The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-02
(HILDLAB0R BILL PASSED
 BY SENATOR'S
Baby-Siffing Business foI Youngsters Severely
 CirCumsuibed
By BOB DeARMOND

a Judiciary Committee substitute for Senator Garnicks Senate Bill IA, was passed by the upper house yesterday afternoon. The vote was unanimous and the measure now goes to the House where it is ex- pected to pass without much diff culty. although some changes may be made in it there.
 The business. rraue or profession 'of baby-sitting appears to have been severely circumscribed for young sters under 16 years of age by the provisions of the bill.
 It provides that minors under l6 may only be employed between the hours of 6 am. and p.m., which would seem to rule out evening em- ployment as baby-sitters.
 The bill also stipulates that min-. ors under 16 may not be employed for more than combined total of nine hours school attendance and
 employment in any one day. and that their employment outside of school hours shall not exceed B hours in any one week.
 ! Occupations Limited No minor under IA years of age could work or be employed in any occupation outside school hours ex- cept domestic employment and
 handiwork in and about private homes, newspaper delivery on fixed routes, or in canneries in warehouse work. casing cans under competent supervision.
 The proposed Act would not, how ever, apply to situations in which a child works under the direct supervision of a parent in busi- ness owned and operated by such parent nor the work of a child on boat owned and operated by the child's parent.
 Other provisions of the new bill make no major changes in the present law.
 Two Senate Joint Memorials, one
 of them seeking harbor work at Haines, the other urging favorable consideration by Congress of bill to extend the Federal Hospital Sur vey and Construction Act to cover Alaska, were likewise passed unani- mously during it's afternoon session. Bus Bill Passes Rep. Frank Angerman's bill to re- quire two doors in buses used in common carrier service in Alaska and to limit the number of pas sengers carried by buses, was some what amended by the Senators and passed by 14-2 vote.
 As approved by the Senate, the bill would not limit the number of bus passengers on trips of Is miles or less from the center of cities but on longer trips would require that the number of stan- dees be no greater than 25 per cent of the number of seats in the bus. Senator Frank Barr, chairman of the Senate's Transportation Con- mittee, spoke of the dangers involv- | ed in overcrowding of buses, but said that conditions in Alaska made some sort of compromise necessary. He offered the amendment to ease I the restrictions imposed by the ori- ginal bill.
 Comptroller General The major bill of several intro duced in the Senate yesterday af- ternoon would create the Depart ment of Comptroller General, in which would be combined the pres- ent offices of Treasurer and Audi tor. The bill was introduced by Senator Steve McCutcheon. The bill provides for the elec- tion of Comptroller General in 1850 and each four years there after, and abolishes the offices of Treasurer and Auditor as of April l. 1851, when the new official would take over.
 The term of the present Treas urer expires on April l, 1851. The bill provides that the Auditor may be paid for the full four-year term to which he was elected, which term ends on April 1, 1853
 The Comptroller General would receive funds from all sources. in- cluding tax money, Federally allot- ted money and employees retire. 1 ment contributions: disburse funds, keep financial records and have custody of the Territory's general fund and other funds.
 Bounty Change
 Also introduced yesterday was