The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-01-11
SENATE GETS INTO ACTION
 SHORT MEET
Resolution Is Introduced Providing More Help
 in Both Houses

hiring of extra clerical and steno- graphic help was passed by the. Territorial Senate late this after noon under suspension of the rules. Under the resolution. each House will be allowed to employ $500 worth of additional help for the session It was explained on the floor of the Senate that the plan was to hire two more persons Tn the Senate and two in the House, all to serve throughout the session at salaries of Sl50 per month each. Following it's passage, the reso- lution. which was introduced by Senator Victor Rivers, was trans mitted to the House.
 The new employees are expected to be at work tomorrow.
 The resolution was the second measure enacted by the Senate. The first. passed earlier in todays afternoon session was a concurrent resolution urging President Roose- welt to appoint an Alaskan as U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries.
 The Senate adjourned at o'clock this afternoon until o'clock to- morrow
 In the House
 Tn the House, where not a meas ure has been introduced as yet, Speaker Howard Lyng urged this afternoon that members transact their business with speed in order to avoid the end-of-session jam which has characterized former Legislative sessions.
 The House adjourned at 3:30 o'clock until II o'clock tomorrow morning.
 Bills in Senate
 This afternocn's busy Senate ses- sion saw Senate bills No. 2, 3 and 4 introduced and referred to com mittees
 Briefly. the bills are as follows: S.B. No. "A bill fin aid of the Federal Copyright laws, to assist in effecuating their true intent and their enforcement in the Ter ritory of Alaska by removing and declaring illegal certain monopo- listic abuses and activities wrong fully practiced under the guise of copyrights within the Territory by price fixing combinations, monopo lies and pools =. .,' etc. Intro duced by Senator Henry Roden.
 S.B. No. 3-An emergency bill to amend certain sections of the Unemployment Compensation Act passed by the extraordinary session of the 1887 Legislature. The chang es were requested by the Unemploy- ment Compensation Commission and forwarded to the Senate by Governor Troy. the bill was intro duced by Senator Roden.
 SB. No An act, introduced by Senator Rivers, providing an appropriation of S800000 for the construction, maintenance and pro- lection of public roads, bridges, trails and landing fields through out the Territory of Alaska to be expended by the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners, and de- c,aring an emergency
 The appropriation asked repre- sents a 100 percent increase over the amount allowed in the last biennium, Senator Rivers said, and the 1937-39 appropriation of S400,- GOO was in turn double that of the preceding biennium, when S200,000 was appropriated, Senator Rivers explained.
 One Bill Back
 Senate bill No. l, introduced yes terday, took first place on the cal endar, when it was returned with a favorable recommendation from the Committee on Judiciary. The bill, of technical nature provided for making unknown heirs defen- dants in certain cases.
 A communication to both the Senate and House from R. E. Ro- bertson, President of Juneau School Board, said that funds available for transportation of outside pupils to schools here would last for only 1856 more school days. The letter urged that the Legislature provide funds for such transporta- tion in the last month of the pres ent school term.
 mileage table for the session was approved by the EngrossmeAo and Enrolment committee of the Senate. Payment of mileage to the various Legislators now awaits only signatures to the report by Presi- dent Norman R. Walker of the Sen ate and Speaker Lyng of the House. Senator Roden announced at the close of the Senate session that the Judiciary Committee would meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow.