The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-03-21

Pass Dozen Bills
They included Gall previously
passed by the House,:
Reduction of the General Prop
erty Tax on fishing boats from 81 to
50 net ton; granting police pow
ers to civilian defense authorities;
increasing aid to dependent chill
dren to $40 monthly from $50.
The Senate killed two labor-spon-
sored bills by failure to suspend
rules to advance them to final pas
sage before the deadline
One proposed figuring experience
rating credits in computing employ
er's contributions under the unem-
ployment compensation law an
$500 900 issue now before the courts
and the other proposed allowing
seasonal wage credits under unem-
ployment compensation for season
industry workers who earn 20 per
cent of their wages outside the in
dustry.
The Senate also rejected House
bill to allow the Welfare Depart
ment to contract with the. Alaska
Native Service for care of native
indigents.
The House tabled Senate-ap-
proved bill for creation of a land
department under the tax commits
sioner for registration of all Alaska
lands.
The government Financial Reor-
ganization Bill was slated as a spe-
cial order of business in the Senate
Ibis afternoon.
Slum Clearance
The Senate in the final hour
completed legislative approval Tor
the Alaska Housing Authority Bill
enabling slum and blighted area
clearance, bond issues and power OF
eminent domain. 1t tabled bill for
licensing real estate brokers.
The governors second veto chs
first of two Yesterday also involves
mortgages. 1t would extend from
one to wo years the time in which
renewal affidavits for chattel mort
cages can be filed after the date
the mortgage became due.
The Governors long veto message
diverted to Aesop's FABLES as he
said the time ekbensiopl' w9FH alt
DIV the mortgage holhsr ste. aieE beck
With a DOG in the Manager "attl-
tude. He said the lender, after fall
ing to- press for ettlnseflt LAT the
due date, ..could wait ehiost 1.-Two
wears to reassert his claim, mean
while keeping other creditors in
state of suspense concerning their
claims"
Both Houses passed the bill unan-
imously originally.
The Senate passed II bills at an
afternoon session, All previously had
passed the House. .,..,..se
The Senate passed, LIB, bill to
repeal the Territory's Public En-
ploves Retirment Act to allow en-
ployes to go under Federal Social
Security instead. 1t involved a long
controversy.
An amendment was added yester-
| day for the Territory to PROVIDE
benefits for longtime employees who
will become eligible for retirement
lnder the bill in the next five years,
and who wouldn't have chance tc
build up Social Security credits.
Differences
A difference of legal opinion de-
veloped over whether Territorial
employees were assured of. getting
| into the Social Security setup un-
der a previous measure, Senate Bill
| SO. Attorney General j. Gerald VIII
| liams advised that the use OF the
word may" instead of shall Jeo-
pardized the act.
So Senator Mackenzie introduced
a quickie bill to amend it and II
went through both Houses before
the midnight bells tolls, although
| the Senate first turned 1t down
Some of the senators were piqued
because Anita Garnick and Frank
Barr had warned during the after
noon that there was legal loop
hole. After some lecturing ABOUT
misplaced spirit of levity ABOUT
the situation, second vote brought
the necessary two-thirds to ADMIT
the bill
The Senate passed, 1872. a Dill 70
modify the bounty on hair seaiS
which ran up a 100000 deficit dur
ing the present biennium. Inc Dill
cuts the bounty from Sc to 50 anu
eliminates the vast Northern EsKinlo
area where there are no Salmon
runs for the seals to prey on.
The bill eliminated all the area
north of Kruzenstern, Wnlcn 10