The Alaska daily empire., 1915-04-03
FRENCH COMMANDER P5Eg.~IS AN E4R-Y VICTORY
DRY BILL TO PROVIDE FOR
 VOTING IN 1916

VOTING IN 1916
 An agreement, reached by th, House that the Snow prohibition res olution should be supplanted by bil' providing a vote on the liquor ques ton in Alaska in November, 1916. and in the event Of prohibition success the abolition of saloons and breweries January l. 1918. and the passage oi the banking amendatory bill were features Of the days proceedings ir the Territorial House Of Representa tives today The liquor bin wos made a special order of business for April 5th
 Representative J. R. HeclSman. oi Ketchilzan stoutly defended Che bank ing bin, which, he said. would give small tows a place to deposit their money The bin reduces the capital stock necessary to the organization of Q bank in Alaska from S25.00O to $15.O0O The vote of the bill was as follows
 Yeas-Britt. coombs, Day Driscol Heckman, Held, Moran, Noon Shoup' Tansey.
 Nay Burns. Getchell, Holland Snow Mir Sneaker.
 Home Rule TO Conference
 The House received notification that the Senate had refused to recede from it's action in substituting the Willard greater Home Rule" memorial for the Shoop Home Rule memorial Con. ference committees consisting of Sen ators Hubbard. Willard and Sulzer and Representatives Holland, Moran and Burns win meet to reconcile the differences between the two houses, on the measure.
 The House passed to third reading r. B. 50. providing a form of local gov ernment for Indian villages The bin is a complete constitution for the goy- ernment of Native settlements and provides 8 council of twelve members, fines and imprisonments for violation of the civic laws. and provides that revenue shall be raised by a poll tax of SS on every male or female resi- dent of the village Provision is also made for punishing witchcraft.
 Representative Heid's ac, Go punish family desertion and Co provide sup port bonds. known as the lazy Illus band bill. went to third reading. with out amendment
 The House unanimously passed H. B. 42. relating to optometry. and the bill will go to the Senate for ratitica- ton
 "Public Utility" Monday
 II. B 2S. Mir. Daiy providing for the regulation of public utilities by com. mon councils in cities of 25O0 popula- ton. which was brought back from committee without recommendation. was made a special order of business for Monday at n o'clock. and will be considered in the committee of the whole
 The House passed Afr Getchells memorial which asks a wireless sta ton on Kotzebue Sound.
 Statehood Measure Continued
 The Senate decided 10 continue m- til Apri 7th the Hubbard memorial which asks Congress to grant State hood to Alaska
 Two bills were read the second time in the Senate, and passed to engross- ment They were the Gaustad bill requiring that Alaska judges submit charges to juries orally. and before the arguments ot counsel
 The Judiciary committee of the Senate recommended for passage H. B. 2I providing fines of from S5 to $50 for men who violate the Sunday so. loon-closing law
 The labor and capital committee re. ported on the Snow S-hour day bili for mines. amending it to include "open pits. smelters. reduction works. and concentrating mills"
 New Bills Filed
 Mr. Day introduced in the House a substitute for IT, B. %. relating to fil- ing grubstake contracts, and it will come up for third reading Monday
 Mr. Held introduced H. B. 51, an act to prescribe the procedure to estab. fish claim by a third person to person al property taken under execution. The bilI provides that when a per sons property shall be seized under execution and a third person claims it. or any part of it. and gives proper notice, the marshals office shall sum mon 6 persons to try the validity of the claim. The procedure of such trials will be similar to a court trial, according to the bill
 Second Wants Money, Too.
 Senator Aldrich introduced a joint resolution asking that S110Sl of the Forest Reserve moneys be spent in the Second Judicial Division for roads and trails
 Senator Sulzer introduced a memor. ial asking Congress- to prescribe right of way over all public lands, reserved or unreserved. for electric plans poles wires, etc. Decisions Of the court in the Treadwen and Miocine ditch cases are cited in the memorial.
 ALASKA GOLD