The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-11-16
ADVANCE ISAnN0UNCED BY GOVERNOR
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in Committee Rooms, which they
 would have to vacate, will be great ly impaired unless they can secure
 ether office space. They include the
 newly created Office of the Tax Col
 lector the recently re-established
 Federal Housing Administration the
 newly created Alaska Development
 Board. and some of the older agen-
 cies of government. However, some time in February, the Goldstein Building. with four floors of office
 space. is expected to be available,
 enabling some of the government
 agencies now in the Federal Build i ing. to move there, and allowing
 others to take their place. It seems desirable, therefore, not to call the session until this space is surely available and the agencies have had time to move into it.
 Tn addition, the death of two legislators in the Third Division, Representative Joseph Diamond and i Senator H. H. McCutcheon, will re- quire the calling of a special elec- ton to fill these vacancies for the i special session, and enough time must he allowed for such election.
 Tt therefore seems advisable for ue to fix the date tentatively for i March fourth so that members of the Legislature may be appraised ill plenty of time and may have an opportunity to make their personal plans for the next months with a minimum of inconvenience.
 Under the amendment to the Organic Act, approved April 18, 1940, the Governor is required to give at least IS days notice in writing or by telegram or radio-gram to each member of said Legislature.
 Since a special session can deal cnly with legislation included in the call it seems to me advisable to postpone this formal call until ap- rroXimately that period before the actual converting of the session, in order to include in the call, all matters which seem desirable for legislative consideration The re- quests that I have received have al- ready included a great variety of subjects and there seems little doubt that, owing to changing conditions, additional matters will come up which the legislature may wish to consider.
 The cost of & special session last ing 30 days is estimated at about s50c00 However, one of the objects to be included in the call wfll be a Highway Act This seems sts me essential since many tourists will probably come from the States ever the Alaska Military Highway and because with the cessation of war many new cars will be available So that our highway traffic will be greater than ever before. The High way f1Cls CCilSlQtlGO UQl IlOJ dCltQ uron at the last regular session of the Legislature, or some similar act, is estimated by the Territorial High way Engineer, MT. Leonard Smith, to bring in approximately sl20,O00 annually Passing some such act, therefore, early in 1946 will make such amount available year earl fer than had we waited for the next regular session in 1947, netting the Territory, thereby, some $70,oO0 in addition to defraying the cost of the special session.
 This notice which I am giving to the press and radio stations, and am likewise wiring to every member of the Legislature, should, therefore, ba considered advance notice of such call I naturally cesire, also, to hear from the members of the Legisla-