The Alaska daily empire., 1915-03-05
QUESTIONS
 ARE SPRUNG EARLl

Bills. covering two subjects. which were introduced In the Senate yester' day are expected Co result in sharp contests The sulzer Senate blli which bears tho "No- l' label inyoiv- es the question as to whether or not Che money derived from tho forest service reserves is properly the prop erty Of the Judicial Division 10 which the contributing forest is located or whether it should be distributed throughout the Territory irrespective of the source of payment This Is a question abou, which there is known to be @ diversity of sentiment The .SuIzer bin in tho Senate is the same as the Heckman bin in the House. Both bnls provide for the use Of the forest receipts in the division in which tho forests from which the receipts are derived arc located
 Another matter about which there are differences Of opinion Is the man .ner Of selecting an attorneygeneral aud the differences are brought out more or less sharply in the bills in' troduced in the Senate yesterday. The bill presented by Senator Milnrd pro vides that the attorneygeneral shall he appointed by the Governor and that his annual salary shall be S5.000 Che same as that now allowed United States district attorneys in Alaska.
 Senator Aldrich's bin presents oth- CT Ideas about tho manner of select ing an attorney-general by providing that be shall be elected by the people instead of appointed by the Governor and that the Legislature shall elect an attorneys general to serve until the next general election. Senator Al drich's bin provides Q salary Of SI500 a year for the attorney-genera.
 It Is said that there is sentiment in the Legislature that fayors the eiec- tion Of the attorneygeneral by the people, but that would have the Goy9r- nor appoint the man to an the office untn the next general election. ThPse who hold to this position believe that Che legislative and executive branches of the government should be kept sep arate and that extraneous matters that might have influence on legisla- ton should not be injected into the legislative assembly
 Tho Suizer and Hickman bills were referred, respectively to Senate and House committees on highways. The Willard and Aldrich bills are in the hands cf the Senate Judiciary com mittee
 THE. WILLARD BILL.
 Senator B. F. Miliard's bin author. izing the creation Of the office and providing for the appointment Of an Attorney-General for Alaska. is as fol. lows:
 Section l. office created. ouain- cations: The office Of AttorneyGen- eral of tho Territory of Alaska is here. by created. 4 person to be capable of holding and eligible for the office Of attorney-general Of tho Territory Of Alaska shall be twenty-five years Of age or more. a citizen of the United States, and at the time of appointment to the offIce shall be a practicing at- torney who shall have practiced and resided in the Territory Of Alaska. at least three years prior to his appoint ment: provided that the meaning of tho word residence" as used in the provisions of this Act shall mean ac- tuai and personal residence In tho Ter ritory of Alaska
 Section 2. First Attorney General; How Appolnted: The first attorney general Of the Territory Of Alaska, shall be appointed by the Governor of the Territory of Alaska. and the name of such appointee shall be submitted to the Senate Of the Territory. Of Alas ka for confirmation or rejection.
 Section 8. Term of Office The term ot office of the first attorney general of Alaska shall expire on the first day of January nineteen hundred and seventeen, but the term Of office of all Territorial Attorney Generals thereafter, unless appointed to fll ye. cancies at the time existing shall be for Q period of four years from and after the first day Of January, next succeeding the day of his appointment and each attorney.Generar shall hold and perform the duties of his office until his successor shall have been ap- pointed and duly qualified The Gov. emor is authorized to i'm all yacan- cies in the office of Attorney General, if the Senate is not in session. at any. time when vacancy shall occur, by granting commission, which shall expire at the end Of their next regular session thereafter.
 Section {. Attorneyy General to Qualify: When and How The first attorneygoneral of the Territory oil Alaska, immediately upon receiving. written notice of hls appointment to the office, which notice shall be pre- pared and sent to such officer. so ap. pointed by the Secretary Of tho Ter ritory, shall qualify by taking an oath 10 support the Constitution and Laws ot the United States and tho Territory oi Aiasia, and to honestly and faith .uliy perform tho dulles Of the office upon which he is about to enter, which path shall be taken at the Capital Of Inc Territory
 Section 5. Qualifications of succeed ng attorney-general: Each Attorney General, alter the first, shall, on or lefore the aay on which his term Of 'ilice commences take the oath of
 
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