The Alaska daily empire., 1917-05-04
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE QUIT
 EARLY THIS FORENOON AFTERA
 WRANCLE OVER APPROPRIATIONS

House that the Senate was ready to adjourn.
 Representative Charles M. Day. member of the House from the Third Division. then moved: As the time has now arrived which was set for the adjournment of the Third Ses- sion of the Alaska Territorial Legis- Iature, 1917, l move that this body adjourn Sine Die" The motion was seconded by C. K. Snow, Represen- tative from Ruby, and carried with whoop. Speaker Luther C. Hess then declared the session adjourned.
 Appropriation Bill
 When the appropriation bill was returned from the Senate, the amend ments which had been made were as follows: Cut $60,00O appropriation for the hospital of the Pioneers Home; added $1O000 for the con struction of laundry and bath house at that place, and added $1200 for house rent for the superintendent of the Pioneers Home. The House voted not to concur on all of these Later the House voted to allow the striking of the hospital appropria- tion, agreed to allow $12,500 for a laundry and bath house and also $500 for the rent of the superintendent's home.
 The Senate cut the appropriation for the Juvenile Courts and the care of dependent children from $15,000 to $10,000, but afterward receded from it's position and the original sum was allowed The Senate cut Treasurer for contingent and office expenses from $120G0 to S11,000 and the House concurred. The sum set aside for the promotion of the health and sanitation of the Territory was cut from $6,000 to $5,000 and the House concurred.
 Deadlock Begins
 The Senate cut the amount allow ed for contingent and office expens- es of the Attorney General from $14,- 100 to $12,100 and right there the deadlock occurred. The House re- fused to concur, and until com promise was reached this morning on $13,OO0 the two bodies were en gagged in free conference over this point.
 John H. Cobb was allowed S25O for services rendered as Territorial Counsel last December, and the eagle bounty appropriation was raised from $5, 1000 to $10,O00 but this was later changed to $7.50O on report of the conference committee which was adopted by both houses.
 The Senate raised the appropria ton for extra clerk hire and over time for the regular clerks from $3, 900 to $3,5OO and allowed $250 tc Alfred E. Maltby for legal services in connection with the judiciary committee of the Senate. The House refused to concur, but later receded from their position.
 President o. P. Hubbard and Speaker Luther c. Hess were each allowed the sum of $15Q for work in connection with the compilation and printing of the Journal and Session Laws for the session, the House concurring.
 Refuse to Aid Nation
 Senate Joint Resolution providing that the Territory purchase $250,00C worth of government loan bonds which should be held as nucleus for a capiol building for the Terri C., Af sn tho Hon z as it was contended that there was not enough money in the Territorial treasury for the purpose.
 Each member of the House ex pressed himself in favor of either passing the resolution and buying money outright for the use of the Federal government, but on account of the large amounts already ap propriated did not see where the money could be found for the pur pose and so the resolution failed of passage.
 The Senate returned the substi ute House Bill which re-enacted the Australian ballot law and made cer tain changes with amendment. The amendment was to strike the words "Or the votes shall not be canvassed or counted" in relation to the votes from precincts where the official ballots are not used and where the certificate of the judges setting forth the reasons are not forwarded with the returns.
 The House refused to concur in the amendment, contending that 1t was a necessary part of the law and a further safeguard of the legal votes of the people. As the House had failed to concur and the Senate had refused to recede from it's position at the time of adjournment, the en tire bill was lost. The election laws will now remain the same as they have been for the past two years.
 Revenue Bill
 The Revenue Bill was returned tC the Senate after that body had voted to amend the measure to eliminate the license on gill nets. The House voted to concur in the Senate amend ment.
 Following this and after the House had spent many hours cOnferrine