Arizona republican., 1912-04-07
THE HOUSE

T Business yesterday morning began with the reports of standing commit tees.
 | Senate bill go was recommended for passage by the live stock committee and referred to the committee Of the whole. It calls for the repeal Of the brand tax.
 | Printing committee filed usual re- port of bills printed
 Ways and means committee recon Ilnended that house bill % do not pass and il was sent to the committee of the whole
 A message was read. by Senator smith. of the same purpOrt as that read in the senate concerning the Sloan nomination. Steve Roemer filed request to ap- pear as legislative agent for Wells Fargo & Co.
 On resolution presented by MT Brooks the secretary of state was asked to index the constitution for the benefit of the house
 Second Reading of Bills and Reference House joint resolution 3. san Diego l state commission. to petitions and memorials committee.
 House bill 46. mine inspections: to mines and mining House bill 55. rights of peddlers of lagricultural products: to agricultural committee
 House bill G.. assessments and taxes; to ways and means committec. House bill 61. irrigation districts; to agriculture and irrigation
 
 tary of state; judiciary.
 House bill 63. method of organizing corporations; to corporations com mittee
 House bill 66, limiting hours of labor for women; labor committed
 House bill G. regulating labor hoisting engineers; labor committee.
 House bill 6S, auditor to turn fees to treasurer; corporations committee.
 House bill 69 governor to secure. opinion supreme court; judiciary.
 House bill =. court reporters; ju- dietary
 House bill 4. vital statistics: ju- dietary.
 House bill @, crimes against trans pOrtation; corporations.
 House bill -, supervisoral districts; counties and county affairs.
 The expressing committee reported Kirke Moore's suffrage bill. house bill 10, and it was for the third time ready for final passage when Mir Moore said that as the brethren still wanted more light he would move that it be placed on the calendar for Monday, and it was so ordered.
 Senate concurrent resolution No. Q thanking Arizona's friends among the United States senators, was read and passed unanimously
 Senate joint resolution l, the income tax ratification. was then read and placed on the calendar for Monday
 The house went into committee of the whole with Babbitt in the chair to consider the joint rules which were adopted and the committee rose when a recess was declared for twenty min utes in the hope that the BliGhton special committee would report but it did not do so and another recess was taken for a bite to eat The BiightOn committee has made no report yet Resuming it's session after luncheon the committee of the whole took up house bill 27 and house bill 20, recOm- mending indefinite postpOnement and senate bill 90 which it recommended for passage The latter repeals what is known as the brand tax portion of the live stock law. There was much discussion. most of it in favor of the bill except communication from the live stock sanitary board, which de- sired its retention with amendments making it more effective.
 After the committee reported the house took the action recommended.
 House bill 27 and house bill 20 were killed. both bills being for the eXemp ton from taxes of pioneers and vet erans.
 Senate bill 90 was passed by a vote