The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-26
BILL TO REVISE MINING LAWS OF
 ALASKA KILLED
Would Add to Confusion, Said Senators - Mine
 Foreman Act Passed.

Labeled as confusion worse con founded" the bill drafted by At torney General Rustgard for revis- ing the mining laws of Alaska was put away in moth balls this morn ing by the unanimous vote of the l Senate. Three members spoke briefly against the measure, all condemning it as tending only to create confusion in the mind of the [ prospector without clarifying the general situation to any appre- ciable extent.
 The measure, Senate Bill No. 4, ] said Chairman Aver, of the Min ing Committee. was studied very carefully by the committee which | reached the conclusion that if en- acted it would only make worse the present confusion of mining laws. l The committee considered amend ments to the draft submitted by MT. 1 Rustgard but, said MT. Aver, was unable to devise a measure which it 1 believed would result in anything but additional confusion and doubt
 
 member of the Mining Committee "If there is anything We would bel supported the Chairman and said pleased to do 1t would be to give, the Territory a good and sufficient mining law. We have tho Wicker sham Law, the Waskey Act, the gen. eral Federal laws and the Act of ha ell Tn these into one perfect law is not within the province of the Legisla- 1 ture." He said the committee had not been satisfied entirely with the recommendation of the Attorney General and had consulted expert mining lawyers and had reached the lconclusion that enactment of the bill would result in just one thing that is confuse the old prospec- tor" He pointed out that the draft submitted to the Legislature did not follow the Federal law in at least one particular instance. MT. Ald- rich also expressed his opposition 1 to the measure.
 1 Mr Ayers motion for indefinite postponement was carried by un- animous vote.
 Table Woman's Home Bill.
 Action on the request of the Women's Club of Skagway for the establishment there of a Pioneer 1 Home for Women was suspended by the Senate this morning when a motion by Senator Aldrich, who in
 troduced the bill, to table Senate
 Bill No. 49, was carried unani- mously. There is much pension | legislation pending. including pro- visions fer increasing allowances to
 needy women pioneers, and until this has been settled I believe the \ present bill should not be acted
 on." said MT Aldrich. The measure lwas reported out of the Committee on Education last week without any considered in the Committee of the Whcle.
 Pass Foreman Bill 1 Senator Ayers measure requiring the employment of competent men as fGremen in coal mines, Senate Bill No. 7e. was passed unanimously by the Senate. It requires men em- ployed as mine foremen in coal mines to nave thoir ability attested by certificates.
 Senate Bill No. II, providing for the attendance and examination of T witnesses before the Houses of the i Legislature and before committees thereof. and prescribing punish ments for violations thereof, was also passed by the Senate. No. 79, |, ame nding section 482. Complied | Laws of Alaska, relating to estates by curtesy. was read the second time. No T2, an Act to provide for supersedas and supersedwas bonds on appeal and writs of error from by judgments and orders of the districts courts of the Territory of i Alaska. was recommitted to the Judiciary COmmittee