The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-21
SEN ATE ACTS ON 22 BILLS,
 1S APPROVED
Many Measures Cleared from Calendar During
 Saturday, Sunday
By BOB DeARMOND

Holding sessions on Saturday at- cernoon, Saturday evening and Sun day afternoon, the Senate spurred by another deadline, passed five of it's own bills. passed 13 House bills and tabled four House measures, bringing it's calendar pretty we'll down to the bedrock of appropria- cions and revenue measures which, under joint rule, have the spot light during the last four days of the session.
 Two new bills were introduced in the Senate Saturday afternoon and quickly passed Senator Gunnard Engebreth, at the request of Col. J. P. Johnson, general manager of he Alaska Railroad, introduced a Gill to authorize liquor dispensary licenses for common carriers, in- sluding railroad cars. Senator En- sebreth told his colleagues that the hill merely legalizes the buffet car seryice which was inaugurated by the Alaska Railroad several years ago. The bill passed 14-2.
 Senator Victor O.. Rivers intro- duced S.B. 85. to provide for termi- nation of the Territorial Land Reg istration Program on July of this year.
 NO LONGER NECESSARY
 The registration program is no longer necessary. Senator Rivers ex- plained, as the work will now be performed by the Boards of Assess ynent under the new General Prop sfty Tax Act, and by the Commis- sioner of Taxation.
 Senator Lyng objected to the early termination of the program, assert ing that since there have been more than 10000 registrations of owner ship under the program and much of tEe land will be foreclosed and old, it should be carried out by the Ireasurers office The bill passed by l0-6 vote.
 The main section of the two-part raw, fish tax bill passed the Senate Oy a vote of 1l-5 Saturday after noon, the cold storage portion of the hill having passed Saturday forenoon.
 200-FOOT LAW
 H.B. 61, introduced as broad measure to specify the method by which the 2O0-foot dry zone around churches and schools is to De measured but generally under stood to have been inspired by the desire of the Ketchikan Eagles Lodge to erect a new club building within 200 feet, airline measurement, Of a church.
 An amendment offered by Senator Mackenzie of Ketchikan and adopt ed by the Senate gave the measure an extremely narrow application, however, providing that only a na- tional fraternal organization chart cred in at least 36 states, with at least 500 lodges and organized for at least 20 years could operate under a club dispensary license within the 200-foot zone. The Fraternal Order of Eagles and two or three other fraternal organizations could quail fly under the amendment.
 Senators Nerland, Huntley and Anderson vigorously opposed both the Mackenzie amendment and the final passage of the bill. but both carried 10-6
 OTHER BILLS PASSED
 Other House bills passed by the Senate were:
 HB. 8l, increasing the minimum compensation for wrongful death to $l5,O0O.
 H.B. 95, to amend the Veterans Loan Act relating to security for 'oans.
 H.B. 90, to require the licensing and bonding of both certified and uncertified public accountants.
 H.B. IF, amending the law re- lating to Public Utility Districts.
 H.B. l06. pertaining to the pow
 
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