The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-24
SEVEN BILLS
 ENACTED BY LEGISLATURE

I II
 The Nineteenth Legislature, in ex.
 traordinary session, chalked up z
 hatting average of .389 by enactine
 seven of the l8 measures intro.
 duced during the IT days. Fourteen
 of the measures originated in the
 House, including II bills and three joint resolutions. The Senate hao ionly four measures of its own, three
 bills and a memorial, and passed
 none of them, voting down two and
 allowing two to die in commit 1 tee.
 The House passed II of its own
 measures, allowed three to die in
 committee and had three more shelved by the Senate, one of them
 by request of its author.
 Only one of the bills enacted, the Net Income Tax Bill, was of basic nature. A second basic bill, the General Property Tax Bill, was held ihy the House until the 18th day before it was finally showed along to the Senate, giving the latter body only two days in which to consider it.
 Even the Net Income Tax Bill had slower handling in the House, where it was introduced on the second day of the session, but was not pass ed along to the Senate until the 10th day. It was passed by the Sen- ate on the 18th day of the Session Most of the measures that died or were voted down in the special session are expected to be reintro- duced in the regular session, which opened at 10 o'clock this morning ! The following are the measures introduced during the special ses- sion:
 SENATE MEASURES
 S.B. 1, by Senator Jones, to li- cense and impose tax on contrac- tors. Died in Senate committee. S.B. 2, by Senator Engebreth, to license and tax business establish ments. Died in Senate Committee S.B. 3, by Senator Barr, to in- crease the motor fuel oil tax tc 4 cents per gallon. Killed by vote of the Senate.
 Senate Memorial 1, by Senators Jones and Munz, asking that Con- gress invalidate legislation passed by the special session. Killed by vote of the Senate. HOUSE MEASURES H.B. l, ty Ways and Means Com mittee, to levy a net income tax. Passed by both houses and approv- ed by the Governor. HB. 2, by Ways and Means Con- mittee, to levy a general property tax. Passed by the House, died in the Senate.
 HB. 3, by Rep. Jensen. To levy a tax on raw fish and fishery pro- ducts. Died in the House. H.B. 4, by Rep. Jensen. To in- crease the license tax on fish traps Passed by the House, died in the Senate.
 H.B. 5, by Rep. Jensen, to in- crease fishermen's license fees and create Board of Fisheries. Died in the House.
 HB. 6, by Rep. McCutcheon, to adopt the 1949 compiled laws as the Code of Alaska. Passed by both houses and signed by the governor H.B. 2, by Printing and Purchas- ing Committee, to buy typewriters land pay Balance due on two mim- ieograph machines Passed by both houses and signed by the Governor
 H.B. 8, by Rep. Beltz, to increase the school tax to $10.5O. Passed by the House, died in the Senate.
 H.B. g. by Rep. Owen, to in- crease the license fee for lobbyists Passed by the House, withdrawn in the Senate at the request of the author.
 H.B. 10, by Rep Taylor, to estab- fish uniform business and trade licenses. Died in the House.
 H.B. Il, by Ways and Means Com mittee, raising the per diem allow ance of legislators from $7 to SIS per day. Passed by both houses and signed by the Governor.
 H.J.R. l, waiving for employees of the legislature the law prohibiting payment of compensation to aliens Passed by both houses and signed by the Governor.
 H.J.R. 2, appropriating funds for expenses of the special session Passed by both houses and signed by the governor.
 H.J.R. 3, providing for payment of salary to members who were late In arriving at the session. Passed by both houses and signed by the Governor.
 APPRECIATION EXPRESSED
 During the closing minutes of