The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-01
HOUSE REACHES NO AGREEMENT
 ON APPROPRIATIONS MEASURE;
 SEVERAL AMENDMENTS PASSED

Retracing all of it's steps takeI last night, the House this morniu: reduced the appropriation for the Al aska Fish Commission from S1O0,00l to $86,500; for schools outside of in corporated towns from S250,000 tc $220. 900; reversed itself in the mat ter of control of the overtime fund for House employees, and recessed at noon without having completed it's consideration of the general appropri. ations bill
 Two items, provision for the Alas ka Museum and Historical Library and provision for the mining inspec- tion work, had not been taken into consideration at that time.
 Fisheries Fight Resumed
 The failure of the House to adopt the repont of the Committee of the Whole last night opened the way for a renewal of the entire bill today. MT Foster attempted to get it's adop- tion this morning, but could get no support.
 At the very outset the fight o1 the appropriation for the Fish Com mission was renewed. Mir. Staser moved that it be reduced from the amount agreed upon last night to ,$50. .000. After considerable argument the amount was further amended to read 0,OO0, which was agreed on by close margin. In addition to this item, which is for expenditure by the Commission as it deems best for the furfherance of the salmon industry and protection and propaGa tion of salmon there is second itom for $6,500 to be used in making a complete investigation of the industry and streams throughout the Territory in compliance with a resolution re- gently passed by both Houses.
 Mr. Decker attempted to amend the bill ito prevent the establishment cd any new hateheries by the Commits sion unless it should first discontinue one or more of those now established. This was defeated.
 Salary Is Raised
 On an amendment by Mr Murray the salary of the Commissioner of Health was restored to Sl,S00 per year Under the bill as reported by the Ways and Means Committee this had been cut to S900. Mr. Murray said that Dr. H. c. DeVighne had de clined to aripear and ask for the res toration of the salary to It's present figure. He praised the work done by him and said he was entitled tc receive as much during the next biennium as he had in the past. There was no opposition to ithe amendment
 Control Of the fund i1r payment O overtime to House employees. mo- of which is expended after the term ination of the term in preparation 0- the Journal, brought Speaker Cole tC the floor in protest against the adoD- ton of the amendment which passed the Committee of the Whole las, night, by which the fund was put under the direction of the Chief Clerk. He said it would embarrass him in his supervision of the prepsra- tion of the permanent Journal.
 MT. Murray, dsclaiming any in tention of embarrassing the Speaker and declaring his high personal re- gard for him, said that he did not believe that personal differences should be allowed to overturn the practices established by former Legis- latures. This fund in former yeary had been under the control of the Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate and he believed it should continue there. The amendment was lost when only seven members mus tered to it's support.
 Passage Predicted Today
 While none of the amendments had been adopted at noon when adjourn ment was taken until 30 D. m. 1t was believed that virtually all of the ones adopted this morning would stand and that the bill would be