The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-03-05

mediately preceding the filing of
the petition"
Senator Bars bill to provide for
the coming of airports and to pre-
vent the building of distractions
near them, was passed by unani-
nous vote Early passage OF the bill
had been urged and Aviation Direc-
tor Tony Schwamm told the House
that electric power lines have been
planned which would block the APP
nroach to Merrill Field at Anchor
age.
Two In Morning
During its forenoon session on
saturday the House passed Rep.
Scavenius' bill empowering Public
T1tilitv Districts to construct sewer
systems and the Kay-Conright-
Metcalfe bill to amend the lobby
ing laws. The latter bill now con-
tains the additional provision, not
in the original, that lobbyists must
file a Communist oath with
the Auditor, and prohibiting lobby
ing by members of a Communist,
Fascist or suberversive organization.
House Bill 81, reducing hair seal
hounties to 81 and considerably
shrinking the area in which bounty
hunting is allowed, was held over
until this week after it became evil
dent that it would run into trouble.
The bill cuts off the bounty area
lust above Bristol Bay, excluding
the northern part of Boring Sea
and the Arctic Coast.
Rep. Franklin, pointing to nearly
100000 in appropriations required
to carry out the Act during the past
two years, commented, 'if we GO
on this way we'll break the Terri
tory" He suggested, too, that there
is no commercial fishing to be pro-
tected in upper Boring Sea and the
Arctic, and that the bounty was de-
signed mains to protect commercial
fisheries.
Extend Boundaries
Rep. Wells, of the Second d.
vision, offered an amendment to
extend the bounty area to include
the Norton Sound and Kotzebue
Sound areas.
1T is unfair to the Second d.
vision to eliminate it from these
bounties,' said Rep. Frank Degnan,
also of the Second Division. I'VE
depend upon these bounties for a
part of our living. If this is passed,
we will be breeding the seals and
the bounties on them will be col
lected somewhere else"
BY unanimous consent the bill
was held over, with Rep. Weus
amendment still pending.
The -Gundersen bill re-
lating to the Aid to Dependent
Children program of the Welfare
Department and increasing maxi
mum benefits was passed with
amendment.
The bill provided for increasing
the initial benefit from $50 to $50
month and increasing benefits
for additional children from SIS to
$50 a month, both figures maxi
NUNS.
At the request of the House, Wei
fare Director Henry Harmon APP
peared briefly to explain the pro-
gram and its needs. The House
voted to drop the $50 maximum tic
$40 and passed the bill by 1873.
Fireworks on Fireworks
H. B. "a, introduced by Rep. Hen
erickson by request and prohibiting
the sale, transportation or use OF
fireworks in the Territory, except
when displayed under the control OF
direction of a municipality or Other
public body, got some heated op-
position from the start.
Rep. Scanvenius moved to table
the bill and lost by a 3-19 vote
Amendments to make the act effec-
tive on July S, 1851, and to require
the Territorial Treasurer to buy anc
destroy all fireworks now on hano
in the Territory also failed.
The bill passed by 1877 vote. I
does not carry an emergency clause
and would become effective 80 day.
after approved by the governor.
Unanimously approved were bill;
to refund s9,173.38 to the Travellers
Insurance Company for excess ta2
payment and appropriate $7700 t6
compensate U. S. Commissioners fol-
recording and reporting vital sta
tistics records.
Also approved were H. B. SO, re-
lating to adoptions; H. B. 81, relat-
ing to guardians and wards, and
H. B. LOG, to establish Uniform
Trust Receipts Law.
New Bills
Reps. Miscovich, Gasser, Mac
Kinnon and Laws introduced bill,
to abolish the Alaska Development
Board and the bill very nearly
brought House business to a stand
still.
Rep. Kay moved to table the bill
and Rep. Miscovich asked for Q
call of the House. Since Rep. Locken