The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-03-12
WILL RECONVENE NEXT FRIDAY ON SOCIAL SECURITY
Appropriations Bill Holds Lawmakers in Long
 Night Session
SENATE GETS BEST,
 EXPENSE MEASURE
School Transportation and Vocational Education
 Are Discontinued

After being in session six hours over the 60-day time limit, although the clocks had been removed from the walls shortly before midnight as Ia gesture to make time stand still and transact the remaining business on March Il, the 18th Territorial Legislature adjourned sine die few minutes before 6 o'clock this morning. It will meet in extra-or- dinary session March 19 to deal with Social Security.
 Among the final acts was passage of a general appropriation bill call- ing for the expenditure during the next two years of $2.651 .930 as com- pared with $2,5635OO appropriated for similar purposes two years ago. In addition, the Legislature had passed measures calling for appro- priations of approximately $760, 500. making grand total of $3,412.530 ear-marked for spending during the bienniun, the highest figure in the history of the Territory.
 Shrewd Trade
 A shrewd last minute trade in which the Senate got the best of the bargain by giving 5000 in order to eliminate $80.000 featured the final hours.
 The upper house had used the shears in no uncertain way on the entire appropriations bill when it came to the Senators from the House. The latter failed to concur in about l2 items and the measure went to conference. After a good deal of corridor walking by other members, the conference commit tees reported at 1:30 with the offer that the Senate would move the Treasurers travelling expenses back up from $12,000 to $14,000 and would step up aid to libraries from the $2000 figure it had set to $3,000 if the House would accept the other items and take action on the $65, ,000 item for school pupil transporta- tion and the $15,000 figure for vo- cational education in separate bills. The House, after considerable ar- gument agreed. The school trans portation bill for $65,000 was in- troduced in the House. The discus sion reached fever heat. The roll ,all was called. The House stood eight to eight. The transportation measure had lost for the lack of one vote.
 A Right to Smile
 With smiling countenances over in the Senate, the Senators called the roll on the vocational education bill and killed it without comment. They originally had deleted both items from the appropriations bill. The result was that for the con- cession of $3,000 the Senate had succeeded in passing an appropria- tions bill just the way that it wanted it. The Legislature was over except the closing formalities.
 Deletion of the item for trans- portation means, according to school authorities, that the Territory will be able to provide no transporta- tion. as required by law. during the next two years and children living two miles and more from school cannot be compelled to attend des- pite the compulsory school law. Those who opposed the transporta- tion item argued that parents would arrange to have their children at- tend school some how. It also had been the recommendation of the Board of Education that transpor- tation be discontinued.
 Speaker Green Honored
 A packed House gallery was on hand during most of the night as the lawmakers moved toward final adjournment ahd during the Hull moments took on the air of gala occasion. House members paid nice compliment to Speaker Joe Green when they presented him with a beautiful watch as token of ap- preciation for his work as leader of that body. Presentation was maff by Andrew Nerland. dean and old est member of the House who has served many sessions in the Legis- lature from the Fourth Division.
 MT. Nerland also took opportl,n- ity to congratulate George Laiblin of the Second, baby member of the
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