The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-01
UNIFORM SCHOOL
 BILL PASSES SENATE All Senators Voted upon Measure Unanimously; Tax Bill Is Laid
 on the Table.
RAILROAD RESOLUTION
Expression of Voters on Eight Hour Is Also Passed by the
 Senate Today.

The Uniform scnool bill which has been under consideration in the Sen ate for several days, passed unan, mously with several minor amend ments this morning House bill pro viding for the regulation of marriage and marriage licenses in the Terri tory, passed with an amendment with all Senators voting for the bii with the exception of Senators Ro man and Aldrich Senate bill pro viding for the building of road upon Unga island in the Territory ol Alaska was killed after a short dis cussion. Seantors Aldrich, Ronar and Heckman upheld the bill on the grounds that it was greatly need | ed benefit Senators Sutherland l Hubbard, Gaustad and Sundback op | posed it on the ground that the bill was a violation against the law pro hibiting special appropriations. Sen ator Gaustad gave notice to recon slider the bill after the appropriations for roads should be known
 Senate bill 76, relating to manu | fracture and sale of so-called tenn perance beverages was continued or the file for this afternoon.
 Senate bill providing for the levy | ing and collecting of personal schoo
 taxes was laid on the table
 Senator Roman introduced a me morial this morning addressed to the President of the United States urging the completion of the gov ernment railway in Alaska from Mat anuska to Rescurrection bay al the earliest possible date to facili tate the transportation of coal to the naval reservation recently ordered to be established at Resurrection bay. Senator Roman explained that the memorial was introduced at the request of the Seward Chamber oi Commerce and was an expression ol 1 the wishes of numerous cities alone | the Pacific coast.
 Compensation Bill
 An amendment to the Mine-E Elm ployees' Compensation bill passed the Senate without opposition thi. morning The amendment provides
 that said medical and hospital treat
 ment shall not be obtained by al employee without the knowledge O. | the employer and that the said treat
 ment in all cases where special treat ment is necessary, shall not incul
 upon the employer an expense il
 excess of expenses incurred in To
 cality where employee was employed
 at the time injury resulted.
 Senate bill providing for an ex
 pression by the electors of the Ter ritory of Alaska, whether they art
 in favor of an amendment to tho general eight-hour day law for al
 wage and salary earners in the Ter
 ritory, excepting from the provision,
 thereof certain industries which have
 to be prosecuted during the opel
 season or summer months, passed
 the Senate with all voting in favo
 except Senator Sutherland. The bil I included several amendments.
 House Bill 10, providing an eight
 hour law for all women engaged il
 certain industries was recommittet
 to the Committee on Capital ant
 Labor for the purpose of making al
 amendment, whereby native womel
 and women of mixed blood employet
 in canneries should be exemptet
 from the operations of the law dur ing the canning season. Senate
 Heckman introduced the amend
 ment and upheld it on the ground
 that such women are practicall.
 without means of earning their win ter supply of food unless allowed
 to work more than eight hours dur
 ing season the canneries are oper
 ating
 House bill providing for the pur
 chase of law library for the use O
 the Attorney-General was voted dOwl
 in the Senate, the vote standing .
 to 3. Senator Gaustad gave notic.
 to reconsider.
 l Boxing Bill Is Up
 ] Senator Heckman moved to re commit Senate bill relating to box ing and sparring contests in tht Territory for the purpose of makins amendments; one of which provided that no professional boxing contests should be permitted in the Territor, and another. reducing the number l of rounds from eight to six; anoth CT permitting athletic clubs to charge admission to contests.
 Senator Aldrich opposed the mo tion to recommit. contending that il admission were charged to each con test an undesirable class of citi