The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-22
Education Committee Is Not To Expend Money without Resolution
 for Request.
AMEND THE 8-H0UR LAW
Underground Employment with New Hours Will Take Effect on
 May First.


 to discuss an amendment to the Sen ate Concurrent Resolution No. 2, and later took the same action to con slider House Bills No. and 10. The Senate Resolution was amended tc strike the section allowing the joint committee on education to incur eN pense for the Territory with the un derstanding that if committees de sire to incur expenses they should present a resolution asking for a lump sum of money, which would be granted.
 House Bill No. 3. which provides an eight hour day in all lode mines underground placer mines and oth CT underground workings, was recon mitted to the committee on labor to secure an opinion of the Attorney General on the bill after certain amendments had been adopted by the House.
 Roll was called with all present and prayer was offered by Chaplain Condit. The journel was read and approved. A report from the com mittee on mileage transmitting re port from the Governors office was received and ordered placed on file for reference until such time as the formal report shall be received.
 The Senate Concurrent Resolution providing that the committee on edu cation from the House and Senate meet as a joint committee during the remainder of the session and providing that they be allowed tc incur necessary expense was brought up.
 sowerby in Chair
 It was moved that under Rule .3S. the resolution be considered at once and this was carried. The House then resolved itself into a committee of the whole to consider the resolu ton with Representative Sowerby ir the chair.
 Representative Snow then moved that the portion relating to expense be stricken. Representative Daily asked for reasons, and Snow replied that during previous sessions. com mittees had been given the authority to incur expense and that bills amounting to several hundreds oi dollars came pilinG in during the las' several days of the session and had to be paid without proper investiga, 'tion. He said that if this committed is allowed to incur expense that all committees will demand the same privilege and that a bad precedent is established. Representative Hess called for reading of the resolu ton as a whole and Representative Mccormack stated that he favored striking out the section.
 Expenses Discussed
 Representative Coombs asked if that meant that no expense be in cured by any committee and was informed that committees desiring expense accounts should return reso' mtions asking for specific lump sums for their use, which would be grant. ed.
 The House then resumed it's ses sion and the committee of the whole reported the resolution for adoption as amended and it was carried.
 House Bill No. IS was introduced by Representative Corrigan It is An Act. to declare work in and about surface placer diggings. dredg es. and all surface working in plac CT mines injurious to health and dangerous to life and providing for an eight.hour working day and for other purposes" This was referred to the committee on labor.
 To Get Legal Opinion
 The second reading of House Bill No. 8 was taken up and considerable discussion resulted. Several of the members were of the opinion that the bill should not be taken up un til the opinion of the Attorney-Gen eral on a general eight.hour law has been received by the House. Rep resentative Snow stated that it was an emergency bill and if passed should be done so in time to reach all placer camps of the interior by the middle of April so that the op orators should be informed as tc what to expect during their sea sons work.
 Representative Snow offered ar amendment to the bill to specially state that it included coal miners ! in the Territory, and the House re solved itself into a committee o the whole to consider the bill, witt 1 Representative Nerland in the chair
 Representative Snow then renew ed his amendment to section 1 o the bill which was carried. The bill was further amended by striking out the clause. "Or in case of urgent necessity" as the members were o the opinion that it allowed too muct latitude. Representative Burns vot ed against the motion.
 Emergency Clause rbn nr,arpency cIause then cam(