Legislative Box Score
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Weeks in Session
Bills Introduced
322
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46
BiDs Passed by
Both Houses
Bills Passed '
This Week
The Oregon Legislature during
the past week took final action of
46 more bills. So far 322 bills have
received - the approval of both
House and Senate in the three-months-old
legislative session.
Among the major bills passed i
last week were these:
SB 14 Makes convicts who
take hostage subject to 20-year
sentence or a murder charge if
hostage is killed.
SB 207 Permits transfer of
state convicts to other prisons or
jails.
SB 242 Allows selection of resi
dents of any Oregon city for ap
pointment to Board of Higher Edu
cation. SB 279 and 280 Amend person
al income and corporate excise
tax law to follow the federal in-;'
, come tax law in allowing a buyer
and ' seller to apportion between
them the deduction of real prop-j
erty , tax in cases where a prop-,
erty sale figures in the tax com
putation. ;
SB 302 Repeals state law re
quiring local school districts to
have physical education and health
courses. "
HB 125 Allows movement of
wide farm implements on highway
without flagmen escorts. I
HB 17S Authorizes use of,
blood tests in all counties, with
consent of drivers, in connection!
with drunk driving charges. j
.HB 201 Makes it easier toj
cast ballot by mail and extends
such, privilege to all classes of
servicemen, their wives and civil
ians working for government over
seas.' i
HB 238 Enacts 8 per cent
corporation income tax similar to
corporate excise tax but designed
to tax interstate corporations not
now covered. .
HB 253 Relieves log truck
drivers from stopping at railroad
crossings as now required by law.
! HB 278 Limits issuance of
"pioneer" hunting and fishing
licenses; for 50 cents, to those
born before 1900 and meeting the
present requirements otherwise.
HB 555 " Tax an workmen in
firms with Industrial Accident
Commission coverage raised from
1 to 2 cents a day to raise fund
for" payment of widow's pensions.
HB 577 . Approves self-sustained
budgets of $15,917 for State
Board of Funeral Directors;
$9,038 for "Chiropractic Examiners
Board and $2,570 for State Board of
Naturopathic Examiners. '
HB 578 Transfers $1,500 of
State Penitentiary budget to re
volving fund for expenses of Ore
gon Flax and Linen. Board. ,
HB 579 Approves self-sustained
State Library budgets of $16,000
in contingent fund account and
$1,100 in donation fund.
HB 580 Approves self-sustained
budgets of $12,537 for State
Board of Optometry Examiners
and $16,187 fori State Board of
Watchmaking and. iClockmaking
Examiners;' , .-
BLOOD TEST BILL PASSES
The Senate Saturday sent to the
Governor a bill to' allow voluntary
blood tests for persons suspected
of drunken driving. The bill sets
up standars to determine how
much alcohol need be in a person's
blood before he's drunk.
Refrigerator dealers in Alaska
say their sales are growing rapid
ly because food costs are high
and residents find they can save
money by owning permanent food
storage facilities.
3 Major Hearings
Monday at Session
Three major hearings are "set
IQ Monday at the Oregon Capitol,
when state legislators start the
14th week of the session.
f Tbe end is not in sight, as tax,
unemployment benefits and school
support legislation are -far from
completed.
Problems of state .basic school
support to the local districts will
be given hearing Monday by the
Senate education committee in ses
sions from 12:30 to 2:30 p. m. and
again at 7 p. m. in Room 309.
Various bills and proposals are
under consideration for increasing
the amount of state aid or chang
ing the distribution to help needy
districts more.
Monday Night M
The House medical affairs com
mittee will conduct a hearing on
the controversial proposal for
state licensing of day nurseries.
This hearing will be at 7 p. m.
Monday in Room 6.
The Senate natural resources
committee will hear arguments
on the proposed State Water Re-
Mines Found at,
U.S. Consulate
HAMBURG. Germany m The
garden of the U.S. consulate gen
eral here hds yielded up a powder
keg six live World War II mines
linked by electric wiring.
Workers excavating for a new
wing found this demolition charge
imbedded in the concrete ruins
of a former German military build
ing long covered by the soil. The
consulate's 150 employees with
drew while German experts de
fused the mines.
sources Board and ground water
code Monday afternoon, following
the Senate session. f. .
Property Purchase
Whether to introduce a bill al
lowing the state to purchase prop
erties in the extended Capitol Mall
area north of Union Street will
be taken up Monday by the Sen
ate rules committee. The state
and federaf affairs committee af
ter a hearing proposed such a
plan.
The House elections committee
wil consider the 18-year-old voters
issue at its meeting Monday.
When the Legislature returns to
work Monday morning, the House
will debate a proposed constitu
tional amendment to give every
county; one senator. Both Houses
now are apportioned according to
population. ,
The resolution, favored 6-5 by
the House elections committee,
would drastically reduce the power
of the metropolitan counties.
Victims of the common cold can
infect others 24 hours before their
own noses start running.
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