The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-06
SENATE MEASURE
 AIMED TO CLEAR ELECTION MIxUp
Three Bills Are Offered in Brief, AefionIess Upper
 House Session Today

Today's brief session of the Alas ka Senate saw introduction ot three new bills, the first of which, Senate Bill No. 5, by Senator Nor man Walker, is aimed at clearing up confusion as to qualifications of candidates for office and, by an emergency clause, would give force to current protests in the Fourth Division over the candidacy there of Third Division Representative Warren A. Taylor for Senate seat at the next General Election. S.B. No. provides procedure for establishing proof of the necessary qualifications of all candidates for the Legislature. Delegate in Con- gress and other Territorial offices. It requires that all candidates un- der penalty of perjury, file oath at least five days prior to each election, general, primary or spec ial, showing that the candidate meets the prescribed qualifications for the office sought.
 Penalty for williui swearing false oath is maximum of one year in jail, $1 ,000 fine, or both. Addition al penalty provided is forfeiture of office if elected.
 Unless the oath is filed as the bill would require, candidates name is to be stricken from the ballot and any votes cast for him discarded.
 Duty of enforcement is rested in the Attorney General with provis- ion for filing of civil action dir ectly in the District Court. k. ..a., Other, NeW Bills The two other bills received by the Senate this morning are com panion measures of technical legal nature, offered by Senator AL len Shattuck. The first, S.B. 6, would amend the Compiled Laws of Alaska to increase homestead exemptions from $2,500 to $5,000. iS.B. 2 would also increase present homestead exemptions. from $5,000 to $l0,000 as to tenants in entire ty.
 Attorney General Rivers, who had hand in preparation of the two legal measures, stated that they have the endorsement of the Ju- neau Bar Association. Their aim is to make exemptions from lien against homesteads sufficient to
 cover present inflated building costs.
 Other Senate Action The 20-minute Senate session this forenoon was hardly more than a formality, the order of business be- ing run through without comment from the floor. No action came up and no votes were taken.
 Senate Bill No. 1, the proposed Workmen's Compensation Act intro duced yesterday by Senator Joe Green, was reported out by his Labor Committee with a do pass" and - following the Senate's new ly adopted steering procedure--was referred to the Rules Committee for assignment on the Daily FAe. That action also hardly was more than formality, as no other measures have yet been returned by committee to become available for placement on the calendar.
 Senate Bill One is the same mea- sure that rested for AT days in a committee of the House at the 1945 regular session before being reported out.
 Three committee meetings were called for today: Education for immediately following adjournment; Taxation for o'clock p. m. and Labor for o'clock this afternoon. Committee reference for the three bills introduced today is: s. B. 5, to Judiciary; S,B. 6 and ', to Taxation. 4Y r,
 The Senate adjourned until Il o'clock Thursday forenoon. eYnfK fAInIATInNe