The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-14
MORE BILLS PASS HOUSE
 WITH SPEED
Approve Increased Trap License,
 Hiqher School Taxes
By BOB DeARMOND

Two more revenue measures, both of them tipping the levy provided by present laws, dipped through the House of Representative this fore noon in record time under suspen- sion of the rules.
 They are Rep. Marcus Jensen's ' bill to increase the license tax on i fish traps and Rep. William Beltz' measure to increase the school tax.
 This makes three revenue meas ures that have whizzed through the House and veteran legislators to- ] day commented that it is unprece- dented for such major tax measures to rass without extensive floor dis i cussion.
 : The Jensen till, providing for the heaviest levy on fish traps in the Terrltory's history, passed unani- mously, as did the Net Income Tax bill in yesterdays session.
 The bill as originally introduced, provided for a doubling of the li- cense tax on fish traps. Before its passage, however, the House adopt ed amendments to redouble this rate and to provide for heavy tax on excess catches of salmon in traps.
 The bill provides the following taxes on traps:
 Hand driven or stake traps locat- ed on tide lands, $30C each instead of the previous $75.
 Pile driven or floating traps, S12oO each instead of $500.
 Tn addition to the above tax, any person. firm or corporation occu- pying and operating more than three traps will pay an additional $500 per trap for the fourth to the tenth trap inclusive, an additional $1200 per trap for the 10th to the 2oth, an additional $500 per trap for the 2lst to the 50th, and an additional $20O0 for all traps over 50.
 BOOST ON EXCESS
 An even greater increase came in the tax on the catch of fish by traps. Heretofore the levy has been $4 per thousand. or mills per fish, on all fish in excess of 100000 caught by an individual trap.
 The bn as amended provides for the following levy on the trap catch:
 Five cents on each fish caught in excess of 15,000 and up to 50.000.
 Ten cents on each fish caught in excess of 50,000 and up to 100000. Fifteen cents on each fish caught in excess of 100000 and up to l50,- GOO.
 Twenty cents on each fish caught in excess of l50,000 and up to 100000.
 Twenty-Five cents on each fish caught in excess of 100000. There was no discussion of the till or of its amendments on the House floor this morning, the amendments were uni n mo us ly adopted. the rules suspended and l the measure went sailing through final passage without a dissenting vote but with one member, Rep, Keating, absent.
 SCHOOL TAX RAISED
 The bill introduced ty Rep. Will l liam Beltz to increase the school tax levy from the present $5 to $10.50 had four negative votes when the roll was called on final pas sage, Reps. Ipalook and Rydeen of the Second Division, Hope of the First Division and Speaker Nolan voting against it. The emergency l clause, to put the Act into effect immediately upon final passage and approval, was passed unanimously. i The bill provides that 35 percent { of revenues collected are to be all ] located to the universities of Alas ka to he used for the payment of ! faculty salaries; the other 65 per cent going to the General School Fund to be used for teachers salar- ies
 COMMENT ON BILL
 Speaker of the House James Nolan told a reporter after his vote against the school tax doubling bill that he was not opposed to the tax figure, but felt the bill is not inclusive enough.
 The only outspoken opposition to contents of the school tax bill came in the House Ways and Means com- mittee. Rep. Amer Rydeen, Nome Democrat, moved that the proviso for 35 percent of the take go to the University of Alaska salaries and wages should be stricken. He proposed that ali the revenue should go direct into the school fund with