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6 Sec. 1) Statesman, Salem,' Raises for Most, Biit Not All, Top State Officials Forecast Probable pay increases for most, but net all, top state of ficials were forecast Saturday as a legislative committee at the Oregon Capitol drew up a list of proposed new maximum salary limits for those officers whose salary is set by state law. Increases in the salary ceilings ranged from $300 to $3,000 from 4 to 33 per cent But in some cases no increase was indicated. This list will be submitted by the f salary subcommittee of the ways and means committee to Gov. Paul Patterson for review Legislative 12 Weeks in Session " ' . -; : 1 Bill Introduced 1.065 i I. -tl m "'a i r oriy more ouis oi me law Legislature were. sent to the gov ernor for signature during the past week at the Oregon Capitol, i The Senate and House ; each passed 20 bills which already had the stamp of approval from the other chamber. In addition, the Senate completed action on a bal lot measure and a memorial to Congress. These bills received final legis lative action in the week: SB li Psychiatric examination, as required by law in certain sex crime cases, authorized to be Efven in state hospitals; courts al lowed to order such examinations in other cases. SB 19 Permits transfer of state convicts to outside hospitals for certain surgery or medical treat ment. , - ' , SB 36 Authorizes deductions from state paychecks for em ployes' United Fund contribution, SB 51 Formula for an adjusted sale price on real property figur ing 'in state personal income tax made to conform with federal in come tax law." j5B 54 Allows deductions in computing tax for employers', con tributions to employes' retirement funds. : SB 5J Allows deductions in computing tax for corporations contributing to employes -retire ment Jund. fn mm T l - Ctntj, f n4 Unar 3D H LiCia oiaic uouu isua. v. 'regulate taking minerals from ocean beaches. 1 SB 124 Sets license fee for house trailers at $15 for those un der 30-foot length and $25 for those vr I SB 127 Subjects church parking , SB 132 Requires local taxing bodies when reporting levies to the assessor to include copy of approved annual budget and to state amount of money required in dollars and cents. ; SB 15$ Game Commission given authority to regulate game tag ging and tag cancellation method; changes made in recording by hunter of parts of game animal given to fellow hunters. SB 189 Finance director given power to allow use of state cars without state seal marking when such cars needed for investigative work. . SB 210 Officers of state, county, city-or public' district may be au thorized by appropriate governing body to use facsimile signatures. SB 234 Will automatically re voked after maker of will is di vorced. SB 236 Makes embezzlement laws apply to administrator and executors of estates. SB 231 Secretary of state au thorized to charge state agencies for their proportionate share of rental lor space occupied in build ing leased by the state. SB 338 Permits county fire dis tricts' to tax other taxable prop erty as well as land. SB 345 Sets up Employe Sug gestions Award Board with $10, 000 a year for two years to pay in prizes for employes offering, meritorious suggestions to promote . efficiency and economy in govern ment. SB 361 Raises limit on annual appropriation for Multnomah County tax supervising and conser vation commission from $20,000 to $30,000. SB 390 Courts permitted to grant additional time for filing of appeals from decision of State Tax Commission. Filing now required within 20 days. . HB 41 State Tax Commission directed to appraise all timber lands for tax purposes. - HB 42 Counties may have tax commission appraise industrial properties. on At rViuntiM may Via vo tar commission prepare maps or plats for assessors' use. HB 46 Average monthly inven tory may be used in computing personal property tax. HB 66 Requires auto wreckers to secure auto dealers licenses if part of their business is buying and selling vehicles. " HB , 116 Vacancy caused by re call of a school director shall be 141 North COMMERCIAL Ore.,' Sunday, April 3, 1935 before a final recommendation to the Legislature is made, j Rep. Orval Eaton (R), Astoria, subcommittee chairman, said the hoped this phase of salary legis lation could be completed in the coming week Maximum, Minimum Set j Each statutory salary has! a minimum and maximum figure stated by law. What the official gets is determined by the state board or elective officer who hires the officer. Increasing the maximum permits raises for those officers now at the maxi- Box Score Bills Passed by Both Houses Bills Passed This Week 276 40 filled by appointment of the school board. (Present law requires can didates to fill vabancy be on same ballot which decides recall.) j HB 145 Increases capital re quirements of hospital care as sociations. I i j HB 147 Permits separate insur ance of several j dwelling units in one policy, with Separate premiiim to be listed in policy. j. HB 237 Provides cost of live stock gates must be paid by appli cant even on county roads. f HB 284 liquor commission given power to I certificate out-of-state breweries selling in Oregon, hence permitting the commission to regulate thfir activities Ae same 'as now done for Oregon breweries. ' ; HB 289 Allocation of 10 per cent of state highway revenue! to the cities is extended to cities! of under 1,000 population without the present requirement &t submitting plans for use of !such funds in ad vance HB 293 Makes it legal to drive in a middle lane ion four-lane high ways. ! , i HB 302 Requires fairs , and other public corporations operating pari-mutuel race meets to p'ay racing commission 1 per centof goss receipts in -addition to he present $1 licence fee. HB . 364 Sets j fee for longline commercial fishing license at $15; other or beam trawl license, $37.50. HB 402 Gives! state agriculture department authority to establish walnut and filbert grades asrid standards instead of having them fixed by state law. I HB 508 Clarifies law to set 000 pounds as minimum weight for commercial j vehicle to come under state mileage tax. i HB 509 Alcohol beverage tax made payable on; 20th of month fol lowing withdrawal of beverage from federal bond. j HB $23 Appropriates $10,000 for Board of Control) 'revolving fund. HB 524 Appropriates $25,000 for partial payment of legislative ex penses . j 1 HB 525 Appropriates $78,000 tor costs in transportation of state hospital 'inmates and state con victs. j HJR 11 Puts on next year's gen eral election, ballot the proposal that state agencies may accept gut of stock in private corpora- tions. HJM 12 Memorializes President and Congress to! name the lake behind McNary Lake. Dam as Aldrich Cancer Doctor Arrested for No License WASHINGTON! Pa. UFl Dr. Newton D. AllenJ a staff member at the Hoxsey Cancer Clinic (in Portage, Pa., wa arrested Friday on a charge of practicing medicine without a Pennsylvania license, i Dist. Atty! Ray G. Zelt of Wash ington County said an information filed by Washington County de tectives charged Allen "misrepre sented himself as a medical doc tor." Dr. Allen posted $500 bond pend ing a hearing before Justice of the Peace Helen Cheti in nearby Dun levy. No date was set for the hear ing. Dr. Allen lives in Eightyfour, Washington County. He pracitced there and in Pittsburgh before the Hoxsey Clinic opened last month.. Th Hoxsey treatment for can cer has; been labeled "worthless" Dr. Allen was arrested at the clinic in Portage. He was not available for comment. Last week, federal pure food and drug authorities seized a quantity of pills at the clinic saying they were mislabeled. Meanwhile the clinic is continuing' to operate. There, are almost seven pounds of calcium in a 150-pound man 99 per cent of it is in his teeth and bones. QIM-UP! ' May we show a card Index . that will do a faster, easier, surer job for you? A Card Index designed to fit your office needs perfectly! That can bei expanded if neces sary any time, j with no limit! A Card Index that will serve through years ahead as efficiently as to day! . - BOOK STOKE Commercial mum salary level permitted by law. The salary committee made no changes in the minimum salaries for statutory officials fixed at the 1953 legislature. Tho maximum annual salary of the State Health Officer is boost ed from $12,000 to $12,600 under the new schedule while the maxi mum salary of the State Finance Director, Harry Dorman, is in creased from $11,000 to $12,000. Upped to $10,000 Maximum salary of the State Forester is lifted from. $9,000 to $10,000. : ' Other proposed maximum sal aries for the 1955-57 biennium, compared with current maximum salaries, follows: Public utilities commissioner, from $11,000 to $12,000. Welfare administrator, from $9,000 to $10,000. Superintendent, Oregon State Hospital, from $9,500 to $12,650. Penitentiary warden, from $9, 000 to $10,500. Three tax commissioners, from $9,000 to $10,000. State police superintendent, from $9,000 to $10,500, Agricultural department direc tor, from $9,000 to $10,000. Deputy attorney general from $8,500 to $9,500. State Industrial Accident com missioners, three, from $9,000 to $10,000. Hospital Superintendents Superintendent, Eastern Ore gon State Hospital, from $9,500 to $10,500. Fairview home superintendent, from $9,500 to $10,500. Eastern Oregon Tuberculosis Hospital superintendent, from $9,000 to $10,000. State engineer, from $9,000 to $10,000. Secretary retirement board, from $9,000 to $10,000. Deputy superintendent state police, from $7,500 to $8,500. Liquor administrator, remain at maximum of $9,000 a year. Deputy state treasurer, from $7,200 to $8,000. Corporat ion commissioner. from $8,000 to $9,000. Insurance commissioner, from $8,000 to $9,000. Adjutant general, from $8,000 to $9,000. . State Unemployment Compen sation commission administrator, from $7,500 to $8,500. f Superintendent of banks, from $8,000 to $8,500. Boys School Director " McLaren school superintendent, from $7,000 to $7,500. Director of geology and miner al industries, continue at $7,200. Director of parole, from $7 200 to 7,500. State librarian, continue at $7,500. , Assistant secretary of state, continue at $8,500. Assistant adjutant general, from $7,200 to $7,500. Director veteran affairs, from $7,200 to $8,000. i Deputy warden, penitentiary, frtrm $7,200 to $8,000. Superintendent Hillcrest School, from $7,000 to $7,500. State real estate commissioner, from $8,000 to $9,000. Assistant superintendent of banks, from $6,500 to $7,000. Deputy public utilities com missioner, from $7,500 to $8,000. Land board secretary, continue at $8,000. ! - Administrator for commission of the blind, from $6,000 to $7, 000. Superintendent, r Deaf school, from $7,000 to $7,500. Superintendent Blind School, from $7,000 to j $7,500. Assistant director veterans de partment, $6,000 to $6,500. Secretary board of control, from $7,200 to $8,500. Deputy warden,! rehabilitation, state penitentiary; $7,200 to $8, 000. : ! Director state board of aero nautics, remain: at $6,500. Wheat commission administra tor, reduced from $10,000 to $6, 000. j . Director potato commission, re duced from $7,200 to $6,000. 6 h Learn about how you, can save as much as $100 or more on the purchase of a new or used car with the STATE FARM BAXK PLAN.- You save on TO financing through your nearby bank at their low : bank rates and with State Farm's low cost. Insurance protection, And we Handle all the arrangements. Call us today there is no obligation. j It tf$ U Kw 7er STATE FARM AGENT J. EARL COOK 26 North High St I Phone 4 2215 Explorer Scouts Confer f f FA . !' ,1 ,1: , . ' -. - . . " - . ' Ml .iii'riii.Trtr.l.i t .. . t Representatives of Northwest: Explorer Scout posts met in Salem Saturday to arrange for a "Citizens Now" Conference, to be held here Jane 23, 24 and 25. At left is Charles Williams, Portland, chairman of the conference planning committee and at right is John Gottfried, Salem, the Cascade Area Council's representa tive on the committee. In middle is Lou Amort, Gottfried's ad visor. Gottfried being in charge of the committee. on planning and arrangements. Bill Passed To Update Driving Laws The state law will catch with modern traffic trends if G6Y Paul Patterson goes along with the Legislature in signing a bill passed Saturday. ; The bill would legalize driving on an inner lane of highways and streets of four lanes or more. It's not enforced now on the wide and divided highways, but the : law says the driver shall drive as close as possible to the right hand ledge of the road The Senate passed this House approved bill Saturday in moving quickly thrbugh a light calendar of business.; The House, with only one bill ready for final action, decided to; take Saturday off. The Senate gave final passage Saturday to a joint resolution which will put on the November 1956, ballot a proposed constitu tional amendment to allow the state to hold stock in private cor porations. ! This will make it legal for the State Board of Higher Education to accept gifts of stock for state colleges or university. The subject of "anti-picketing" came up again Saturday when a bill was introduced in the Senate to make it illegal to influence anybody's free choice in join- rt i i : & . , ing or Keeping out oi laoor or ganizations. ; Sen. S. Eugene Allen's bill says a violation 'would be punishable by jail sentence, and a person considered damaged could col lect up to ! $500. The. Portland senator said "this bill seeks to protect the individual, whom we have often forgotten in our con cern with employers and unions." Violetd Sent to Scientist's Grave BOLOGNAj Italy ui ATien Maria Luisa! Lanzilo, 13, and her 9-year-old sister Paola heard of the 8eath of Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin, they sent 1,000 lire fl.65) to London to buy violets fpr his grave. "Our mother's life was saved by penicillin when she was very, very ill." Maria Luisa explained. Now the jjjirls have a letter of thanks from; Lady Fleming. The widow wrote that she was deeply touched by their kindness and "vi olets were among my husband's favorite flowers." IT COSTS UOTUIUG FIND OUT HOW THE STATE FARM BANK PLAN " MAY SAVE YOU ; FINANCE COSTS m i World tobacco production increas ed about 4 per cent from 1953 to 1954, lays the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. YOUR tin I I , iv I I ; fll ff A U m 1 I r HO i i "I '1 at Salem Federal - , - j -L, 'w.J7-- 'r 'Billy the Elk Back In Portland's Zoo PORTLAND (UP) Portland's elk '('BiDy is back in the zoo where he belongs He jumped his six foot fence morei than a week ago, b(it gave up his wanderlust when lured into a corral with hay, grain and vege tables, all his. favorites. Broadcasters Pick Officers i - . i . EUGENE W Paul E. Waiden of The Dalles radio station KODL Friday was re-elected president of the pregon State Broadcasters Assn.! , Others re-elected at the Oregon Broadcasting Conference here were:) Robert Holmes, KAST. As toria, vice president, and Mrs. Iris HelliwelL KRXL, Roseburg, secretary-treasurer, j Gordon Capps, ;KSRV, Ontario, was named director to .succeed Frank Loggan. BKND, Bend. C. Howard Lane, KOIN-TV, Portland, was re-elected a director. At t the 1 afternoon session Dr. William A. Williamson, assistant professor of history at the Univer sity of Oregon spoke on the sub ject, 1'Backgroundi to Yalta." India-Tibet Border Permits Now; Required NEW DELHI, India UB Indians and Tibetans, who have been trav eling across their mutual frontier for centuries without red tape, are going ! to have to start carrying permits May 1. Prime Minister Nehru announced arrangements for the permit sys tem between India! and the Himal ayan kingdom, now under Red Pei ping rule. , earn mm SAFE: Each saver's .funds arc Insured $10,000.00 by tht Federal Loan Insurance Corporation. CONVENIENT: Our office Is located at560 Salem, across State from the 560 STATE STREET, FACING COURTHOUSE, SALEM, OREGON MEMBER FEDERAL SAVINCS I LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION '-:x :''.- - c.. -.;,-..:! j ... 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