Arizona republican., 1912-05-16

House bill IT punishing violations of constitution in respect to petitions for initiative and referendum, passed l without division.
 House bill 176 authorizing suits against the state and outlining proceed ure was passed without division
 House bill 16S cxhumation of bodies i was passed without division. House bill 157 creating Hunt county carried by q vote of 21 to 10 four ab- sent. The vote was met with applause and MT. Barker rose to compliment Mir 1 Madock who introduced and worked increasingly for the bin. MT. Barker said that a republican who could put | such q bill through q democratic house | had right to feel proud and walked 1 over and shook hands with the member | from COconinO. MT. MaJGock in re 1 sponse thanked all the members of i both parties who had helped him. sail 1 he did not regard it as personal vic i tory but it was the thing his people 1 wanted, he had done his best to secure | 1t and to that end had tried to act | fairly anu Squarely on everything that | had come up in the session. His speech 1 was cut short by his emotions and with choking voice he left the chamber for a moment that his eQuanimitv might be better restored. Tue ayes included Rabbit, Ball. Barker, Cooke, Ellis, Hall, Jacobs. Jacobson. Johnson. Kerr. Lin ney. Lynch, Maddock. MattoX, Moore, Moore K, Saxon, Whipple, Wren, MT Speaker.
 Nays-Brook5, Craig. Curry, Duncan, a1o and Murphy.
 House bin 154 by MT. Mattox for putting Winslow in CocOninO county was passed by a vote of IS to r. Ayes Rabbit Ball, Buchanan, Cooke, Dren- nan, Han Jacobs. Johnson, Kerr, Lin ney, Lynch Maddock, Mattox, Moore, Moore K, Saxon, Wren and one other IS.
 Nays Barker, Brooks, Craig, Curry, Duncan. Ellis, Gonzales, Graham, IT, vine. Jacobson, Jones, Kane, kelton. Lewis. Murphy Whipple Speaker IT.
 Senate bill 42 for teaching agrfcui- ture in high schools, passed with MT. Kelton voting no
 House bill 131 was sent back to the expressing committee for correction.
 \ message from the senate reported the bills it passed the night before
 The report of the conference com mittee on house bill 63 organization of corporations. appointed to consider senate amendments, was adopted.
 New Bills.
 House bill IFS Brooks for appropria- tion committee under suspension of rules read first time. Provides for payment of employees of state not oth- erwise provided for.
 Reading and Reference.
 Senate bill s. senate bill l64, senate bill 115. senate bill 112, senate bill 159. senate bin 161, were read first and second times and with house bills were referred as follows:
 House bill IFS referred to appropri- ations
 enate bill 1G1 referreJ to appropria- tiOns
 Senate bill 1j9 referred to corpora tions
 Senate bfi 112 referred 10 appropri- ations.
 Senate bill 1I5 referred to constitu- tional mandates.
 Senate bili lS7 referred to appropria- tions
 Senate bill 155 referred to appropr- ations.
 Senate bill 164 referred to county and corporation affairs. Recess to o'clock.
 On reconvenine the house received q New Bill House bill 179 by Jones for the sale and lease of school lands, referring to rec lamation in Maricopa and Yuma coun- ties.
 The Kinney Bill. The labor cOmmittc reported senate bin q with double recommendation and it was referred to committee of the whole, but on objection of Jacobs and Lynch the record was called for and it was found the bill had only been read once and it was then ordered to second reading instead of the whole committee.
 The county affairs committee rccOm- mended the passage of senate bill 1G4 as amended, respecting titles. Final Action.
 House bill 131 free text book law was passed by a vote of 30 to ,. Committee of the Whole.
 
 and house bill liz defining the duties of the auditor and his deputy was talk cn up. many amendments made and the bin recommended for passage.
 Senate bill militia code was rec commended for passage without read ing.
 Senate bill 128 for the assessment of property previously overlooked was recommended for indefinite postpone ment.
 Senate joint memorial asking con- gres5 to nuilify the contract between the Pacific Gas & Electric Co and the reclamation service was recommended for passage.
 Senate joint memorial respecting three year homestead land was re- commended for passage
 Senate joint memorial for selection of forest lands in lieu of school lands was recommended for passage by a vote of 26 to 3.
 Senate bill Al weights and measures was considered at length and recom- mended for passage.
 Senate bill 10S excise tax of per cent gross earnings of express com panieS, was recommended for passage.