The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1921-04-25
8 SENATE BILLS
PASSED AT LATE
SENATE SESSION
New Eight Hour Bill and
Railroad Purchase Meas
ure Are Showed Over.

At the afternoon session of TIL.
Territorial Senate last Saturday &;
ternoon beginning at 1870 O'Clock
and ending SIS o'clock, and at the
night session beginning at 100 and
ending at 1920 O'Clock eight Sen
ate bills were thoroughly discussed
and then unanimously passed, Sen
ate substitute for House bill was
to the Senate's livestock bill was
concurred in and two Senate meas
ures were continued on the daily
file.
Bills Pass Senate.
The Senate bills passed at the
late sessions last Saturday were as
follows
S. F. No. 53-relative to school
districts transferring buildings and
funds to towns which are incorpo-
rated.
S. b. No Disappointment of law
craftsman, fixing compensation and
creating law craftsman board.
s. b. No. 56-collection of exhibit
for the national expedition of mines
to be held at Chicago from October
II to October %, 1921
s. B. No Anew corporation tax
and license fee measure. combining
all territorial acts under one and
making them more workable
s. B. No. 55-purchase of the Sew
ard Peninsula railroad for a public
highway '"f'
S. B. No. Establishment of the
office of Territorial Mine Inspector
Inspector to be ex-officio Territorial
Mine Inspector.
S. B. No. 33-fixing salary of the
Secretary of Alaska as member OF
the various Territorial boards
S. B. No Exchanging boundaries
of incorporated towns, annexation OF
excluding.
The Senate substitute for House
Bill No 6. the Getchell eight -hour
bill, describing eight hours labor tc
constitute a days labor.
S. B. No. 80, for the creation OF
Territorial Fish Commission, APP
/ pointment Of Superintendent OF
hatcheries, and S. B. No Sc relative
to the governor presenting a budget
to each territorial legislature, were
continued on the daily file.
Discussions on Bills.
| With only Senator Price voting
mo" the senate substitute for tho
House eight-hour bill. passed without
discussion late Saturday afternoon.
The Senate adopted the amend
ments of the House to the livestock
bill fixing the appraised value OF
dairy cows slaughtered in the First
Division at $175; in the Second and
Third Divisions at 5000 and in the
Fourth Division at $3.50.
AS much discussion resulted earlier
in the session of last Saturday, S
B. No. SO, changing the school dis
tricts in incorporated towns. was
passed unanimously.
Law Craftsman Board
s. B. No. g., appointment of law
craftsman, cts. was discussed only
briefly as the present has showr
that such an official was neces
sary. This bill provides for law
craftsman, to attend each session Of
the Legislature. at salary of $1,000
man of ability and legal training
who can take the proposed bills OF
the members of the legislature and
put them in legal shape and phrase
ologv. The Attorney General and
the law craftsman will constitute the
craftsman board.
To Collect Mining Exhibit.
s. B. No. 80 is for the collection
of mining exhibit and other prod
ucts of the Territory for the national
exposition of mines to be held al
Chicago next October. The board
to have, charge of obtaining this col
lection will consist of the Cover
nor. and four others. one from each
division of the Territory, to be ap-
pointed by the governor. No salary
will be paid to the members of this
board.
S. B. No. AZ is as the title sug-
geses, an act incorporating several
acts relating to taxes, or license fees
of domestic and foreign corporations,
and making the acts more workable.
This act followed the suggestion
made by the Secretary of Alaska
Purchase of Railroad.