The Alaska citizen., 1917-04-23
MANY MEASURES ARE PRESERVED
 BYLAW MAKERS
Special to The Citizpn)


 and introduced d total of thirty new measures and ;~o memorials heforr the melee was over with. This makes grand total Of l4o measures now stacked up before the Alaska law making body awaiting action
 In the senate and house fifteen new bills each were introduced. and in the house two memorials were also presented This is considered a record for days work in the territorial legislature
 The following bills were lntroduc- ed in the senate. Aldrich providing for the printing of certain reports of territorial officials in time to be placed on the desks of the lcgisIa- tors at the beginning of the session; Aldrich, to fix compensation for the governors secretary for service ren- dered the different territorial boards; Aldrich, bill providing for uniform laws regarding partnership and linn tied partnershp judiciary commit tee bill by Sutherland defining the duties of the attorney. This was re- ferred to the committee; Sutherland, providing for a fund for the deteC- ton of crime in the territory. Suth- erand also introduced a bill to amend chapter twenty-five sessions laws; Heckman. providing for an eX- pression from the voters Of the ter ritory regarding the working of the eight-hour law; Gaustad, to regulate the manufacture and sale of so- called temperance drinks and pro Siding for the enforcement Cf the same; Gaustad. bill making libel or sander a misdemeanor and proyid- ing a penalty therefor; bill extending certain powers of the justices of peace. introduced by Sutherland. Sutherland also introduced the four following bills: To establish a board of road commissioners; to regulate and prescribe fees and licenses Of certain corporations; to protect res taurants and inn keepers; to provide for the building of roads on Unga island
 The house bills were: Price, re- quest amending the existing laws to deny bail to persons charged with murder in the first degree treason or rape, where the evidence of guilt is strong; Price, that terms of per sons sentenced to the penitentiary tually delivered into the custody of such institutions; Allan. allowing the governor and territorial treasurer an annual fee of s1,O0O for their ser vices on the territorial banking board; Corrigan, increasing the pay of the attorney general to $7.000; Day, providing for and securing the transportation of deer to islands in Prince William sound and providing for game wardens to look after them Burns. providing for the leas- ria1 de Allan a memorial asking the federal government to appropriate money for the construction of trunk line from Nome to Candle by way of the kou- garok and Inmachuk mining districts; by Coombs, asking for an appropria- ton for the construction and main tenance of a government hospital at Unalakleet At the morning session the house also passed house bill for ty-five relating to lines on real prop erty. by a unanimous vote.
 bills were introduced in the house. Hess, an act to create a legislative drafting board; Casey, to amend sec ton twenty-five fifty-eight, declaring an emergency; Corrigan. creation of the office of measures and weights; Day, requiring insurance on risks located in Alaska; Daly, authoriz- ing the attorney general to appear in assisting the prosecution of crim- inal cases; Daily, granting the right of review by writ of error to plain tiff in all criminal cases; Snow, estimate maintenance schools for white children. also those of mixed blood outside of municipalities, amend ing section 324. chapter two; Sower- by, compensating J. A. Sprague for expenses incurred in stocking bar ren Alaska waters with brook trout The house joint resolution number one was also passed unanimously.
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