The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1913-04-28
one 10 ten years

one TO ten years.
Representative Gaffney. of Nome.
introduced a resolution in the loNtl
house today. asking congress 10 a.
point an attcrney-general for Tin
territory Of Alaska. and also Ter.
ritori1l secretary. II $ believed the
senate will offer no opposition 20 the
measure
/ The senate has passed the Ingram
+ deception act. which seeks to pro.
+ tect the nottingham against u.
scrupulous employment agencies. Tn
+ bill provides a penalty of both =
/ fine and a term of imprisonment
/ The Driscoll bill for the regul-
I ton of diseased animals was rassed
/ by the house this afternoon ReDre-
sentative Driscoll also introduced q
bill creating a home for aged pros
/ pectors
The Shoup vital statistics bill has
passed both houses and now bears
+ the signature of the governor
BILLS PASSED AND KILLED.
/ JUNEAU. April 2i-The Roden-
/ Gaffney eight-hour bill. after having
/ been shorn of numerous of its i'm
/ portant features during its temrestu.
+ Gus passage through the two housss
i of the territorial legislature was
/ signed by the governor this after
noon. and will become effective a
] he end of three months. After hay-
/ Ing been passed by both houses
and submitted 10 the governor. it VI
sent back for minor changes in III
wording. These changes were aeras.'
+ TO without dissent. and when tn
measure was presented To Goveruo"
! Clark for the second time he signed
/ t without hesitation.
As the bill stands now il is .
straight eisht-hour law. applying on.
/ " to the quartz industry of the ter
ritorv Representatives Burns and
/ Gaffney and Senator Roden dill their
+ best to secure the passage of the bill
E in its or ginal form. and they We're
greatly disappointed With the hti'
as il finally passed. They can find
some consolation In the fact how
ever. that many workers will b.
heuefted under the law as il now
stands
The Driscoll bill which nroviaes
that l. per cent of the t"rritHr ~
funds be devoted to the care of indi-
cents was passed by the house TO
day. but it is by no means sertat"
that the measure will be approved b.
the upper house.
The memorial to congress advo-
eating the abolition of fsh-traps after
he first Of January. 1911 WAS turn
/ al down by the senate TO-DAY after =
sitter contest. Notwithstanding the
act that those senators who vose1
against the measure We're pledged T."
+ heir constituents to work for the
abol tior Of the traps Senator frin"
more than any other member
If the up8er house owes his ele"=
tion 10 the promise that he would
'rv to ril the waters OF Southeastern
Alaska Of the fsh-destroyers. Thos,
voting with Tripp AGAINST the bill
were Senators Willard. Bruner and
ROdeu SUPPORTED the bill to the last
President RAY did not vote
The fish-trap bill was considered
the most important before the leeie-
lature and the failure of the se"a'e
20 pass ii will prove a serious blow
10 the coast divisions. mass meet
ing has been called for TONIGHT to
discuss the situation. and It may
be that another effort viii be made to
secure favorable legislation. al
though along fferent lines
Amendments to the Alaska colo
concerning liens We're passed by tho
tower houSp today after con 1pr1 lttt
debate, some of the members con
tending that merchants should be in
cluded as we'll as mining men