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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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The House Territorial Affairs Subcommittee tabled a bill by Rep. Ralph Rivers to supplement land grant provisions of the Alaska Mental Health Act, deeming it unnecessary due to a 1959 amendment to the Alaska Statehood Act.
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WASHINGTON, (P) The House Territorial Affairs Subcommittee tabled a bill Monday to supplement the land grant provisions of the Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act.
Rep. Ralph Rivers, who introduced the bill, made the motion on grounds it is no longer necessary. The action in effect kills the bill.
The bill was intended to assure that the one million acres of land Alaska may choose under the Mental Health Act of 1956 would not be restricted to those not under mineral lease.
Harold R. Mochumuth, lands staff officer of the Bureau of Land Management, testified that this provision was taken care of in an amendment to the Alaska Statehood Act passed in August, 1959.
Rivers had introduced the tabled bill prior to the passage of the amendment last August.
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the bill was tabled and effectively killed, as the issue was addressed by an amendment to the alaska statehood act passed in august 1959.
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The House Territorial Affairs Subcommittee tabled a bill introduced by Rep. Ralph Rivers to supplement the land grant provisions of the Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956, ensuring one million acres for Alaska not restricted to non-mineral lease lands. Rivers moved to table it, stating it was no longer necessary due to a prior amendment. Harold R. Mochumuth testified confirming the amendment covered the provision.