The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-18
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE BILLS ARE BEFORE LEGISLATURE
 TO BE DISPOSED OF IN 13 DAYS

| sO the Roads committee. Senator Suth- erland moved that the rules be sus- pended and that the Senate concur in the amendment suggested by the 1 House. The motion carried.
 Seven Bills Engrossed
 Seven bills were returned by the | Engrossment committee as correctly engrossed. Two were reported by the Education committee, one rec commended for passage and the oth- | CT referred to the Committee of the Whole. The Judiciary committee re- ported back Senate bill pertaining to granting of franchises with a report | that the committee did not concur with the amendments submitted by the House. Upon motion of Senator | Sutherland the clerk was instructed to notify the House that the Senate refused to cLncur, after the adoption | by the Senate of the report of the Judiciary committee. Ten bills, all of which were recommended for pas sage, were reported to the Senate by the Judiciary committee. House Bill B, pertaining to the operation of in surance companies in the Territory of Alaska, was recommitted to the Judiciary committee for the purpose of amending.
 The Senate Pension bill was re- turned by the Finance committee with recommendation for passage of ,tt ,,1o Ir daily file.
 The substitute for Senate bill 23, pertaining to employees disability fund, was returned by the select committee and recommended for pas sage. The reading of the Aldrich road bill as amended then occupied the Senate until adjournment until 1:30 this afternoon.
 Considering Road Bill
 Consideration of the Aldrich Road Bill was resumed by the Senate at 1:30 this afternoon and upon motion of Senator Aldrch seconded by Sen ator Heckman, referred back to the Senate with a recommendation that it do pass.
 Senate Bill 20, providing for the establishment of fish hatcheries by Senator Heckman was referred back to the Senate, with recommendation that they do pass
 Senate Bill 4S providing for a uni form school system was withdrawn upon motion of Senator Roman, chair man of the Education committee and House Bill providing for the same system substituted for consideration House bill was recommended to the Senate to be recommitted to the Fi- nance committee.
 Senate Bill 57, providing fixed sal aries for health commissioners was referred back to the Senate with a recommendation for it's passage. The community property bill was also rec commended to the Senate for pas sage. Senate bill providing a fund for relief expeditions in the Terri tory was amended and referred back to the Senate for passage
 Upon request of Senator Gaustad, Senate Joint Memorial 3 was cared over on the file until tomorrow
 House Discusses Bills
 Six new bills and two memorials were introduced in the House this morning and one bill was passed the the rest of the morning session was taken up in discussion of bills for second reading. l Two new bills were introduced by Representative Price, by request, amending the present laws and deny ing bail to persons charged with mur- ! der in the first degree, treason or rape, where the evidence of guilt is 1 strong; Representative Price, by re- quest, that the terms of persons sen fenced to the penitentiary shall start at the time they are actually deliv- cred at the institution; by Represen- tative Allan, allowing the Governor and Territorial Treasurer an annual fee of $1,000 each for their services as members of the Territorial Bank ing Board; by Representative Corri- gan. increasing the pay of the Terri torial Attorney-General to $7000 per duuull, Dy representative Lay pro viding for the securing and trans porting of deer to the Islands of Prince William Sound and providing for a game warden to guard same and by Representative Burns provid ing for the leasing of Territorial school land.
 i Two memorials were: by Allan asking the Federal government to ap propriate money for the construction of trunk line road from Nome tC Candle, by way of Kougarok and In
 machuk mining districts. and by Rep resentative Coombs asking an approp
 riation for the construction and main teance for government hospital al
 Unalakleet.
 House Bills under consideration , took up the remainder of the morn ing session.
 } House Bill 45 relating to liens or real property passed the House by
 unanimous vote at the forenoon ses { sion.
 Fish Trap Bill Is Up : The anti-Fish Trap bill as present