The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-13
9-HOUR MEASURE PASSES SECOND
 READING TODAY
Motion to Indefinitely Post pone Badly Defeated
 Road Bill Is Taken Up.

After motion to postpone in definitely had been defeated by the House by vote of 13 to 2, the Getchell eight-hour measure passed its second reading and was ordered engrossed The motion to indetin itely postpone was made by MT. Tripp and seconded by MT Lathrop.
 MT. Tripp declared that there was never a time in the industrial history of the Territory when the enactment of such a measure was 20 inopportune. He quoted state ments of representatives from the Second Division to the effect that its passage would seriously effect if not entirely kill the mining in dustry of that division. The mo- tion was overwhelmingly defeated, MT. Tripp and MT. Lathrop casting the only affirmative votes.
 Committee Resumes Work.
 Following a short routine session this morning the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole taking up the Getchell bill at the third paragraph, to which MT. Frame had offered an amend ment before adjournment yesterday. MT, Frame objecting to the provi- sion that anyone who shall violate or cause to be violated any of the provisions of this act' would come under the penal provisions of the measure. He moved to strike the objectionable phrase and insert in it's place the expression. anyone who shall cause, permit or allow any person in his employ to work more than four hours overtime in any one day, except in the cases of em ergency prescribed herein" He stated that the provision as origin ally worded would work to penalize employers who through some un foreseen circumstance might be un- able to pay off his employees.
 Amendment Defeated.
 MT. Cochran agreed with MT. Frames contention but declared that the amendment proposed takes all the teeth out of the law" HeI argued further that the defect should be remedied but said it could be done without robbing the meas ure of it's penalizing provisions. MT. Frames amendment was over whelming defeated. MT. Cochran then offered an amendment making the provision cover those "wilfully' violating the law, which was adopted.
 When the Committee or the Whole arose and made it's final report on amendments to the bill, MT. Murray moved that the report be not ap- proved but the motion was not sec- onded MT. Cochran moved the adoption of the report and amend ments Mir Murray made point of order that the amendments should be considered one at a time and not as a whole but was overruled by the Speaker and the motion to adopt was passed.
 Second Reading.
 The bill being taken up for sec ond reading by section, MT. Murray moved the rejection of committee amendments including in the meas ure, surface placer mining and dredges in both sections one and two, all of the motions being lost by a big vote. MT. Trips motion for indefinite postponement was also de- feated and the bill was declared to have passed it's second reading.
 House Bill No. IS. by MT. Coch- ran, providing for the repeal ofI the compulsory provision for record ing mining assessment work under penalty of forfeiture of claim for failure of the Alaska mining law, was favorably reported by the Com mittee on Mines and Mining. Senate Joint Resolution No. 3, authOrizine the employment of a special clerk by the Senate Judiciary Committee, was faorably reported bv the Ways and Means Committee.
 House Joint Memorial No. 13, by MT. Julien, asking Congress to change mining laws to permit the cash payment of S100 into the Di visional road fund for each mining claim held instead of doing SI00 in annual assessment work, was favorahly reported by the House
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