The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-02-19
Bill WOULD
DOUBLE TAX
FOR SALMON
By JIM HUTCHINSON

canned salmon tax was introduced
today by the senate taxation COM
mittee.
1t came in as a committee sub
stitute for Sen Gunnard Enge-
hreth's proposal for a new tax per
can.
The present canned salmon tax,
based on raw fish valuation, brought
IN about 81 100000 last year, accord
ing to Tax Commissioner M. P. Null
laney.
| The senate passed two bills to-
day which previously had been APP
proved by the house.
One, by Mayer Waino Hendrick-
son of Juneau, would allow city
councilmen to be elected TIC one,
two or three-year terms. The pres
ent law is for one or three-year
| terms.
1t won senate APPROVAL unani-
mously
The senate voted 1873 to make
the three-volume Alaska compiled
laws the official legal code of Alas
ka That means it will be the final
authority on territorial laws even
though attorneys acknowledged
there were some slight variations or
omissions from the laws as passed
! by previous legislatures.
The bill, by Rep. Jack Copyright
/ D-Anchorage), was making its
second trip around the legislative
merry-go- round. 1t was approved
by the 1949 special session but is
being reenacted because of the
/ legal shadow over the validity Of
the apeaial session
The senate had held up action for
more than two weeks, awaiting an
opinion from Juneau attorneys on
the action The final vote came after
the Juneau Bar Association recon-
mended passage. in a letter to Sec
rotary M. E. Monagle.
The letter said the association
recommended that the legislature
accept the volumes as the laws Of
! Alaska and repeal all session laws
previously enacted"
II said that the volumes have
been used as the source books for
attorneys for two years and "er-
rors are few and inconsequential."
Salmon Tax Bin
The substitute salmon tax bill
would boost the tax from 4 per cent
of the raw fish value to 3 per cent.
The tax is on SO per cent CT the
actual prevailing wholesale market
in Seattle.
The original Engebreth bill pro-
posed a new tax Of three-quarters
of a cent a can on red, king and
sockeye salmon and half cent on
other varieties.
The substitute bill would raise
more than the original proposal.
Engebreth estimated his proposal
would bring in around $1,0000o0 a
(, year. On the basis Of the tax col
lection last year, the doubling OF
! the raw fish tax would add 81 400
0oO.
! A salmon industry authority
cited wider variation.
| He said that the present tax on
pinks, for example, is 40 cents o
case. The doubling proposal there
fore would add 40 cents a case COM
pared to Fngebreth's proposal of a
24-cent tx per case on pinks.
Engebeth's bill provided that the
new revenue would be earmarkeo
for school purposes. The substitute
does NO earmarking. it would &C
into the general fund.
Sen. Anita Garnick's bill for q
/ southeastern branch of the Uni
versity Of Alaska was up in the sem
ate on second reading. 1t was clear
ed off the days calendar by her
request that it be held in second
reading until next Saturday
Two other bills were introduced
in the senate today,
Sen. w. L. dam Lhamon intro
duced one to make the estates Of
persons who died without leaving
relatives, go to the territory instead
of the Federal Government, II M
other provision is made for dispo'
sition of them
Sen. Frank Bar D-Fairbanks)
I introduced bill for coming restric'
lions around airports. It would pro
.hibit the growing of trees, of thu
erecting Of tall buildings where
they would be a hazard to use o
the airport Any existing structures
however. would not be affected.