The Alaska daily empire., 1915-04-23
CREST OF BILLS
 ARE ACTED ON

Working like beavers with tha re. alizauon that on. siS dags more o the session remain mtt a3ioWnment sine die the House anu senoic eieared Up two long caiepdsr3 yeaterday by remaining r session umul almost d.a. nertime.
 Tbe paly bill providing tor tho res ulation oi public service cornomti9n by municipal councils. which passed the House several days ago. was Kiln ed In che Senate by indefinite post ponement The right Of the leelsle ture Go nuss the hili was advanced e reason for the Senate'8 action Sena tor Mnlards bill providing am aitor ney general for Naska, hy appont mmt also was voted out or the Sen- ate. by postponement and che two den tal measures introduced by SenaEos Hubbard at the reqrest of Dr. Daeeett oi Scward. also .ltc5 oi passaee Senators 0uahad. Aac.eh and Gausiad voted For che pills aW their colleagues outpoiaiea ihem
 Commission SUI Lives.
 The Aldrich bin aimed at tine com mission Tor the promotion os uniform laws. failed of passage- and Che neae are will remain on the Statute books at least for another iwo years The law was enacted by the First -ogis. laldre. in 1912. The vote on the re peal bni showed Senators A-dric1. ain' Gam Sutherland and Gaustad In ia vor of repeating the law. Senators Sus ger. Willard. Tanner and Hubbard gc; lng against thc Aidrich bin As tle vote stood at evens, the bill failed. Senator Aldrlchs chief objection Go the law was the provision for an ox pense account in the event any ol the three commissioners made a trip Go the congress held in the States every year He declared that the Territory money had been wasted by Judge R. ! A. Gunnlson on the latter's wsii 70 Washington last year The Judge pre- sented m account containing expense items aggregating Sfo0. Senator Aid. rich objected to what he termed was lavish tipping
 Road Memorial Passed.
 Senator Sulzer's memorial Co ihc road commission asking that S59ooo of the S350.000 which the commission will spend this year be appropriated for improvement in the First division, passed the Senate by unanimous vote. The memorial points out that the First division. which Is the largest taNaay CT of any or the divisions in Alaska. has been neglected by the road com mission it asks for road from Char coal point to Netchil.an, a road from Petersburg to Scow Bay bridge over Nendenhall river improvement of the Sikine river rall aud improve ment oi the portage road on Prince oi Wales Island.
 The Coombs road oyerseer bill was passed to third reading by tho Senate. with an amendment giving five instead Of two per cent of the road moneys to the overseers in each division named In House resolution The amount each overseer will receive for expending S11.000 on roads .n his di. vision viii be approximately $500
 Senator Hubbard's amendments- to the Aldrich elective attorney general bill were agreed Go by the Senate just before adjournment for the day Five thousand dollars was the salary ilnai. ly agreed upon for the bin.
 Ten Bills Pass House.
 Four bills. three joint memorials and three joint resolutions. all of which or iginated in the House passed that body yesterday and were sent Co the Senate this morning.
 The measures were as follows
 House Bnl 56 prohibiting aliens from fishing in the waters of Alaska tThe bill seeks to cure the pre- eni law which has been circumvented oy Japanese fishermen byorganizing dunn my companies. with Americans as n' corporators and working for the com pany9
 House Blu s. amending the dental laws
 House Bm 99. providing duties oi at toraey general in estates subject to escheat
 House Bnl lO2 providing that road house keeper. hotel keepers, etc., shall have liens on guests. in lieu of the pay ment Of obligations
 J. N 20. asking that ten acres of land acquired by the government in the purchase of the Alaska Northern railroad at Seward, be set aside for school purposes.
 J. M l8 asking Congress to vest control of the Alaska game. in the Ter ritorial Legislature (The memorial reminds Congress that in his last re-
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