Laurel outlook., 1949-02-16

attorney general "a $500 an,
, other state officers 20 $4,000
with the exception 81 the rail
road and public service commits
sioners. A separate hill has beer
drawn 20 raise the latter salaries
as theirs are po; constitutional
offices, having Necu created by
the legislature
Traffic Measure Draws Fire.
One Of Senator AeaorSenS
ponderes) bills set oW eSs 6e-
bate Tuesday when Anderson TIT
timated that The legal fraternity
had combined to NN his measure
defining traffic laws al ia;ec'
sections.
Senator Haynes al Forsyth ~
tracted 4 gallery crowd VIII, =
denunciation 81 both the hll ard
the intnation thst any senator,
lawyer or iaymsn was Rot slit
cere IN his Legislative duties.
In asking that the bin he Kill
ed. HAYNES SAID that the traffic
regulations on thorouRhfares snd
secondary roads are well under
stood by all motorists and that =
code Of decisions ny the courts
amply covers. lie held that fur
ther attempts t. regulate by law
would only cause confusion
Haynes closed ny stating that
he never doubted the sincerity N
any members, that The lawyers
in the senate respect The opinions
q all members and had q right
70 expect the same consideration
in return.
The bill was killed Oh a stand
ing vote
Bonner Makes Appointments.
Alfred Anderson Of Sidney WAS
named by Governor Bonner as
the mex commissioner of sgricul-
ture. succeeding Alfred kruse,
another eastern Montsnsn. as OF
March 6.
Major General Mitchell was
named TO succeed himself as
state adjutant by the governor.
Mitchell holds q permanent colon
clcy in the regular army. The
appointments will be approved.
Lou Boedecker. 4 former chief
of the highway patrol, will be
the next warden Of the state
prison, according TO reliable re-
ports, although Bonner has not
submitted his name to the SEN
ate.
Other appointments may not be
made until after the session ad-
%journs, although the senate has
not yet disapproved any of Bon
ner's appointments.
High Gas Tax.
An additional tax of 1 cent
per gallon on gasoline and 2
cents on diesel fuel was recon-
mended to the house this week by
the committee on highways of
which Nixon, Democrat of Blaine,
is chairman. The money is need
ed, he said, to help match fed
eral funds available to Montana
for its road building and main
tenance program.
Debate On Land Classification.
The longest debate yet heard
in the senate was over a bill
sponsored by Anderson of Pom
dera calling for re-classification
of all lands in Montana for tax
alton purposes. 1t was proposed
that a 5-mill levy be made in
each county for the purpose.
Costs of the statewide job were
estimated all the way from four
&c 10 million dollars.
Opponents of the measure said
hat it would be futile to attempt
G set new values on land in these
nflationary times, and that the
commissioners, assessors and the
state board of equalization could,
Inder the present law, gradually
inequalities in assessed
'alues without the huge expense
involved under the proposed bill.
The committee to whom the
ill was assigned recommended
hat the bill do not pass and it
vas upheld 1921, the closest
'ote yet recorded in the senate.
Bill Killed By House.
H. B. "a, a proposed constitu- Z;
ional amendment sponsored by p:
he citizens committee for schools,
to gain the necessary two d;
birds majority in the house
thursday. The vote was 81 for :
nd 80 against. John Jewell, :
clerk, told the house that
was the first time in "a years
ne full membership of the house
ad voted on a proposed consti- j.:
amendment. :
Prior to the vote, however, .
our absentees were noted on a n
ouse call, and Speaker Graybill a
-dered the sergeant at arms and n
assistants to arrest the alb L
mt members and bring them in. s.