The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-04-29
PENSION PLAN
 OF SENATE IS
 BEAT IN HOUSE
Rothenburg Plan Restored -Childr e n's Home
 Measure Defeated

noon reflected the Senate's old age allowance system and in passing the Senate's qualification of laws re- Iating to that subject, indigency and dependent children, amended it by striking out the 20-year residence clause and inserting the provisions of the Rothenburg bill, passed early in the session, making eligible for pensions only those who arrived in the Territory prior to and have lived here continuously since Jan- uary l, 1906.
 It also raised the maximum al- lowance fixed by the Senate at $50 to S35 per month. This was the sum provided by the Rothenburg bill. It was expected that a free conference would be necessary to settle the differences.
 One Bill Defeated
 Despite the efforts of MT. zieg- Ter, a measure sponsored by him for a home for dependent and de- linquent children was defeated, the vote being four for and 12 against. Other important measures passed by the House Saturday included the general appropriation bill carrying S2116,661, and Murrays bill pro- viding for a referendum at the gen. cral election in 1880 on the repeal of the Alaska Bone Dry Law The vote was 10 to 6.
 The House passed MT. Winn's measure requiring physical exami- nation and medical attention for pupils attending public schools. It was amended to exempt pupils from examinations where religious tenets were claimed as bar, unless in the opinion of physicians or school authorities such examina- tions were necessary.
 A bill for election by popular vote of the Highway Commissioner, now appointed by the Governor, was passed and sent to the Senate. 
 Pass Other Measures
 Six other House bills, two reso- lutions, two memorials, and two Senate bills and three memorials were passed by the House Satur- day afternoon.
 Included in the list were: ex- tending the ownership of fur-bear- ing animals that may escape from captivity to provide that its owner may claim it as long as he can identify it; another bill prohibit ing tresspass on fur farms and per- mitting owners of such farms to kill dogs running at large on the farms; authorizing the Governor to dispose of real and personal property owned by the Territory; appropriating $500 for the purchase of wild rice to be distributed through the Governors office to sportsmen for planting in feeding and breeding places of wild fowl; allotting $500 from the Territorial road fund for construction of road from Tongass Highway to ceme- tery near Ketchikan; appropriating $l00 for relief of Edward G. Nor rissey for expenditures made by him as U. s. Commissioner for rescue and relief of lost person; a reso- lution directing the Territorial vet erinarian to investigate the growth of water hemlock at Strawberry Point; one commemmorating the first nonstop airplane flight be- tween Seattle and Juneau; me morial asking for the establish ment of hospitals at Candle and Fortuna Ledge; and second me morial, asking Congress to amend the Alaska Fisheries Law so that fishing gear and property may mol be condemned and forfeited unles. the owners thereof had been con victed of violating that law or it regulations.
 Senate Bills Passed
 
 The House passed a Senate bil appropriating $500 to the Alask; Museum for the purchase of speci mems of Alaska birds, and one re pealing all acts relating to the es tablishment of juvenile court: Other measures provide cases here tofore handled in these courts ma be dealt with directly by Commis sioners' and District courts.
 Senate memorials passed include one asking for a survey of halibu and cod fisheries of Boring Sc and Kotzebue Sound; one petition ing the Department of Commerc to open the Yukon River to com