The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-27

Qlture Dy the IeTrlUOrlal Depart- ment of Fisheries to control marine predators, including hair seals and sea lions.
 House Bill 75-Provides for the li- censing of sport fishing in Alaska. License fees are $1 for residents and $3 for non-residents and aliens, plus a 25-cent fee for issuing each license. Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts are exempt. Effective July 1, 1851
 House Bill 82-Amends the law re- lating to hair seal bounties. De- creases thebounty to $3, eliminates the Arctic coast and part of the coast of Western Alaska from the areas in which seals may be killed :, for bounty and provides that the bounty shall be payable only to the person actually killing the seal House Bill 147-Provides for a referendum at the next general election on the question as to whether the operation and control of the fisheries should be turned over to the Territory.
 House Bill 162 General Appro- priations) Bounty on eagles, $15,- 900 (same as last biennium). Bounty on hair seals, $100,000 (same as last biennium). s. B. 28, deficiency appropriation, $l98,292. Bounty on wolves and coyotes, S100,O0O ($25,OOO less than last bi- ennium). s. B. 28, $16,510 to pay wolf and coyote bounty claims now pending.
 GOVERNMENT
 Senate Bill 16-Provides that af- ter March 19, 1851, no member of the Alaska Legislature shall be ap- pointed to serve on any Territorial board or commission.
 Sub. Senate Bill 24-Makes the Tax Commissioner the ex-officio inspector of weights and measures and of weighing and measuring ap- pliances. These duties were former ly assigned to the Treasurer. poll House Bill 3OMRemoves the Gov-' ernor from the Board of Public Welfare. The board will now have four members instead of five, one from each Division. ieg Bi19mf J House Bill 31-Remoyes the Gov-l ernor from the Alaska Aeronautics and Communications Commission, leaving it with four appointive members and the Attorney General as a sort of ex-officio member.
 House Bill 32-Removes the Gov ernor from the Territorial Board of Health, replacing him with an ap- pointive member at large.
 House Bill 38-Removes the Gov ernor from the Fisheries Experiment tai Commission The new commits sion will consist of the fisheries technologist in charge of the Ket- chikan Fisheries Experimental Lab oratory and two members appoin- ted by the Governor.
 House Bill 39-Removes the Gov ernor from the Alaska Development Board, replacing him with an ap- pointive member at large.
 | House Bill 141-Relating to the organization of the Territorial gov ernment and specifically providing I for the reorganization of the agen- cies responsible for financial ad- ministration.
 Creates a new Board of Admin istration, consisting of the Cover nor as chairman, the Attorney Gen eral and the Tax Commissioner, two members of the House of Rep- resentatives and two members of the Senate. The legislative members are elected by the respective bodies and each names an alternate to serve in his stead. Legislative mem bers are to be paid actual trans portation, S15 per diem i'll lieu ol maintenance when away from home to attend board meetings, and $50 day compensation while enroute to and from and attending meetings. Creates a new Department of Fi- nance. headed by Commissioner of Finance to be appointed by the | Board of Administration and to re- ceiye salary not to exceed $15,000 a year.
 The Commissioner of Finance will | appoint a controller, purchasing agent. and such other assistants as he may need. He will be in charge of budgeting, pre-auditing, accoun- ting, purchasing, property control and treasury management.
 The Act also creates new Of- flee of Auditor The Auditor is to be elected by the Legislature for term of six years by majority vote of the House and Senate in joint session and may be removed by two-thirds vote of the House and Senate, each voting independ- ently. In the event of a vacancy in the office, an interim appoint Continued on Page Two)