Arizona republican., 1912-05-08
Some Bills Were Passed and Others Were Pushed Along Toward
 Completion
SOMETHING LIKE
 A BARGAIN DAY
Couldn't Do It All in Day Time So the Senate Held Another Night
 Session

The legislature did little yesterdav in the way of making hay but it cut q pile of grass that only needs a little curing to be ready for the rake The senate passed d bill taxing pri- Vate car lines, another providing for the bonding of state officers, the in corporation fea bIIl. and a bill for assessing property previously over looked. The house passed a few bills among them one relating to appeals others concerning gratuities, the sale of food products, vacancies in office regulating doubtful investment con- cerns, prohibiting trusts, etc. But the chief work of both houses yesterday was passing bills along through com mitteeS and second readings and get ! ting ready to flood the hopper for the final grind. The house acted on more bills in committee of the whole than ] on any previous day.
 The appointment of $. l. Pattee code commissioner. was confirmed by i the senate and the governor appoint ! cd three commissioners to attend the annual conference on uniform legis- l Iaton.
 THE SENATE Immediately on opening the judi ciary committee reported Senate bill 59, the public defender bill. for the 1 second time with the recommendation that it do pass as amended. Senate bill 102. railroad assessment was reported by the style. revision and compilation committed an omis- 1 sion was discovered and it was rec commended for correction
 Final Action.
 Senate bill 104 taxing private car companies, was passed by a vote of T. to Hubbell. who thought the rate of taxation too high. Sims absent Senate bill 99. bonds of state of ficers was passed by IS votes, Sims absent
 Senate bill v as amended. relative to incorporation fees was passed If l to 1, Breen, Hubbell. Pace and Willis Worsley absent During debate on this bill d warm coIloquy occurred be- tween President Cunniff and Senator C. B. Wood, relative to the value of the formers widely known com mittee on style. revision and compila ton. and Senator Woods proclivities toward oratory.
 Word received by Senator Worsley of the death of sister and the senate adjourned to o'clock in respect to the bereaved member,
 On recOnvening the president an- nounced the presence in the city of Hon. Neil Neilsen of Australia. and q motion carried that he be invited to address the senate Thursday after noon between l and o'clock. l A message was received from the 3 governor announcing his approval of | l. bill A. and senate bill IS.
 The governor also announced that : he had appointed w. B. Cleary, A. T A Worsley and NJ. G. Cunniff as commissioners to the annual confer :. ence on uniform state laws.
 New Bills
 Senate bill 165 by Sims at request o of committee, for regulation of in- . surance business in the state. The
 following bills were reported. rec ommending passage and sent to com mittee of the whole:
 By the public service corporation ! committee. senate bill 132: by the
 judiciary committee, house bill 10;
 and senate bill 157: by the labor
 committee senate bill 21; by th'
 suffrage and elections committee SeHdle Dlll 1ut duu SubSlA1AtS lO'
 senate bill 61; the finance com = mittee, that senate bill 142 be in c definitely postponed: by the appro , priations committee. approving th'
 expense, bill of accountans W. :, Punkett. E. J. F'rippell and GeorS' = Nicholson, recommending they b paid from legislative contingent fund
 Second Reading.
 Style and revision committee re
 ported senate bill Al which wa
 given second reading. Substitute senate bill 102 on thir'
 reading was referred to committee
 on finance for correction.
 The appointment of Samuel L. Pat
 tee as code commissioner was con firmed
 House bill S6, under constitutions
 emergency was given second readin' by title only and referred to tn !. style committee.
 Public lands committee reporte' lu house bill $, desert lands recon - mending passage and if was place'
 on the calendar for May S.
 County and county affairs commit
 tee reported senate bill 119 for re
 lief of Felix Mayhew recommendln'
 massage. Referred to committee
 the whole today.
 = Also house bill 139, redistrctln Y. iustice precincts. same action. o' Message from the house announce