The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-29
Seward Day Is Hereafter To Be Celebrated as a Holiday in This
 Territory
TO RECOGNIZE CITIZENS
Memorial to Congress Is Adopted Requiring Americans on Jobs
 of Government.

The House session this morning was longer than usual and q good grist Of business was transacted. 4 joint memorial asking Congress tC make laws requiring that citizens be employed in Government work wal passed House Bill No. 3, providing an eight.hour day for all underground work was passed. A substitute bil' making Lincoln's Birthday and Sew ard Day, legal holidays was passed and two new bills were introduced i The House was called to order and the roll call showed all present Prayer was offered by the chaplain and the journal read and approved An invitation from Governor and Mrs Strong to the members to attend the public reception tomorrow night wa' read.
 l The Senate notified the House tha ! Senators Gaustad and Roman had been appointed to act with the join committee appointed by the House to confer over Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 2. which provided that the Committee of Education of th two bodies meet in joint session. and providing for the hiring of clerks This resolution was amended by tho House to omit the portion relating tc clerk hire and expenses. The Sen ate refused to accept the amendmen and the two bodies appointed com mittees to confer on the resolution
 For Read Appropriation
 A Memorial was introduced b. Representative Allan asking Con gress to accept the recommendation of the Secretary of War and restore the appropriation of $5OO,OOO for th, building and maintenance of road and highways in Alaska to the ap propriation bill.
 4 message from the Senate trans hitting House Joint Memorial No. and stating that it had been passed by the Senate. This memorial re lates to the re.appointment of Gov, eruor Strong. It will be engrOsse and transmitted to the Secretary ol the Territory
 Senate message transmitting Sen ate Bill No. 20, having relation tC legal holidays in the Territory was received. On motion of Represents tive Snow the bill was placed on tho calendar for the second reading.
 The rules committee repOrte' transmitting copy of the rules a amended and adopted and they were ordered referred to the committee tC have printed.
 The Committee on Banks and Bank ing was granted an additional three days to consider House Bill No. l5
 Action on s-Hour Law
 House Bill No. 9. limiting the hour, of labor in underground mines o' all kinds to eight hours at the face was reported out of the engrossmen committee for third reading. Rep resentative Snow moved that the third reading be advanced and tha' the bill be considered today and this carried.
 Representative Price introduced House Bill No. 24. prohibiting Unit. ed States Commissioners from prac ticing law before the District Court of the Division in which their pre-. cinct is located" This was referred to the committee on Judiciary.
 Representative Snow introduced House Bill No. 9. providing for the establishment of Citizenship Night Schools in the Territory, providing for their organization, designating courses of study and making proyis' ion for payment of expenses" This was referred to the Committee on Education.
 House Bill No. 3 then came up for the third reading and was passed ] unanimously. after which the emer- gency clause declaring the bill in force and effect on and after May Ist. 1917, was also carried unani. 
 Committee of the Whole
 senate Bill NO. C, as amenueu' | providing for the granting of public 1 service franchises to corporations came up. After the House had re- solved itself into committee of the whole house. considered the bill and reported. it was discovered that the bill had not been properly signed and certified in the Senate and it was sent back on a point of order.
 Senate Bill No. 20 then came up for the third reading. It was discov- cred that the bill repealed all other bills of a similar nature; that it fail ed to declare Sunday holiday and that it carried the emergency clause. AS it was the intention to have the bill signed by Gov. Strong on the semi-centennial of the signing of the treaty and as the emergency clause would have become immediately ef. | fective. it was feared what effect it would have on deliberations of tue courts in the other Divisions of the Territory.
 Holiday Bill Passes
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