Arizona republican., 1912-04-23

dealing with prison reform @ The senate then resolved itself into the committee of the whole with MT Willis again in the chair
 House bin 60 was considered first It recites the conditions under which offices may be declared vacant Mir Hubbel wanted to know if the real purpOrt of the bin was not to Oust from office the present sheriff of Pinal county, who holds his job by reason of the man elected having died before he qualified, the present incumbent being a holdOVer, defeated for the office by the man now dead 1 MT. HubbeIl thought it rather a har- rowing thing to try and legiSlate out of office the few republicans who managed to slip in last fall by force of circumstances. Others thought the law could not be retroactive, and therefore could not affect the Pinal sheriff and MT. Brown said that if the law passed the supervisors would appoint this man to fill the vacancy anyhow. The bill was finally recon mended for passage
 House bin 53 respecting surety com panies was passed along for consider ation in connection with senate bill 5l a similar measure
 House bill respecting court pro ccodure was recommended for passage.
 Senate bill Ill was re-referred to the Judiciary committee.
 Senate bill 8S was considered in l connection with senate bill r, both i being -blacklisting laws. After much discussion senate bill 12 was i ordered indefinitely postponed and senate bill SS was recommended for i passage as a substitute
 i Senate bill S9 providing for q semi i monthly pay day. was introduced by MT Cunniff and defended by him ! valiantly yesterday The labor com mittce had returned a double report on the bill, not that it disliked it but 1 it believed another bill introduced by i MT Hughes was a better measure. l Tho two Were compared and there i was much debate which resulted in some slight amending of the measure and it's recommendation for passage. 1 Senate bin 90, Workmen's compen- 1 sation law, was referred to the com i mttee on constitutional mandates.
 Snnate bill l09 respecting vacancies i in the board of supervisors was con i sidered jointly with senate bill 57 for ! creating supervisoral districts with 1 the result that the latter was amend i cd and recommended for passage. l There was no action on 109 but the ] presumption is 1t will be killed Senate bill 73 prohibiting the em- ployment of teachers affected with tu- 1 berculosis in the public schools was i recommended for passage after an 1 unsuccessful effort to amend it to in- i c!ude teachers in private schools also
 House bill respecting farm products, was discussed and recommended for l passage.
 The committee rose and the senate l performed those acts recommended by the committee of the whole recjted above, in SD far as it could be done on the same day, relative to the dis posal of hills. and adjourned it then being ''lamplghting" time
 THE HOUSE
 Immediately after the reading Of the journal q petition was read from Stafford people praying for the passage of house bill S9 respecting the regis tration of voters in incorporated towns It was referred to the com mittcc on suffrage and elections. The select committee appointed to confer with the attorney general concerning the school land bill. filed its report. The opinion was that the state might 1 sell it's school lands if il so elected. 1 The question of the states right to | secure reservoir water was covered by a telegram from Senator AshurSt to the effect that the state can secure l water rights only through an act of congress. and asking if it was the desire of the land owners that such legislation should be enacted Mr. Jacobs also read a message from ConereSsman Hayden who had called on the secretary of the interior and been informed to the same effect MT. Ashurst had, as to the water rights, adding that the secretary believed such permission of congress would be hard to get Mir Jacobs requested that consideration of the bill go over until today.
 After the introduction of new bills the house received message from the senate rcciting the effect of it's Saturday work as follows:
 Senate bill r industrial pursuits, passed.
 Senate bin 67 assistance for state sccretary's office passed
 Senate joint resolution investigation Of offices, passed
 House joint resolution direct cleo tiOn of senators, passed.
 House joint resolution San Diego commission, passed
 House bill IS, industrial pursuits, indefinitely postponed
 House joint resolution l, duplicate of a senate resolution, indefinitely postponed.
 On motion an invitation was ex- tended to Miss Kate Bernard to ad- dress the house on the subject of prison reform.
 Reference of Bills.
 Senate bill e was referred to the appropriations committee. Senate joint resolution for inves- tigation of offices was read and re- ferred to the commAee on public institutions.
 House joint resolution respecting the election of senators by direct vote