Arizona republican., 1912-04-12

| board of control to Supplant the pres
 ent board. It makes the governor
 chairman of the board which consists
 of himself and four other state offic-
 CTS, but makes all acts of the board
 subject to majority approval, thus giving the governor less power in
 various ways. Referred to the print l ing and judiciary committees 1 House bill 93 by Babbitt. amends
 paragraphs 1892 and 3S33 of the re- vised statutes and was referred to the
 printing and ways and means com mittee.
 House bill 94 by Babbitt. amends
 the penal code with reference to roads
 and was referred to the printing com
 mittee.
 House joint resolution No. was introduced by Johnson and memorial
 iZes congress for a grant of 900 0OO
 acres of land for good roads. It was
 referred to the printing committee
 and the committee on memorials and petitions
 Second Reading of Bills 1 House joint resolution 4, inviting Champ Clark to visit the legislature.
 was read. the rules suspended and
 passed unanimously, one of the mem bers offering an amendment that he bring his "dawg" that it might be kicked around a little. The amend
 ment was not acted upon. House bill 7S to prohibit trusts, was
 read and referred to the committee on
 corporations.
 House bill so, prohibiting the sale of
 milk from diseased animals was read
 and referred tO the committee on live stock
 I House bill IS, permitting the state
 and municipalities to engage in indus
 trial pursuits, had been made a special
 order for yesterday but it was sent to
 the enrolling and expressing commit
 tee without discussion
 Mir. Lynch called the attention of
 the house to the fact that the session
 is nearly half over and not a single
 mandate of the constitution has been
 complied with. Discussion developed the fact that the committee having the
 matter in hand had conferred with the
 senate committee which has bills in preparation and some early team work was promised.
 1 House bill 62 was indefinitely post poned. This bill authorized the sec
 retary of state to employ a stenoG-
 rapher at sl00 per month. As $75 has been the prevailing rate a new bill
 will be offered
 | House bill 50. providing for the fill ing of vacancies in office was passed 1 by q vote of 32 tO l.
 1 The hanSa then went into aa
 of the whole with Mir. Murphy in the
 chair and began the consideration of
 Jacobs school land bill. Mir Jacobs ! who had been assailed the night be-
 fore in a public meeting as having q personal interest in the bill to exon
 crate himself from that charge read 1 an affidavit by the clerk of the Mari = copa county supervisors to the effect
 that he. Jacobs, is not a school land lessee Mir Jacobs added that none of his relatives are interested, either. He then made a short talk in defense
 of his bill which he said had beer
 warked upon by good attorneys for nearly three months He offered an
 amendment making the proposed law apply only to irrigated school land of which there are probably 25,00O acres I | in the state.
 IL is urged for the bill that the
 lessees in this county cannot avail themselves of the privileges of the Roosevelt reservoir until they secure
 title to their lands.
 | Opponents of the bill say the state
 should lease its school lands rather | than sell trem. Many suggestions were offered. one being that the state
 buy the water rights for these lands
 from the government and continues to lease the lands, furnishing the water. ! IL was said that would not be feasible
 under the reclamation law. In this connection MT Jacobs read an opinion | by Attorney Witbeck. of the reclama-
 tion service sustaining him in that view of the case
 Mir. Bradner said new bill was being prepared that he thought would meet all objections and proposed that 1 this measure be laid aside until if was presented. He was supported by Messrs. Johnson and Irvine but other
 wise strenuously opposed. The house took its noon recess and ireconvened at 1:30 where it left off in 1 ol liit NilbIt MI NtllDi moved the indefinite pOstponement of the bill and it was discussed an- other hour when the Kelton motion was withdrawn Finally a motion prevailed that a committee be ap pointed to devise a list of questions i for the attorney general and that i further consideration be delayed un til that opinion is reported. The chair appointed Linney, Jacobs and l Craig as such committee. The com
 mittee rose and reported. A message was received from the senate announcing that senate bill 29. senate bill 9, senate bill 3S and senate bill 62 had passed that body. Senate bill 9 for the maintenance of the office of the attorney general, was read in full, the rules suspended and the bill read the second time and re- ferred to the committee on appropri- ations.
 Senate bill % was read by title and took the regular course. It will be read again today. It was at this point that the house members again object ed to the alleged arrogance of the senate This bill is duplicate of the one passed by the house concerning notaries. The gentlemen feel that if it answers all purposes the senate would have saved valuable time by rushing .Nx- .l..