The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-05-05
SENATE PASSES
MONEY AND TAX
! BILLS SPEEDILY
Two Big Bills Rushed Through
Without Single Amend
ment in Senate.

All records for rapidity in handling
appropriations and revenue measures
were smashed by the Senate this
morning when it passed both of the
House measures dealing with these
matters in about 10 minutes. Under
the one, approximately $2,000000 il,
provided for expenditures and under
the other at least that much more
money will be raised in taxes.
To neither of these measures was
a single amendment offered or made.
This is believed to be the first time
in the history of the Alaska Legisla-
ture that the upper house has no.
made some changes in either one or
both of these bills as they had been
passed by the House.
Shortens Night Session
The net result of this is expected
10 be that the night session will not
run as late as had been anticipated.
Final adjournment seemed this at
ternoon to be but a few hours dis
tant In most cases, heretofore, dis
agreement between the two houses
on matters or revenue and taxation
has been the main cause of prolong-
ed meetings on the last night of
The session.
This afternoon there were manv
conference committees working to
smooth away differences existing il
a number of more or less minor
measures On most of the more i'm
portant bills, agreements had already
been effected Yesterday afternoon.
the House agreed to concur i'll the
Senate's amendments to the College
agricultural appropriation bill which
cut the total for that institution To
$135,350, and ii is about the only on
of the Territorial institutions for
which the appropriation fell material
" less than the budget estimates.
Few Measures Remain
There were few bills remaining at
noon today in the two houses on
which no action had been taken.
There were nine House bills pending
in the Senate, most of which were
expected to be passed. There were
only four Senate bills remaining ii
the House and not more than one OF
two of these was expected TO De
acted on.
Pass Mining Bill
The Senate today passed Fishers
bill extending the mining investiga-
tion and survey work comparatively
with the Territory. 1t amended the
bill to make it cover only the cur
rent biennium. The House was ex-
pectad to concur in the amendment.
The Senate also passed the How.
ard-Dunn measure for electing by
popular vote the Territorial Treas
urer. This bill was received in the
House this morning 1t passed, five
to three, Gaffney's bill subsidizinS
airplanes to make special trips from
Alaska Railroad Points to Nome dur
ing the breakup periods Sundquist
bill providing for Territorial cooper
alton with the Alaska Road Com
mission in the proposed extension oi
the ome-Shelton tramroad to Can
die; Pauls bill creating municipal
Enforcement Districts and two o.
three House resolutions.
Defeats House Mmeorial
Mr.. Johnston's memorial asking
Congress to advance the day of
meeting for the Legislature to the
first Monday in February, was Killed
in the Senate by vote OF six TO
two Mr.. Ferguson's memorial on Al
aska fisheries was indefinitely post
poned but a similar but milder mem
orial by Senator Hunt passed.
The Senate passed a joint resoll-
tion by Mr.. Hunt urging the Federal
government to continue certain forms
of experimentation in fish culture
work in the Territory.
Last night it passed the Murray
Compensation bill with number
of amendments A conference on tn
differences was being held this al
ternoon.