Holbrook argus., 1912-06-11
In the Legislature

The following bills of interest to the people of this community were introduced III the Legisla- ture this week as follows:
 Bill No. 12, by Messrs. Brooks, Murphy and Lewis, Relating" to time of payment of wages; an providing penalty for viola tion.
 SEC. l Every manufacturing. min- ing or quarrying, milling. smeiting, mercantile, railroad, street railway, telephone or telegraph corporation, every incorporated express company or water company, and every contract or, person or partnership engaged in any of the building trades, in quarries or mines, in milling, in smelting, upon public works CT in the construction or repair of railroads, street railway, roads, bridges or sewer or of gas, water or electric light works, pipes or lines, shall pay semi-monthly each employe engaged in his or it's business the wages earned by him to within six days of the date of said payment, and the State of Arizona. its officers, boards, and commissions shall so pay every mechanic, workman and laborer who is employed by it or them, and every county and city shall so pay every employe who is engaged in it's business the wages or salary earned by him, un- less such mechanic, workman, or labor CT or employe requests in writing to be paid in different manner; and every town shall so pay each employe in its business if so required by him; but an employe who is absent from his regu- lar place of labor at a time fixed for payment shall be paid thereafter on demand. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to an employe of a CO., operative corporation or association if he is stockholder therein unless he requests such corporation to pay him semi-monthly. The Corporation Com | any railroad corporation from paying semi monthly any of it's employees if it appears tothe board that such employees prefer less frequent payments, and that their interests and the interests of the public will not suffer thereby.
 SEC. 2 No corporation, cont, actor, person or partnership shall by special contract with an employe or by any means exempt himself or itsself from the provisions of ttis Act.
 SEC. 3. Whoever violates any pro- visions of this Act shall by punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than two hundred dollars.
 Bill No. 20, by Mir. Saxon, "Providing penalties for the violation by registering officers, of the provision of law relat- ing to registration and quali6ca- tion of voters"
 SEC Any registering office of the State of Arizona, who shall fail or re- fuse to register any person who shall make application for registeration, and and who upon examination shall be found to be qualified to be registered, under the provisions of law relating to reglsteration and qualification to voters or any registering officer of the State of Arizona who shall register any per son, who upon examination shall be found not to be qualified to register under the provision of relating to regis iteration and qualification of voters, shall be deemed guilty of misdemea- ner, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ? Twenty five Dollars (25.OO), nor more , than Three Hundred Dollars (3OO OO) or by Imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment
 Bill No. 23, by MT. Saxon, Fixing the time that general , elections shall be held"
 Sec. 1. There shall be a general election of Representatives in Congress, and of State, county and precinct ott1- p cers on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1912, A. D., and on the same day of every even number . ed year thereafter.