reading of the property tax bill,
which means an end to chances of
amending it unless it becomes in
volved in a House-Senate dead
lock and goes to conference com
mittee later. It now will come up
in order on the Senate calendar
for a vote on the final passage.
Attempts to give fishing boats a
0 special exemption from the 10
mill levy apparently failed.
Several Senators predicted ear
lier the bill would pass if special
exemption amendments were kept
out. They were.
The bill in the form in which i‘
will face a final Senate vote fails
to include the revised special in
centive clause as asked by attor
neys for projected pulp mills.
An attorney for the Ketchikan
Pulp Co., advised the Senate yes
terday he considered the present
clause empowering the tax com
missioner to make partial exemp
tion for ten years invalid.
Atty. Robert Jernberg of Ketc*?i
ikan told a reporter a new pro
posal basically was for the legis
lature to grant outright a 10-year
^ exemption from the full 10 m ils
levy. The firm then would expect
to pay only the 5Vt> mills school
district pi'operty tax.
Final special concession pro
posals on the property tax bill
yesterday afternoon, after a long
hearing before crowded galleries,
were for $5 a ton on boats, pro
posed by Sen. Victor C. Rivers.
j Democrat and defeated by an 8-8
deadlock; and a S3 per ton pxo
posal by Republican Sen. Charles
Jones .defeated 9-7.
Sen. R. M. MacKenzie recom
mended tonnage as a much easier
basis for assessment because ton
nage was registered with customs,
but Sen. John G. Butrovich, Jr.,
declared “We don’t need any
sugar coated tax measures for
special classes.”
H. L. Faulkner, attorney for the
pulp firm considering the Sitka
development, recommended to the
Senate hearing a flat 10-year ex
emption, Jernberg said the new
Ketchikan proposal got a cold re
ception in the Senate taxation
committee.
In the House the only votes
against the school bond issue me
morial were cast by Republican
Rep. George Miscovich and Demo
cratic Rep. Aimer Rydeen. The
memorial cited the overcrowded
Alaska schools and the “deplor
able state of disrepair.” It was au
thored by Rep. Jack Conright, An
chorage Democrat and supported
strongly on the floor by speaker
Stanley McCutcheon and Rep.
Clarence T. Keating, also Anchor
age Democrats.
The memorial asks also that
Congress provide some degree of
matching fupds for any approved
bond issue.
Main challenge to the bond is
sue proposal on the floor was by
Rep. James Nolan who said the
interest alone on $15,000,000
would be $400,000 or more. He
proposed putting that into school
appropriations instead. However,
he voted for the memorial on final
passage.
Keating emphasized it would
not be mandatory to issue the full
$15,000,000 even if Congress ap
proved. Conright argued that if
“we want schools built we must
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W. H. GRAVES. FORMER
NOMEITE. PASSES ON
Clippings from California news
papers have been received here
telling of the death of W. H.
Graves on Feb. 7, at the Oroville
Curran hospital after an illness of
several months.
Mr. Graves, aged 67, is well :
known here having been dredge
master for about 15 years for the
U. S. Smelting Co., which posi
tion he left in 1941 because of ill
health- While in Nome he married
and is survived by his widow and
stepson Walter H. Maas, who now
teaches school in Orlando, Calif.
When Mr. Graves left Nome he
returned to Pentz, Calif., where he
had been a stock raiser and miner.
His funeral services took place
in Chico, Calif.
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take the bull by the horns now.”
The House vote came after edu- ;
cation commissioner James Ryan
described rural school buildings
as falling apart with snow drifting
into the school rooms. He said to
tal immediate building needs
would require $12,000,000 but the
board of education w as asking in
the budget for $1,500,000 for rural
schools and $1,000,000 for cities.
CITY COUNCIL
The Nome City Council met in
regular session Monday evening.
Councilman Bronson of the
street committee reported that all
streets were now open and pass
able.
Councilman Anderson reported
that the flush toilets for the City
Hall and Fire Department were
ready and cess pool was being
dug.
A ljquor license was granted to
John Vlaar to be used in the
Nome Liquor Store.
Two letters were read from
Carl Lomen stating that every
thing looked favorable for the
passage of the appropriation of
funds for the breakwater.
An application for police officer
was received from Washington. D.
C.
Norvin Lewis suggested that the
city install another fire siren in
the neighborhood of the Alaska
Hoad Commission with speaker,
east and west so that volunteer
firemen in that part of town will
be able to respond when the
alarm is sounded.
City Attorney Tanner suggested
L'.S. Commissioner's Court
At Commissioner’s Court held
this morning:
Ruby Singyke received 90 days
suspended sentence for being
drunk in a public place.
Annie Weoholuk received 45
days for giving liquor to an habit
ual.
Lena Mundy received a 60 days
sentence and $300 fine for being
drunk on a public street.
Glenna Paul received a 90 day
sentence for being drunk in a pub
lic street.
that central be given a list of
the names of the volunteers and
cal Ithem when there is a night
fire.
Councilman McAllister, looking
ahead to the tourist season, stated
that the city should get behind lo
cal organizations in sponsoring
the pioneer spirit sometime during
the summer.
Council Osborne called atten
tion to the fact that curfew no
longer is in force on the post and
a conference with army officials
was asked for concerning factors
involved.
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