The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-01
HOUSE VOTES FOR DOUBLED
 SCHOOL TAX
Bill Would Raise 10 S1O- New Liquor Bill Would
 Relax Rules
By JIM HUTCHINSON

PrOEOSeQ dOuDnng Ol the ScnOOl tax was approved ty the House of
 Representatives today, as new liquor bill was introduced. The House voted l3 to 10 to raise the annual school tax from $5 to $l0 year. The bill also would low CT the tax-paying age to IS years from the prevailing 21.
 It provides A per cent of the receipts should go for salaries of employees of the Territorial Uni versailles of Alaska and 56 percent for salaries of public school em- ployees and for teachers retire. ment.
 A similar bill passed the House
 during the special session and died in the Senate.
 The 10 votes against the bill were by Barnes, Gundersen. Hope, Jen- sen, both Johnsons, Ipalook, Mis- covich, Nolan and Rydeen. Rep. Jack Conright introduced a bill for public vote on a $2O, ,000. 900
 bond issue proposal. Sen. Steve Mo- Cutcheon had an identical one ready for introduction in the Senate, but didn't get a chance to put it in prior to the noon recess.
 The bill provides that the next general election should include g vote on asking Congress to allow | such bond issue and whether the territory should take such action i so authorized The ballot issue woult i specify that $15,000,0oo of such ,
 bond issue would te for schoo
 buildings.
 NEW LIQUOR BILL The new liquor bill. HB 86, was introduced by Rep. Warren Taylor It would make numerous revision: in the present laws and open the way to relaxing several provisions.
 Some of the revisions it contains are:
 Court clerks or authorized depu- ties could issue liquor licenses with out court order, as now required; the highway patrol would be added to the enforcement agencies; it would modify the provisions for re- voking licenses, including elimina- tion of the clause making presence of an intoxicated person on the
 premises as grounds for revocation; it would exempt beer and wine from
 the election day drinking ban; the clause against sales to intoxicated
 persons would read obviously in-
 toxicated persons"
 CITY COUNCIL ACTION A city council majority could
 waive the prohibition against a li- quor licensee on premises within 200 feet of church or school; it would eliminate the $2,50O bond for dis pensaries; dispensary licenses couic
 be issued for airplanes of 2O-pas- senger CAB. rating and for railroad buffet cars, as we'll as for ships closures for first violation would be
 modified to read mot exceeding
 45 days and for a second violation
 not exceeding 90 days. instead oi the flat closures now prescribed and licenses could te revoked fol a third conviction of an Alaska li- quor law violation.
 The House took up the bill foI benefits for disabled fishermen just before the noon recess, but did not reach final vote on 1t.
 Two memorials were introduced in the House. Rep. William Egan and Glen Franklin joined in one to Federal and military officials for
 keeping the Richardson highway open on "a year-around basis for military and civilian value. FOR MINING AID Rep. Frank Angerman introduced
 one to the President and Congress asking legislation to aid mining. It asks for stimulation of exploration mining. development, production and conservation of strategic and critical minerals and metals in the states and Alaska "by providing as- sured markets and adequate prices over minimum period It cited the
 value of developing strategic ele-
 ments domestically for stockpiling instead of getting them abroad.