The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-31

qualification of a member of the legislature, or in case two or more persons should receive an equal number of votes for membership in the legislature, it shall be the duty of the governor to issue a writ calling a special election to fill such vacancy, giving due notice thereof Prodived, That any member of the legislature elected at such spe- cial election shall serve only for the unexpired portion of the original term.
 Sec. 8. That the senate and house of representatives, respectively shall be the sole judges of the elections, members, and they shall have and exercise all the powers with respect to the conduct of their proceedings that usually pertain to parliamen. tary bodies.
 Sec. 9. That the next election shall be held and the next session of the legislature shall convene as heretofore provided by law, but the next following election for mem bers of the legislature. Delegate in Congress, and all elective Territor- ial and county officers shall occur on the first Tuesday in October nineteen hundred and twenty, and subsequent elections biennially thereafter on the first Tuesday in October, and the next following reg. ular session of the legislature shall begin on the second Monday in Jan. uary, nineteen hundred and twen. ty-one, and subsequent sessions bi- ennially thereafter on the second Monday in January. The legisla ture shall not continue in session longer than sixty days in any two years unless again convened in ex traordinary session by a proclama tion of the governor, which shall set forth the objects thereof. and in such case the legislature shall not continue in session for more than twenty days. The governor oi Alaska is hereby authorized to con- vene the legislature in extraordi nary session when requested to dc so by the President, or when any public necessity may require it.
 Sec. 10. That when the legislature shall convene under the law, the senate and house of representatives shall each select temporary pre- siding officer and a temporary clerk and they shall not do further bus mess until the permanent presid ing officers shall have been chosen. The permanent presiding officer ot the senate shall be designated as president of the senate" and the permanent presiding officer of the house of representatives shall be designated as speaker of the house of representatives, The chief cler. ical officer of the senate shall be designated the secretary of tho senate" and the chief clerical off cer of the house of representatives shall be designated the "chief clerk of the house of representatives.
 Each body shall elect such other subordinate officers as are provided for in section eighteen hundred and sixty-one of the United States Re vlsed Statutes of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. That each mem. her of the legislature shall be paid by the United States the sum ot Sl5 per day for each days attend ance while the legislature is in ses sion, and mileage in addition, at the rate of Is cents per mile for eacf mile from his home to the capita and return by the nearest travelet route.
 Sec. II. That the enacting clause of all laws passed by the legisla ture of the Territory shall be "Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Alaska" No law shal embrace more than one subject which shall be expressed in it's ii. tie.
 Sec. 12. That the legislative DOW CT of the Territory shall extend te all rightful subjects of legislation not inconsistent with the Consti tuition and laws of the United states and general laws as applica Die to the Territories, and which are not locally inapplicable, but nc law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil: nc tax shall be levied upon the prop erty of the United tSates; nor shal the lands or other property of non. residents be taxed higher than the lands and other property of resi- dents, nor shall any discrimination be made in taxing different kinds o1 property, but all property subject to taxation shall be taxed in propor tion to it's value: Provided, Tha, nothing herein shall be held to pro hibit the levying and collecting Ii cense or special taxes in the Ter rltory from persons, copartnerships corporations, or associations engag ed in any bushes therein, or O. leyying taxes on the production o] gross or net incomes of persons copartnerships, associations, or cor porations engaged in mining. th,