The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-04
HOUSE RE-OPENS
 D|CUSSI0N ON
 FISHERIES BILL
Cole Bill Replaced by Com mittee Substitute Ship
 Subsidy Bill Passes.

The question or me reorganiza- ton and enlargement of constric- ton of the Territorial Fish Com loiesicn was again taken up in the House of Representatives this morn ing when Chairman Hunter, of the Committee on Fish, Game and Agri- culture to which the Cole substitute bill was referred yesterday. brought in report carrying Committee substitute for the Cole bill and rec ommended it's adoption. The House without a dissenting vote adopted i the Committee substitute and took 1 it up under second reading.
 The Committee substitute is large { ly similar to the law passed by the | 1919 Legislature creating the pres ent Fish Commission carrying pro ision for a Commission of three members and one salaried employee as in the present case. It, however, changes the manner of selecting the members of the Commission requir- ing them to be elected by the whole Legislature in joint session within five days following adjournment.
 House Concurs.
 The House this morning adopted the recommendation of its Confer once Committee that it recede from it's refusal to accept Senate Sub stitute for House Bill No. 38, rela- tive to the disposal of life insur ance proceeds. The Senate substi tute was then passed by vote of 13 to 3.
 The House also concurred in the Senate amendment to House Bill No. ?, granting a subsidy from the Ter ritory for a vessel to be placed on the run between Seward, Anchorage and points along the Alaska Pen insula. The amendment did not af- feet the provisions of the measure
 Road Bill Back.
 The Senate substitute measure for the Ross Road Bill, House Bill No 16, was received from the SenateI this morning. It virtually re-enactsI tho 1919 law which is now in force but contains amendments said to bel designed to make the cooperative law more effective The House re- fuGcd to concur and asked the Sen ate to recede from it's position. It isl not believed that the Senate will re- cede and House members expect that the matter will be sent to free conference at an early hour tomor- row or this evening"
 The Comittee on Judiciary for tbe second time this session reported out Senate Bill No. 40, this morning recommending it's passage. This measure seeks to abolish the Terri torial Publicity Bureau. It was first reported favorably last week but under the fire of considerable criti- cism was recommitted for the pur- pose of attempting to devise some new publicity scheme. The Com rnittee reported that it had been un- successful in its efforts.
 The Committee on Judiciary also reported unfavorably on Senate Bill No. 52, relative to the alteration of boundaries of incorporated towns. and recommended that House Bill | No. 33, for the same purpose, be substituted for the Senate measure. House Bill No. 33 was adopted and sent back to the Senate.
 Senate Bill No. Fl, relative to ad- ministraticn of estates of deceased 1 inmates of the Pioneers Home and rersons receiving allowances from the Territory, was received from the Senate by unanimous consent of the House, read first time and advanced to it's second reading on the calendar without being referred to committee
 Revenue Bill Hangs Fire.
 The general revenue measure for the next biennium was left hanging in the air this afternoon when tho House by vote of 15 to 1 refused to concur in the Senate amendments to the bill The rock on which the two Houses split was the system oi accounting for net income whici bears a tax of one per cent.
 The House bill provided the same system which has been in use il the Territory since the net incom, tax was instituted. The Senat, amended the bill requiring return to be made on net incomes arrived at under the basis of computatio, practiced under the Federal incom tax law. Members of the Hous' maintained that such a methot would lessen the taxes accruing t, the Territory from mining com panies and refused to accept it. Tn Senate was asked to recede from it amendments in that respect. As tn measure contains other amendment to which there was no stated ob jections in the House, conferenc will be necessary to finally settl the matter.
 Eleventh Hour Measure. By unanimous consent of the Hous Mir Brown at the request of the Com missioner of Education introduce