The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1947-02-21
House Yields Axe On a Revenue Measures

position of prison made goods. II
would be required that the state and
it's agencies and political sub divisions
purchase such goods, except in Ger.
tain instances.
Special Police Districts
SB127 by Baker of Dawson, is an
g.. act to provide for the creation of
special assessment districts for the
purpose of maintaining special police
in cities and towns and prescribing
the duties and procedure of city and
town councils and officers in respect
thereto :. +" Lobby gossip has it that
this bill is strictly a measure to cut
the overhead of the railroads pri-
marily, as well as other large indus
tries which may own go per cent or
more of the taxable property of an in
corporated town. Not only would it
shift a lot of the cost of maintaining
special police (who are without legal
status) from the railroads to the gen.
eral public in any assessment district,
for lot of railroad gunner" to be
empowered with the authority to do
policing legally. Anyway you look.
at it, this measure stinks.
HoteI-MoteI Advertising Subsidy
HB96, which might be referred to
as the dude ranchers relief bill' has
more lives than a Kilkenny cat. ORR
ginally slated to carry an appropria-
ton of 100000 to advertise Montana,
after some rough shedding around
the House, this amount was finally cut
to mere $4,000. Even this lower
figure wasn't satisfactory to many
House members who kept seeing
the ghosts of HB 81 and HB68. and
the slight liberalization of compensa-
ton anticipated under the latter and
on Saturday killed HB 90 1888. How
ever, early this week the proper skids
were oiled and reconsideration was
secured and Tuesday, so far as the
House was concerned, HB SO was once
again very much alive with its so
grand gouge of the taxpayer and, by
not too large a margin, it was APPROX
ed and sent to the Senate. One en-
couraging thing-at least a portion OF
| the citiZenry has found the house not
too hard-hearted in granting little
"relief'. Disabled workers. needy
blind and unemployed, sorry to say,
cannot voice the same kindly senti-
ments toward the House.
Tzx C+uIx AoprouoI
Senate Resolution by Larson of
Sanders, calling for an overall tax
study of Montana's tax structure DUR
ing the next two years by the state
board of equalization, was approved
by the Senate Tuesday In view of the
way the tax system has grown up in
the state during the past half century, /
with little correlation, favoritism tow
ard the larger corporations, etc, this |
measure appears timely.
Insurance Proposal Killed
HB 1856 by Krieg Of Yellowstone, hit
the rocks on bipartisan ballot Tues
day afternoon following hours long
stormy debate on the House floor.
thinking on this measure,
which the large insurance interests
repeatedly were lobbying for is best
up in quotes from statements
by three members who led the fight
against the measure: Minority Leader
Dave James, Liberty: GO An at
tempt at monopoly and a restrictive
y; George O'Conner,
republican from Carbon, in accusing
The insurance men of trying to make
their own laws, stated: "The finest
egal minds of the northwest and the
best Informed insurance men Daraded
through the committee hearing
fhey succeeded in writing bill so I,
it can't be understand. Ev-
9ryone would like to make laws to
'egulate his own business and we
amt blame the insurance men for I
rylng it -; Rep. Blenkner COP ,
rom saltwater: " My mental cap :
lcity has been belittled, and my legal
alent questioned but there's nothing
wrong with my offactories (sense of
mell" {
Dillon Normal Saved )
Another, hill 70 I,i+ H.