The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-19

Mrs. Hermann We have a 2-cent fuel tax at the present time" | Senator Anderson. Per gallon?" i Mrs Hermann Per gallon; per unit whatever ! it is Then we would double that"
 Senator Anderson You gasoline tax on 1 highways for heat?" | Mrs. Hermann "AI fuel, including heat. It is i all oil products" cents" Mrs. Hermann Excuse me, Senator l do not say I would run it to any figure because not a member of the legislature" Senator Anderson But you person se- lected here to tell how going to balance this"
 Mrs Hermann. q suggested that as means for the legislature to levy upon. They might They might find other sources of revenue"
 Senator Anderson Then $1,150000 representing the increase in the tobacco tax and the fuel tax"
 Mrs Hermann. That is right"
 Senator Anderson. You could start out and say there is a deficit of s1150OOO that the legislature must meet in way"
 Mrs Hermann. There are plenty of categories to levy upon"
 Senator Anderson If you decided to get road construction to where it took of maintenance, that $85OOoo just to equal maintenance and not to provide for any construction roads, you would to make it about s2,oOO,OOO."
 Mrs. Hermann. That would be about s2OoO OOO and you will also notice that I have not deducted anything for operating expenses the theory that we can cut some of costs apprecably if we get good constitutional convention in there that is economy minded"
 Senator Anderson. T think most of you find that the desire to cut costs is the heart but always possible in every session of the legislature It is of those desirable goals little difficult one"
 And this ended the budget discussion on Tues day. April 25, between Mrs. Hermann, fiscal expert at the Alaska statehood hearings and Senator Ander son.
 We get back to taxation again the following day: MT Sundborg. Yesterday, when Mrs Hermann was testfying she suggested one way might raise additional money would be doubling the present fuel tax. One of the members of your committee expressed little at the fact that that would be doubling of the tax and it might sound little excessive. Let me say the motor-fuel tax applies to all oil. I think it said specifically yesterday it would apply to oil burned furnaces and so forth It does not It is motor-fuel tax. The present rate of the Territorial tax motor fuel is gallon"
 Senator Anderson Mrs Hermann is here Let us hear what she has to say about it."
 Mrs Hermann. T don't know about the fuel tax whether it is the oil I burn in the furnaces" MT Sundborg TNAr,, Mullaney, the Territorial tax commissioner is here. Maybe he can say word on it. May I invite him to speak?"
 Senator Anderson. Surely"
 MT. Mullaney MT. Sundborgs statement is cor rect It is a motor -fuel-oil tax"
 So there is the record-a part of it at least in which Senator Anderson suggests the Senate will find that persons from Alaska who knew their budget we'll presented it time after time and justified their belief that Alaska could function properly as State'
 Yes The legislature can double the fuel tax and the budget will be balanced simple that, but it sounds very confused to us
 Maybe Senator Anderson should refresh his mem ory by reading the statehood hearings report once more After all, it isn't such long time from April to November, is it?