The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-03-18
PUBLIC HEARING
ON COMPTROLLER
BILL Announced
Adversaries of Scheme to Be
Given Chance to Speak
Next Wednesday.

Bill will be held in the Senate
Chamber Wednesday, March %, at
s p. m. a resolution providing for
this being passed unanimously by
the Senate today. 1t was indicated
that this was the iirst of such hear
ings which will be staged on thu
measure
The motion authorizing ii was sug-
gested in a report by Chairman
Steel, of the Committee on Finance
and Corporations which has had tn
bill in charge since its Introduction.
All members of the Committee con.
urrcd in the report.
Text Of Report
The Committee said it reported
back with the recommendation that
at the regular session of the Senate
on Wednesday, March %. the Sen
ate agree to meet and resolve itse!f
into IA Committee of the Whole on
that evening at s O'Clock, for the
purpose of giving the general public
an opportunity to attend and give
expression for or against the merits
Of the bill. so that the subject may
be freely and fairly discussed before
the Committee by opponents and
supporters of the bill; and that the
Chairman of the Committee having
he bill in charge be authorized to
receive the names of those who de-
;ire or are willing to be heard upon
the evening indicated or future oc-
casions, so that proper arrangements
may be made for speaking, the frrst
hearing preferably to be given 10
those who wish to express views
adverse to the bill
Authorize Report Printed
The Senate today unanimously
adopted a concurrent resolution au-
tkorizing the Secretary of the Bank
ing Board to have 500 copies of its
biennial report printed for crcula-
ton.
Senate Bill No 3. Committee sub
,titute, amending sections 1,l20 and
i,12o to list assessment work on un
patended mining claims as taxes i'll
Connection with the redemption Of
Tened property, was passed unanim-
ously.
Senate Bill No. s, the so-called
Prospectors' Aid Bill. Bill No. 10,
amendatory of sections one and two.
Chapter 81, Session Laws of 1919,
relative to renewal of affidavits of
mortgages, and Bill No. IA. providinsg
that no repeal of amendment of a
statute shall work to release any
penalty previously incurred. passed
second readings.
House Bill No. s. Mr.. Grier, di
recting the Territorial Road Com
mission to expend not less than $l0.-
400 in constructing airplane land
ngs in the Third Division. reached
| the Senate, was read for the first
time and referred to the Committee
on Taxation.
Mrs. Adsit Resigns
Mrs. Agnes Adsit, enrolling CLERK
| in the Senate today presented heH
resignation, saying she was accept
ing a permanent position. Miss De
Kay was unanimously elected to fill
| the vacancy.
! Gled LOT tne enactment Oi II cOHl-
| munity property law and an endorse
ment of Attorney General Rustgard's
proposed new probate code We're re-
ceived by the Senate today. The
| former was addressed to the Legis-
lature by the Women's Auxiliary OF
the American Legion, Department of
! Alaska, and asked that statute
similar to that of the State of Wash
ington be passed for the Territory.
The Women's Auxiliary Of Pioneers,
Ketchikan. declared the present pro-
bate code is out-of-date and designed
mostly for the benefit of the legal
fraternity, and urged the passage of
the code proposed by the Attorney
General.
The House session today was brief
and without incident. Mr.. Grier's bill
providing funds for construction for