The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-01-13

both Houses.
Oliver of Carter gave notice
of a Bill to add SIS per day to
members salaries for expenses
Clark and Loughran of Silver
Bow would increase the pay OF
election officials from SIS to rs
cents per hour, with a $40 min
imum.
A Bill to remit state income
taxes to World War IL veterans
was noticed in the House Tues
day.
At Speaker Graybill's request,
the House authorized him to in
crease membership on the APP
! preparation and Revenue and
Taxation committees from Is to
II. Only four members of the
Appropriation committee in the
1947 session survived the Nov
ember battle of ballots. IT don't
know where the few extra mill
lion dollars can be raised" one
member remarked, "but it looks
as though old H.C.L. is going to
force us to find it,"
Would Give Discount
Coy. John Bonner has recon-
mended to the legislature that
it pass a measure which would
grant a 10 per cent discount
to retail liquor dealers making
quantity purchases at state
liquor stores SO that dispensers
of fircWater may "carry on
their business with the pros
pect of a reasonable profit on
their investment" he said.
If the legislature follows out
Bonner'S recommendation, the
loss to the state may run as
high as $1,000,000 per year with
the bar owners benefiting to
that extent. During the ra-
tioning period" the state LIQUOR
board office said today "the
bars were allotted 60% of all
state store sales, and in some
places they acquired 10 to 20
per ceIlt above that by various
means. In 1916 our sales totaled
$40 million. A discount of 10 per
cent to the dealers would have
Meant a loss Of $1,2OO,O00 in
revenue"
On sales last year, which are
greater tl.an ir. 1947, a 10 per
cert discount tc retail liquor
dealers. il is e; t1n.ateo, would
have deprived the state of ap-
proXimatelv 81, 00o, 900.
Where the legislature can
turn to raise a million dollars
in taxes to substitute for the
extra. million profit the Cover
nor proposes the saloons should
get, already has members of the
committee on Revenue and
Taxation bordering.
s46o0.0oO Net
A recapitulation of all pro-
fits and taxes collected by the
state on it's liquor and beer
transactions in the first II
months of 1948 shows a net
profit Of $4,595, 1898
+ Total sales of liquor up to
Nov. 80 were in excess of $13,-
121 1000. After deducting all
costs there was a net of ST.
221 ,554.71. Licenses brought in
another $544,800. Beer licenses
and taxes added a total of
$740,016.
The 80 excise tax on total
liquor sales of $13, 121,045 added
81, 049, 699.25 to make the net of
almost $4,600,000. Decemb e +
sales are known to be more
than 100000 and not included
in the above.
Would Legolize Gambling
1t remained for the lone
woman member of the Montana
House to give notice that she
would introduce a bill to Legal
ize gambling in the state. The
bill, to be fashioned somewhat
on the order Of the Nevada law,
would divide the, license money
for gaming tables and other
gambling devices between the
state, counties and towns. Lie
ense fees would range between
$3.50 to as high as $4,000 per
year for the gaming halls oper-
lating 81 or more games.
/ There would be stiff licenses
on slot machines, she said, and
these alone would provide a
revenue of at least 100000 a
yea.
The author of the bill is Re-
preventative June Mccarthy of
Silver Bow county.