Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-10-29
ARIZONA IS
GETTING ANXIOUS
VIII Hold Night Sessions to
Prevent New Mexico
Finishing First
THE INITIATIVE AND RECALL
Republican Who Dared Lift
Finger Is Promptly
Sat On.

Phoenix, Oct. 29.-After two weeks
deliberation the legislative committee
this morning reported on the initia.
tive and referendum to the constitl.
tional convention leaving the percent
age to be decided by the convention.
1t differs in no material respect from
the Oregon law and makes direct leg.
islation applicable to cities, counties
as well as the state. The recall meas
ures has been ordered printed. II
provides for the recall of any officers.
1t is expected that there will be a
bitter contest as many object to the
application of the recall to the Judi
ciary.
The need of greater expedition is
beginning to be realized by members
II the constitution is to be placed
before Congress at the short session.
There is a growing sentiment that
if the New Mexico constitution
reaches Congress at that session and
the Arizona constitution does not, it
might as well not be sent in at all.
Mr.. Cassidy will offer a resolution
providing for the holding of night ses-
sions beginning with next week. So
far there has been little opportunity
for committee work, so little that it
has been difficult to enlist the attend
ance of committee men.
The session yesterday was without
much interest. The chief event was
the smothering of a proposition by
Mr.. Curtis of Santa Cruz country
for no other apparent reason than
that it was offered by a Republican
This happened in the afternoon. The
proposition related to corporations,
banks and currency 1t dealt in the
first place with charters of corpora
tions and their regulation. Many of
the restrictive features were similar
to those of the Ellinwood measure.
Before the reading of it was finished,
Mr.. Cobb observed that the members
were not following it though the re-
porters and spectators in the gallery
were doing so with interest and he
moved that it be read by title and
referred. This was the first time
that measure on it's first reading
was sent over that crosslots route,
while full and unnecessary readings
have been given all propositions.
An important proposition was Of
fered in the morning by Mr. Jones
of Maricopa. 1t provides for the
creation of a railroad commission
and for the regulation and taxation
of railroads. 1t looks to a commits.
sion of membership of three chosen
by election The commission is au-
thorized and ordered to make maxi.
mum rates and charges and there is
placed under its jurisdiction electric
companies and telephone companies
and express companies beside special
transportation companies such as re-
frigerator lines. The rolling stock of
the company is to be regarded as
personal property, liable to execution
and sale.
Sections relating to taxation are
as follows:
Section Z. Common carriers shall
make such reports. under oath, and
provide such information concerning
their acts and operations as may be
required by law, or railroad COM
mission, and when the value of fran
chises and property of common car
riers so reported exceeds the value
reported by such common carriers to
the state board of equalization the
value reported for purposes of taxa
ton shall be used as the value in de-
termining and fixing the rates and
charges to be made and collected for
services of such common carriers.
Section g. The franchise, roadway,
roadbed, rails and rolling stock of all
railroads. and the franchises and all
other property of express companies,
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