The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-06
Travellers Protection Is Important Measure
 Discussed Before
 Representatives.
ELECTION MEMORIAL UP
Congress May Be Asked To Change Canvassing of Returns for
 Officials.

The entire morning session of the House was taken up in discussion of
 one bill providing for the erection of cabins along trails and roads wherever needed for the protection of travellers Considerable discus sion resulted over the question wheth-
 CT the bill should specify regularly travelled trails or leave the matter of the location of the cabins to the
 discretion of the road commission CTS. It was finally voted to amend the bill by striking the word "regu
 larly," leaving it specially travelled trails" which would include all win ter trails, where the cabins are most needed
 Discussion also resulted over the appropriation, whether it should be
 carried in this bill or in the regu- lar appropriation bill and whether destruction of the cabin or contents should constitute a felony or mis- 1emeanor. The committee of the
 whole which had been considering
 the bill arose at 12:30 o'clock and
 recessed until 1:30 o'clock this af- .ernOon.
 The House was regularly called to
 order with the usual program. The
 House memorial relating to employ
 ment of citizens in clerical posi-
 tions was returned by the Senate after it had passed that body and will be transmitted
 House Joint Memorial relating to the use of money from the pur- chase of townsite lots for the bene- | fit of the towns was also returned after having been passed
 1 Senate Bill taking from the juris- diction of native town councils the person and property of white per
 sons which passed yesterday was re-
 ceived by the House as was also Sen
 ate Bill regarding return of verdicts 1 by juries and amending the com piled laws.
 | Resolutions from the Womens club of Anchorage were received and read, asking that laws be enacted requir- ing women to serve as jurors; that
 certain sections of the Compiled Laws l
 erty; and also endorsing the pro- posed bill for the abolition of capi-
 tai punishment
 The Ways and Means Committee
 reported Senate Resolution allowing
 the Judiciary committee to engage clerical help and recommend it's pas sage; the Committee on Municipal
 Affairs reported the Senate Bill au-
 thorizing municipalities to grant pub | lie service franchies and recommend i ed it's passage, with an amendment,
 and the Judiciary committee reported
 House Bill compelling the attendance
 of witnesses before the House or Sen
 ate for passage, with amendments. | Representative Burns, by request,
 introduced House Bill 37 to amend
 the present laws and regulating the
 method of physicians securing licens-
 es to practice in the Territory, pro-
 viding for their examination and in
 general regulating the medical pro- | fession.
 1 Representative Coombs introduced l ] joint memorial requesting Congress | to pass laws and amend the Organic 1 Act allowing for a Canvassing Board i n each Division of the Territory to
 canvass the vote as to the election | of members for the Legislature and
 all local officials, but leaving the canvass of the Delegate returns to
 the Territorial Canvassing Board at | Juneau.
 ] The House then went into a com
 mittee of the whole to consider the
 House bill providing for the erection of cabins on trails.
 This afternoon the House was still considering the provisions of House
 Bill No 31, which occupied the time l 2f the morning session.