The Alaska daily empire., 1923-04-18
HOUSE FLOODED WITH MEASURES;
 12 INTRODUCED
Bills, Memorials and Resolu- tons Flood Legislature
 Many Important.

i operations in the Territorial waters l during the past six years abolition
 of the office of Attorney General, ere 1 ation of an entirely new Fish Com mission; election of Commissioner of
 Education and Treasurer. and the l esta blishment of a Territorial Board l of Agriculture, are some of the most
 important subjects covered In the i flood of bills which poured into the
 House this morning, the last oppor- l tunity to offer new measures without 1 unanimous consent
 1 The complete% List shows F bills,
 one memorial and three resolutions
 dumped into the Legislative hopper in
 the lower House, and II bills and one memorial in the Senate.
 The bill providing for the aboli-
 tion of the office of Attorney General
 House Bill No. 51, provides for the
 repeal of Chapter IT, Session Laws
 of 1915, which is the law covering
 the creation of the office. It does not say at the expiration of the |, term of the present encumbent, and, l thus, if passed as introduced, would i become effective in 90 days It is not expected, generally, that it will pass.
 l Banks at Stka
 I The House hills introduced include: ! No. 42, amending the banking act so f as to provide for a branch bank at l Sitka: No. 43, by Mir. Foster, em lpowering courts to suspend sentences i except for certain crimes; No. A. 2 by MT. Foster, for the relief or J. l M. Nafsted. Tonsina, $34S.15 for sup plies and services furnished during ithe influenza epidemic of 1919; No.
 45, by MT. Foster, providing non llintervention will; 46, by MT. Policy instructing the Secretary of Alaska to compile and provide for safekeep- fling a list of Alaskans in service dur l, ing the World War, and appropriat- ing $500 to defray expenses; No. A. by MT. Policy. by request, amend ing Chapter 62, Session Laws 19l7 by making the Territorial Treas urer ex-officio treasurer of the Al aska Agnicutural College and School of Mines, and requiring funds of that institution ito be disbursed through the Treasury in the same manner as other Territorial institutions; No. :: AS, by Mir Policy. by request, ere ating a Territorial Board of Agri- culture, providinG for it's coopera- tion with the Department of Agricul- ture, and appropriating S15,OO0 for : putting the law into operation; No. 49, by Mir Price, by request, for controlling the salmon fishing ip- : dustry, being identical with Senate :l Bill No. 1O6, introduced today by Sen ator Hunt; No. 90, by the Judiciary Committee, for revision, qualification : land annotation of the laws of Al aska. and appropriating $15,000; No. 51, by MT. Price. abolishing the of : flee of Attorney General; No 52, by Mir. Wilson, appropriatng $3.OO0 for a preliminary survey of the portage
 between Katlag and Unalakleet to
 determine the feasibility of con
 structing a tramway or road No.
 53. by MT Ross. providing for the lelection of Territorial Commissioner of Education and Treasurer by popu-
 lar vote for terms of four years: No.
 54 establishing fishermen's license
 fee, $1 for residents and $15 for non
 residents. payable annually; House
 Concurrent Resolution No. 13, by
 MT. Grant. carrying bill for the h creation of an Alaska Fish Commis-
 sion to control and regulate the fish cries of Alaska.
 This is lengthy measure, which, it is intended to be submitted to
 Congress for enactment. MT. Grant
 did not go into details regarding the
 bill, but said he is confident it will please everyone.
 Mir. Ross resolution for a survey
 of the fisheries, provides that the es tablshed Commission shall gather and compile for the next Legislature 2, data on: G) The amount of salmon lof each species taken from or near each stream, approximately, 1919 to 1924. inclusive; CD, the number and
 location of fish traps and the dis
 mon stream; (3). the number of iseines and nets used in the waters appurtant to such streams; (4, the
 location of cannery or canneries to
 which the salmon from the various localities are taken; (5), the streams
 in which salmon eggs in the eyed
 state have been deposited or salmon fry released each year by the Terri
 tory and Federal and private hatch
 cries and the quantities thereof. I Literacy Memorial Passed 1 The Foster literaey memorial, as amended by the Committee on Elec- tions and Election Laws, eliminating
 all reference to Indians, passed the House this morning. His memorial
 on the Nelson game bill, amended to
 read that the Game Commission pro-