The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-01
SENATE BEGINS
STUDY OF BILL
FOR CONTROLLER
Taken Up on Floor for Sec
ond Reading = Two
' Amendments Adopted.

Yesterday afternoon about 3 80
O'Clock the Senate took up its con
sderation of the celebrated Control
Ter Bill and indications were that ii
would be handled as rapidly as pos
sible. Reading was initiated by sec
tion and when adjournment was tax
en- at 4:15 p. m six sections had
been read few amendments adopt
ed
The Senate will resume its work
on the measure at o'clock today
and may be able to finish its con
sideration in second reading of the
entire measure before adjournment
this afternoon.
Two Amendments Of Note
There were only two amendments
of note adopted by the Senate yes
terday. The first was to section
four. which fixes the qualifications
for the comptroller and which origin
ally provided he has not been con
victed e zine involving intoXica-
tion or moral turpitude." On amend
ment offered by Senator Steel struck
this clause out of the section.
The second amendment was in
striking subsection six of section six
which read:
"All the duties at present devolv-
ing upon the Governor of the Ter
ritory relative to the appointment
Of Notaries public shall hereafter be
performed by the Comptroller"
This amendment was also pro-
posed by Senator Steel. Mr.. Jensen
wanted to know why this power
should be taken away from those
which it was sought to bestoW on
him, and was informed it had been
discovered that the appointment of
Notaries public by the Governor is
authorized by Federal statutes and
therefore the Legislature is unable
10 ,oi iasnytifSsie abodt' it.
Cut Road Allotment
The Senate yesterday in Com
mttee of the Whole discussed tn = !
Frame measure authorizing 100000
for the construction of wagon road
from Anchorage to Matanuska Th =
bill sought to have $4,000 OF the
regular divisional allotment set aside
for this project during the next
biennium The Senate cut this down
to S25,0 900 and passed the bill to Its
third reading. Bill No. II, relative
to labor contracts and fixing certain
regulations for labor unless other !
wise specified by contract. passed !
its second reading as amended by
the Committee on Fisheries
Bill No Is, Senator Dunns
increasing the maximum pension al
lowance to $35 was amended to pro- !,
hibit persons coming to Alaska al
ter January /. 1900 from receiving |
more than $25. The bill was kept
on the daily calendar at the request
of its author.
House Bill No. s. Grier, authorizing
the allotment of $4,000 from the
biennial road allotment for the Third !
Division to be expended on airplane
landing fields, was also continued on |
the calendar yesterday, and TINS
morning il was ordered held up for !
one week
Senate Joint Memorial No. 3. re-
.atve to the contract system OF car
ing for Alaska insane persons, was
passed by a unanimous vote. House
Joint Memorial No. 2, relative to free
communication service over Govern
ment telegraph lines for aviation |
companies in reporting movements
of planes and weather reports, ana
House Joint Memorial No. !, en-
dorsing the road development pro-
gram for Seward Peninsula, were
passed.
Defeat One Measure
Senate Bill No. 10. entitled b'll
for an Act to authorize the Labor
Commissioner to investigate ana de.
eide disputes between employer ana
employee about compensation for Ia ,
Dor. to prosecute certain claims Tor
labor at public expense, and to pre-
scribe the proceeding thereof, was
lost on final vote, the vote standing
two for and six against.
Senate Bill No. 81, prohibiting the
construction of cabins, etc, on traps
as places of residence for trap
watchmen. recommended unanimous
ly yesterday for passage. was con
tinued on the calendar today and
set for special order of business on
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