The Alaska daily empire., 1917-04-17
TAX 0N MALES PROPOSED IN 4
 HOUSE MEASURE
Money Derived Would Go to School Fund; Three Bills Introduced and
 Three Passed.

new DlllS were introduced, three bills and two memorials were passed in rapid order and the House then ad- journed until this afternoon The House was opened in the usual form and a message from the Governor 1 informed the House that Bill 8, pro- viding for an eight hour day for all underground workers had been signed i by him.
 Committees reported for passage the bill amending the session laws regarding the filing of corporations; amending the laws regarding dispo- sition of estates; relating to school taxes and one amending the session laws regarding local self-government in native villages. The bill provid- ing for the abolition of. fish traps was referred back to the committee without recommendation and was made a special order of business for tomorrow afternoon.
 New bills were then introduced: by the education committee, providing for a tax on all male residents of the Territory for school purposes; a bill by Representative Casey by request, amending the present laws regulating the practice of dentistry in the Ter ritory; and one by Representative Price authorizing the common coun- cils of cities of the first class to va cate streets and alleys within the town limits.
 A memorial was introduced by Representative Price setting forth the fact that the inhabitants are allowed to kill certain number of animals each year, which bear beautiful tro- phies and that under the law heavy tax is imposed for permits to ship these trophies from the Territory and that they are many times all lowed to go to waste The Memor- ial asks that trophies killed by resi- dents of the Territory be allowed to be shipped free after permit has been secured
 House Bill 15, allowing the forma- ton of banks with capital of $15 900, and allowing them to receive deposits amounting to $150,000 was passed by the House, Representa- tive Burns, Price, Snow and Hess voting against the passage of the bill
 House Bill 39, placing a bounty of fifty cents on eagles and providing for the payment thereof, was passed with Representatives Cannon and Day voting against the measure.
 House Bill 31 providing for the erection of shelter cabins along the roads and trails in Alaska was pass ed with Representative Casey voting against the measure.
 House Joint Memorial No r. ask ing for the establishment of a Fed eral Insane Asylum in Alaska, was passed, as was also Senate Joint Me morial No. 2, relative to the estab lishment of pulp mills in Alaska.
 Consideration in the Committee of the Whole of House Bill 2S, occupied the House until late this afternoon The bill is practically the general eight hour bill and provides for reg ulation and limiting the hours of employment for all wage and salary earners in the Territory of Alaska; to declare the violation of same a misdemeanor and to prescribe pun ishment for the violation therefor.
 Judge John R. Vim, Judge Royal A. Gunnison appeared before the House Committee of the Whole in the interests of the bill this afternoon, by request Judge Vim attacked the bill as pernicious from every standpoint and stated it as his opin- ion that the bill would be defeated ? to 1 if returned to the people of the Territory for reconsideration.
 Judge Gunnison appeared before the House as the representative of the Association of Civil Fisheries. He explained his conception of the eight hour law to mean protection of the employees from having to work long hours in the industries which would lower his efficiency. Judge Gunnison was not in favor of applying the eight-hour law to all industries
 This bill. if passed will reduce the output of canneries because of the character of the output" Judge Gunnison stated further and will therefore reduce the food supply. The bill will disrupt the salmon industry" For these reasons Mir. Gunnison was in favor of exempting from the work ings of the law, the business of pack ing and harvesting perishable foods, especially during the war crisis.
 Two amendments to the bill were recommended for passage to the House by the Committee of the Whole
 The Governor will be given the power to suspend the law during the duration of the present war and during any future war, and the bill will become effective November l, 1917.
 Bulk Sales Bill Passes
 Late yesterday afternoon the House voted to lay House Bill P, providing for the erection of Pioneers Home at Juneau. on the table. House Bill 37. regulating the practice of medi- cine in the Territory was passed as was also House Bill 60, making it misdemeanor for Commissioners to