The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-26
UNANIMOUS VOTE
is GIVEN EIGHT
3U1AkE -
Election Measures of the At
torney General Thrown.
Back for Revamping.

Senate bills were passed yesterday
by the Territorial Senate at SEES
sion lasting from 1880 o'clock until
1905 O'Clock last night. Several mem
orials were also passed and two SEN
ate bills, introduced at the request
of the Attorney General, were quick
lily referred back for revision for the
reasons, as expressed by Senator
Frawley, that they showed sinister
motives, the bills were not drawn
in good form and indicated that in
sufficient attention had been given
to the details"
y The two measures referred back to
have the Attorney General go over
them again with care and attention
were S. B. Nos. as and 90. The form
Ter is relative to the duties of election
{officers, fixing fines and penalties
for violations. and the latter is
Amending section 7, Chapter 81 of
the 1919 session laws relative to
qualifications of voters at primary
ELECTIONS.
Bills Passed BY Senate.
S. B. No 31-defining qualifica-
tions of electors, was passed with an
amendment prohibiting natives not
having proper qualifications,
S. B. No. So, changing salary of
3per annum and enlarging the powers
Zof School Boards relative to certain
Iohildren attending schools, was pass
led with little discussion.
s. B. No. GA, relating to establish
ment and maintenance of schools
school districts, amending sections
/ and 6, chapter IS, session laws of
1919, was passed. One of the pro-
visions is that a school shall not
be established unless Is students are
to attend. This has been raised
from ten students.
S. B. No. AZ, relative to all taxes,
fees or licenses received by Terri.
torial commissions to be turned over
/ to the Treasury of the Territory,
special reference to the Board of
Pharmacy, was passed, the emergen
cy clause being added to the title.
s. B. No 81, relative to filing in
ventories of property of the Terri
tory was passed with the emergency
clause added
S. B. No. 81, also passed with
little discussion, fixes the time of
tie annual election of School Boards
outside of incorporated towns or in
corporated school districts and en-
powering the levying and collecting
of taxes.
School Apportion Raised.
s. B. No. So, providing maintenance
of public schools in incorporated
towns and repeating Chapter 2S of
the 1919 session laws was passed
but not until after a sharp discus
sion regarding raising of the amount
Of funds to be received from the
territory. The previous amount re
ceived from the Territory has been
not more than $4,000 any one
year. Senator Price moved to make
this sum $4,000. Senator Hess NOV
ed to make the amount 1900. The
latter motion was lost and the
former carried although Senators
Frawley, Hess and Sundback voted
against it.
= S. b. No. Co. lien on oil drilling
loutfts to secure payment for labor
was passed with several slight
: amendments which regarded phrase
ology.
Laid on the Table.
8 S. b. No. 80, introduced by Senator
Price. relative to new general
election law and repeating the prim
airy law, was laid on the table at
The request of Senator Price.
Senator Price stated the bill was
given to the committee early in the
session but had not received fair
treatment and he had not received
a fair chance to urge it through
AS the bill was a most important
one, and time would not now permit
given proper attention, he asked
that it be laid on the table, the
request being granted.
During the discussions in the
Senate upon the various bills re
lating to educational laws, Com.
missioner Of Education. L. d. Hen
dcrson was present and gave val
liable assistance.
Withdraws One Bill.
At the session of the Senate this
forenoon. Senator Hunt asked for
unanimous consent to withdraw S
b. No. as, defining offenses against
the election laws. This was the
bill drafted by the attorney general
and yesterday referred back to have
the details better worked out and
generally prepared in a better shape
than il now exists The request for
unanimous withdrawal was granted
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