The Alaska daily empire., 1921-05-02
HOUSE ACTS ON MANY MEASURES
 SATURDAY NIGHT
Special Hearing Denied Britt Bill-House Divided on
 Road Appropriation.

special consideration and one Senate Joint Memorial continued in it's sec. ond reading for further considera- tion, by the House in session late Saturday afternoon and night. An attempt made to set the Britt fisher ies bill for special hearing this aft ernoon at 200 D. m was overwheim ingly defeated.
 Opposition Apparent. Opposition to the Britt measure was apparent in the minds of some members while others were seem ingly unwilling to enter into the sub ject of the fisheries industry until every other subject under considera- ton has been cleared off the calen- dar. Mir. Elsner asked that tho measure be set for this afternoon at 2 o'clock in order that Senator Britt might be present Mir. Cole objected to any consideration out of the regular order and declared that he believed that the House would finish it as quickly as it has cone other Senate measures I believe we have sufficient informa- 1 tiOn to act upon the measure with out having to give it a special hear 1 ing," he declared
 Difficulty Over Road Fund.
 Indication that a serious. difference may arise over the question of the division of road funds appeared in the House Saturday night in the dis Cussion of the Senates amendments to the House bill providing $25,00O for aiding in the construction of bridge across the Nizina River. The amendments provide that the money thus appropriated shall not come out of the General Fund but shall be al !otted from the General Road Fund by the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners.
 | MT. Murray moved that the House hconcur in the amendments. MT Cochran declared that under the ex- doubt as to whether or not the money would be allotted for the project prior to the allotments for each division had been made or after such allotment. The 1919 road- law requires that each division shall re- ceive an equal share of the appro- priations. MT. Murray stated that he believed that the allotment, for special projects would be made after l the divisional allotments had bee2 made and said that such a procedure was acceptable to him. MT. Cochran though that special projects should be provided for out of the total ap- propriation before divisional allot nents were made and said that there is some doubt under the law as to which was proper. The same question, it is stated is involved in the bill recently passed by the Sen ate, is involved in the bill recently passed by the Senate for the pnr chase of the Seward Peninsula Rail road, in which an appropriation for $5O,O00 is carried Members of the First and Fourth Divisions were op- posed to special ~allotments being de- ducted from the general appropria, ton for road work The motion to concur was overwhelmingly lost and the clerk was instructed to request the Senate to recede from it's amend ment.
 Rejects Hunt Substitute.
 Senator Hunts substitute, adopted by the Senate for Murray's anti Sunday closing bill, was unceremo- niously rejected by the House with but little debate, the motion not to concur carrying by a vote of 13 to and the Senate being asked to re- cede from it's action.
 Senate Bill No 51, relative to re- moval by the companies of electri- cal fixtures, telephones, etc. from houses, No. 45, providing for a board to handle matters formerly handled and authorizing the Attorney General by the Territorial Shipping Board to act for the Territory before Com missions, Boards and in Courts on the instructions of majority of the board; No. 47, an act relative to fees for foreign and domestic corpo- rations, consolidating all existing laws on that subject. and No. 37. re- auiring the filing of inventories by Territorial officials of all Territorial property in their possession, were passed by the House.
 Defeated Bills.
 Senate Bills No. AS, relative to printing of Session Laws in sheet form, eliminating memorials, resolu- tions, etc; No 8. relative to criminal conversion by trustee, extending the existing laws on the subject to co. partnerships; and No. 30. relieving foreign corporations purely charit- able, educational or religious in character from the necessity of mak- :ng annual reports to the Secretary of the Territory, were defeated by the House.
 Senate Bill No. 67. by Mir. Hess providing for the employment of a flaw draftsman to aid the Territorial Legislature in future sessions and Ithe creation of law drafting boafd I.o oiso vofad down hv tha Hon ee