The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-23
HOUSE HAS
 (LAM0R0U5
 LAST HOURS
Trouble Over Memorials Plaques Representa-
 lives 10 Session 5 End
By BOB DE ARMOND

A>y ""
 An unruly and at times almost
 riotous House of Representatives adjourned sine die at 6 o'clock this morning, with the youngest mem
 Der, Rep. Vernon Metcalfe, making the traditional motion. The Senate had adjourned quar- ter of an hour earlier.
 The closing hours in the House
 were marked by joint session that
 got so out of hand that it was ad-
 journed to save some semblance of
 order, and by a touch of the old
 malady of the 20th House session.
 memorialitis.
 The latter was brought on by a
 relatively simple Senate joint me-
 morial seeking funds from the
 Highway Engineer for maintenance
 work on Nome's small boat harbor.
 Under ordinary circumstances the , memorial would have been disposed of quickly, but between the weari- ness of some of the House mem bers and the high spirits of others in the wee hours of the morning, consideration of the measure turn
 ed into a near fiasco which the memorial barely survived.
 Action Taken In its final afternoon and eve- ming, the House took the following action:
 Passed without amendment a Senate bill providing 50 per cent increase in the raw fish tax on canned salmon. The increase is ex- pected to bring an additional $l,- 5OO,0O0 or more into the coffers during the coming biennium. Iassed by a 17-6 vote the Civil Defense Bill with an appropriation of $10O,000 for administration and $200,0O for purchase of equipment and materials. Later the House ap- proved a Conference Committee re- port tipping the appropriation to $150, ,OO0 and $250,000.
 Unanimously concurred in Senate amendments to H. B. Al, providing for reorganization of the financial control system of the Territory and elected two of it's members to the newly created Board of Adminis- tration.
 Rejected Senate amendments which cut the $18,319.558 House General Appropriations Bill to ST. 894, ,645. Adopted Conference Com mittee report increasing the total to $17,973,645.
 Approved a Senate bill for the licensing and control of dogs un- licensed by a municipality after amending it to reduce license fees for male dogs from $5 to $2 and for female dogs from $10 to $3. Saw the wages and hours bill die in committee after the third Con- ference Committee to receive the measure had reported itself hope lessly deadlocked.
 Revenue Bill The canned salmon tax increase passed the House by a 16-8 vote after an amendment to halve the | increase had been defeated 9-15. The vote came shortly after the noon recess and after Tax Commis- 1 sioner M. P. Mullaney had answered questions regarding the raw fish tax.
 Mullaney explained the discrep- ancy between his report and the Pacific Fisherman Yearbook con- corning total Alaska fish landings by the statement that his figures ! are not complete.
 They were put in for reading purposes. not for computation ol the tax" he said. adding that the tax is based upon the value. no' the poundage, of raw fish. Some of the buyers didn't repor'
 the poundage of fish purchases al all." he said. Its easy for the buy CTS to make a mistake regarding
 their poundage. but when 1t comes
 to dollars and cents figures, it's
 different matter"
 Suggests Other Taxes Rep. Frank Johnson warned tha all of the burden of taxation should not be loaded on the fishing indus
 try and suggested that some atten'
 tion might well be given to increas' ing income taxes and taxes on min
 ing or other industries. Tt is aw fully easy to vote for appropriation
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