The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-16
HOUSE CONCURS
 IN AMENDMENTS,
 BILL IS PASSED
Cochran Election Bill By Both \ Houses Short Sessions { Held This A. M.

Without discussion of the Senate Amendments, the House of Repre- Eentatives this morning ,concurred an those amendments and House Bill No. l z the Cochran special election measure, was ordered enrolled and sent to Gov. Riggs for signature The bill was received from the Sen ate shortly before l A. NJ. being pissed by the upper House late yes terday afternoon.
 read by the clerk. MT. Cochran, author of the measure, stated that he had given close study to them and was personally satisfied with them. He moved that the House concur, and seconded by MT. Ross, the motion was carried unani- mously.
 Proceedings in the Senate.
 One joint memorial and one con- current resolution were introduced in the Senate this forenoon ana :.t II o'clock adjournment was taken to 10 o'clock Thursday morning.
 The Senate was opened shortly after 10 o'clock by President Sund- back, prayer was made by Rev. A. P. kashevaroff and the daily jour nal was read and approved.
 Senator Chamberlin presented Senate Joint Memorial No. l urging that Congress appropriate sum of
 
 distsicts of Alaska as may be recom- mended by the Geological Survey. This was referred to the Judiciary Commit ttee.
 Senator Hunt introduced Senate concurrent resolution No. recom- mending that two Senators and two Legislators visit the Pioneers Home at Sitka and make a report on eX- isting conditions. The resolution also provided that the Forestry De- partment furnish a boat to convey tEe members of the committee to- Sitka from Juneau and return. Thls was referred to the Committee on Education. /. House Bill No 1, relative toi special elections, amended and then passed by the Senate yesterday after non, was ordered engrossed
 Senator Britt, chairman Of thei Fisheries Committee, announced that tLe Committee of the Senate and House would meet tonight at 7:3o o'clock at the hatchery in tfe A. B Building and requested full at tendance of not only the members of the committee but members oi the. Territorial Legislature.
 On motion of Senator Chamberlin and seconded by Senator Hunt, theI Senate adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
 Proceedings in the House.
 communication was received from the Senate returning House Concurrent Resolution No. 4, re- ! garding official business privileges over Signal Corps cable and tele- graph lines, which was concurred in by the Senate. The House Com l mittee was instructed to act with the Senate Committee in conferring with Gov Riggs relative to theI matter
 MT. Rickert reported the Commit i tee on Territorial Institutions had investigated the matter of delay in pension for Mrs. Tiffany of Nome and found that there are five war rants outstanding issued to her and mailed to Port Orchard, Wash. Eff forts to have these forwarded toI Mrs. Tiffany are being made
 MT. Getchell introduced a mem ovial asking Congress ao pass leg islation enabling the Territory toI grant title in fee simple to Alaskan | ex-serviee persons to 160 acres of land on the public domain as a bonus for wartime service. IL was referred to the Committee on Judi ciary and Feedral Relations as House Joint Memorial No. 3
 House Joint Memorial No l byI MT. Frame, was reported by MT. Brown. of the Engrossing and En- rolling Committee, as engrossed. | The memorial was read the third time and passed unanimously.
 After a short recess. the House reconyened and concurred in the Senate amendments 10 House Bill No. l, on motion of Mr. Cochran.
 An invitation was received from