The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-10
SENATOR'S HIT. FAST CLIP IN PASSING BILLS
By JIM HUTCHINSON

Jl ldLo oQICQ JlliO OQBli lllE HoClldtC .yCo- ,erday and last night.
 It raised the Senates passing sotal for Friday to IS.
 It set a record for the session. The senators admitted late last night hat they weren't too sure about the inc points of two or three of them, put they passed them on the basis of 'aith in their sponsors.
 One of the bills approved, 15 to l, would make person under 21 who ouys, or tries to buy, liquor, equally responsible with the seller.
 It was introduced, by request, by Sen. w. L. (Dan) Lhamon R-Fair- banks). The lone vote against it was by Sen. Walter Huntley O. Palmer)
 Both Huntley and Sen. Percy Ipa- look (R-Kotzbue), former mission iry at Wales, expressed wariness about the intent of the bill. but Ipalook went along with the majority liter Lhamon insisted its intent was very simple" and Sen. Frank Barr added:
 Tt will make the minor who looks like he is 21 think twice before he goes in to try to buy drink"
 The bill now goes to the House.
 Other bills approved by the Sem ate would tighten up on tobacco and liquor tax collections.
 One would forbid a minority stockholder to tie a corporation up in litigation unless he posted 5 per cent of the stock as a bond, or posted a bond of not more than s5, ,OO0. In response to a question, Lhamon said it was introduced, on request, because of the long litiga- ton over the Chilkoot Barracks vet erans' colony project. Lhamon said the intent was to place measure of responsibility on minority stock holder before he could start costly litigation.
 Bills Approved Other bills approved by the Sen- ate Gall Senate originating bills) were:
 SB 65-to allow territorial officers | to destroy non-permanent records after 10 years with approval of the attorney general
 SB 97-to expand the territorial textbook commission from two ap- ; pointive members, to four, to serve with the education commissioner; SB 32-to eliminate the need of physical examinations in non-profit mutual beneficial insurance socie- ties for benefits under $2,500; SB 91-to authorize and direct the highway engineer to survey for streets and grades outside cities, with 1 the survey to determine where utili- ties lines may be laid.
 The latter bill precipitated quite a furry.
 Sen. Steve McCutcheon D-An- lchorage) said the League of Alaska Cities wants the bill passed. He said that as member of the An chorage Planning Commission he had experienced the problem Of run ming against city limits barrier with no authority to go farther. Senator Barr opposed it with the argument: T object to spending ter ritorial money and expending em- ployees' time for an Anchorage prob- ilem. We don't even know If the people outside the city want it.
 Sen. Howard Lyng brought up an inter division issue before the l3-' vote for the measure.
 He commented that Nome had nc planning commission, but 1t has 2 Chamber of Commerce that is trying to get road funds restored after tht Federal Bureau of the Budget cu them out. He cited memorials which he and Sen. Ed Anderson had intro duced with that aim. One of then was approved by the Senate earlier in the day.
 Plight of Second Division
 He said the Second Division hadn' iibeen able to get Federal road fund.- while they were diverted "so the! ,,could black-top roads in the Thirt
 Division. How long is the Secon' Division going to have to be sub
 servient to the T'hird?"
 Senate President Gunnard Enge 1