The Wrangell sentinel., 1927-12-08
SEVENTH CONGRESS
 CONVENED MONDAY
Numerous Bills and Resolutions Re- lating to Alaska Will Be Up
 For Consideration

gress opened this morning. That the session will be far from a quiet one is indicated in the number oI clashes that developed before the opening. Representative Tinkham will offer a resolution directing an investigation into the disfranehise ment of negroes in the south and ordering a reduction in Southern representation. The tax bill is to come up with wide split between the United States Chamber of Com merce and the Treasury still appar- ent. while MeNary and Haugen farm relief advocates. threaten te disrupt proceedings.
 Following is a list of bills an6 resolutions relating to Alaska whief will be up for consideration at the present session:
 An Act to provide for election oi Governor of the Territory.
 An Act to amend the Organic Act of Alaska, and for other purposes.
 An Act to relieve the Territory of Alaska from the necessity of filing ponds or security in legal proceed lngs in which the Territory is inter ested
 An Act for the establishment of a land district in Southeastern Alaska. and for the appointment of register and receiver of a land office at Ju- neau, Alaska.
 An Act to extend the operation o. the laws of the United States relat- ing to the development and disposi- tion of minerals to lands on Annette Island, Alaska
 An Act validating homestead en- try of Englehard Sperstad for cer- tain public land in Alaska.
 An Act authorizing the sale o certain lands near Seward, Alaska, for use in connection with the Jesse Lee home.
 An Act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire herd musk oxen for introduction into AL aska for experimentation with ; view to their domestieation and utilization in the Territory.
 An Act to amend the Alaska Gam Law, 43 Stat, 739.
 An Act authorizing the Postmas ter General to establish a uniform system of registration of mail mat ter, and for other purposes.
 An Act to increase tariff dutie on certain salted and dried fish.
 An Act to amend Section O Chapter 3547, Statutes at Large 34 Part 1, entitled An Act for the protection and regulation of the fisheries of Alaska" Approved June 16. 1908.
 An Act to increase the effective ness of expenditures for roads trails and bridges in the Territory of Alaska, and for other purposes.
 An Act to authorize the incorpor ated town of Anchorage, Alaska, to ssue bonds for the construction ans equipment of an additional schoo' building, and for other purposes.
 An Act to authorize appeals in al criminal proceedings in Alaska.
 An Act to fix the salaries of Unit ed States Marshals in Alaska.
 An Act to amend section l28, subdivision (b), paragraph first, of the Judicial Code. as amended Feb. ruary 13, 1925, relating to appeal from District Courts.
 An Act authorizing the improve ment of the system of overland com. munications on the Seward Peninsu. la, Alaska.
 An Act providing for the advance ment to a higher grade on the re- tired list of Colonel Wilds P. Rich ardson, United States Army, retired
 An Act to extend the provisions of the Act of Congress approved September ', 1916, entitled An Act to provide compensation for employ ees of the United States receiving injuries in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes" tt Albert Trana.
 Private Bills
 An Act for the relief of Albert J l Zyvolski
 An Act for the relief of Albert E Edwards
 An Act for the relief of Dan Ken. l nedy