The Alaska daily empire., 1915-03-23
FIVE NEW
 BILLS ARE
 PRESENT

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 While the Senate was hearing the judiclary committees recommendation that the four attorney general meas ures be made Q special order of bus ! mess. for consideration by the com. mittee Of the whole Thursday morn ing, the House today passed to its third reading the memorlal asking ! Congress for Sl25,0o0 for native hos- pitals in Alaska, heard the second reading of the uniform S.hour mining law and after some discussion as to the chances of the Territory being able to pay the wolf bounties shunted the Sulzer bill over to Q new place on | tho calendar
 Two new bills were introduced in the House. one. by Mr. Heid. Co pun : fish wife-deserters and to regulate maintenance allowances, and another by Mr. Heckman. to amend the bank ing laws The Britt medical bill was made a special order for tomorrow at In o'clock
 ] When the Shoup native hospital resolution was read Mr. Snow want cd to amend it by inserting clause to give white men, also. the benefits Of government hospitals. Later he said that something was woiully wrong in the Indian relief system in ' Alaska. and said that his purpose in amendlug was to bring the question squarely before ihe House
 The House indicated it wanted ma hive hcspltais and remarks OH the| inadequacy of the present government medical force in Alaska were made by : Mir. Heckman. Mr. Moran. Mir, Noon. and Mr. shoup.
 Three New Senate Bills.
 Three new bills were introduced, as follows
 Senate Bill No. 20, by Senator Gau- stad. entitled An Act authorizing municipalities to grant franchise to public service corporations. Re tered to committee on banks and banking: corporations dncluding mu. uicipaD
 Senate Bur No. 26. by Senator Aid rich. entitled. "An Act to regulate the collection of medical and hospital fees by an employer from an em- ployee." Referred to committee on mining and manufactures. ! Senate Bin No. 2I by Senator Hubbard. entitled "An Act to author ne the organization. operation and management Of Trust companies in the Territory of Alaska" Referred to committee on banks and banking, etc
 The Senate passed II. B. 24' appro. priating $500 for contingent expenses in the office of the ex-oficio registrar of vital statistics.
 The Senate received the Driscol election bin. which was read by title and referred to the election commit tee. heard the reading of Mir. Shoup's resolution relating to the transfer oi funds to meet expenses of the Pic ueers Home. iayorably reported for passage. with amendments, the fisher les memorial and adopted the report of the judiciary committee on its rec. concentrations for a whole committee to take up the attorney general and legal counsel measures, Of which there are four
 Mining sgl Up.
 The genral S-hour-day-in-mines bill, introduced for the purpose of applying the short working day to rock quar- ries. gypsum Quarries, and all classes of open cut placer and metalhierous lode mining, provoked a general dis cussion. Mir Held moved to table the measure. for Q general hearing tomor- row night. arguing that the bill should make provision for Glory Hole" work by SO stating, The mos ton was lost and two amendments. affecting employment in stamp and roller mills Gas applied to metallifer- ouB mining and another reiteratlng the reference to "open-cut mining were passed. The hill went to the en- ! grossment committee.
 After Representatives Noon and Snow had proposed an amendment to the wolf bounty bil, to limit the ooun- ! ty moneys paid by the Territory dur ing the next two years to si0,00O. ex- . elusive of the mo1eys derived from the sale of pehs. RepresentatiYe Shoup was permitted to withdraw an amendment regarding payment Of me , houndes out of the general fund. and lhe bll went over and is in the same shape as t came from the senate. The bin will await the disposition or ,, Che appropriation and revenue meas. uras, upon which its enforcement hinges.