper, he tossed his pet hate bill. It called upon the Pers- ident to immediately declare the office of the Governor vacant anu then name none other than Senator Norman R. Walker of Ketchikan to fill the vacancy. Speaker Gill, with a glenn in his eye, assigned the memorial to the committee on pub. lie health, quarantine and morats where it probably will remain, bur aroused Robert had had his mo- ment, Bob wanted to be the U. $. Marshal in the Fourth Divisio.l when Joe Mcdonald resigned las, year but Stanley Nichols got the