Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-03-13
K|BBEy SIGNS
ELEVEN BILLS.
New Law for the In
spectionof Import.
ed Fruit Trees
BRIDGE LOCATION FIGHT
Arizona Legislature Evident
ly Have Their Troubles
and Differences.

Phoenix. ArZ., March 13.--GovernOr
Kibbey has signed eleven bills, among
them the horticultural commission
bill providing for the inspection OF
imported fruit trees, an anti-bucket
shop bill, bill to codify the laws ap-
lplying to metaliferous mines and a
bill taxing branch banks. A hot fight
is on ever the bill to locate bridge
lover the Salt river in payment Of
which Maricopa county is to issue
bonds in the sum of 100000.
The original bill named Tempe as
the site, but it is opposed by Phoenix.
The factions are bitterly warning.
1t is understood the governor might
veto the bill if it named a site, con.
sidering it undesirable for the legis-
lature to select location.
A number of Cochise county people
are here to lobby for the Sutter coun.
ty seat removal bill allowing. corpor.
ations to sign for their property.
Errors in the Greenlee county bill
approved by the governor were cor.
rected by special bill passed this
morning.
Bailey's primary election laws were
signed by the governor today.
BY unanimous consent a bill was
introduced in the house to purchase
the fair grounds by the territory at a
cost of $4,000.
Bills Passed.
The following bills passed both
houses with yesterday proceedings
BY O'Neill, an ostrich protection
F; bill,
BY Weedin for free qualitative tests
of ore at the university.
BY Hunt, prohibiting bucket shops.
BY Goodrich, court reporter act.
BY Finley, for a full regiment mill.
| tia.
By Sutter, for typewriters for re.
cording instruments, passed the
house.
BY Peterson, repeating the seizure
clause of the livestock law.
BY Morris, for a deputy treasurer
office.
BY O'Neill, against chickens run.
ming at large.
BY Horton, permitting the sale OF
game killed in other states.
BY Goodrich, protecting holders of
options on mining claims.
BY O'Neill, penalty for flooding
roads.
Governor Signs Bills.
The governor yesterday signed the
Greenlee county bill, the DeSouza rail-
way commission bill, the Morgan act
repeating the $1,000 limit for personal
| injuries, and the Weedin eight-hour
law for furnacemen and hoisting en-.
gineers, and vetoed the Sutter bill Gre
lating police courts in certain cities,
on the grounds that it was special leg
islation. The Sutter bill was made
caucus measure and was passed in
both housesc by strict party vote.
lit is for the benefit of Bisbee. The
governor has also signed the bill all
thorizing Mojave county to issue
| 100000 in bonds to build court
house; $4,000 already having been
authorized. ,~I--g, --.sv-7
Appropriations.
The house considered appropria.
tions amounting to about $4,000 for
the expenses of the legislature, sala-
ries, printing, and incidental expense.
The members haggled for two hours
over an amendment to increase the
salary of the hard worked committee
clerks and the hard worked doorkeep-
ers, messengers, pages, and other at.
taches.
Aside from the passage Of the
Hampton education qualification bill
over the governors veto. little trans
pired in the council. The council was
in the committee of the whole, with
Hampton in the chair. for the con-
sideration of the substitute bill pre-
pared by the road committee, OF which
Burns is the chairman, for the Aims.
worth measure for the creating OF
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