Tombstone epitaph., 1912-05-19
Doings In the
 Legislature
MONDAY

smother mess1re isthered ny John I Hughes of Pima. was passed. One new bill wss crese nted in the senate beirg No l73. by Mir Wood oi Yavspai. This measure is & Consti rutionsi mandate and limits tb' amount of mor ey to be spent in cam psigns by candidates and provides for the publication of csndidstes' fnan- cial statements.
 Senate bill No l03. providing for the assessment and collection Of taxes on railroad corporations. was read for the third time and passed by a unani- nous vote of the senate.
 Senate bill Nc l0l, authorizing & physical valuation oi All tel graph and telephone comnanies, assessing their taxes and providing for the collection thereof, was passed. the second read ing.
 For two hours the House in com- mittee of the whole. with Bsbbitt in the chair, considered the bill drawn with the assistance Of practically y every member of the legislature, which 6xes the salaries Of the dffer- ept officers n each county of the state. For the purpose of clsssifics- tion. the counties are divided irto four cen different lots, according to population. Maricopa is the only first class county, having a population of over 35 5,O0O, Cochise being secoud.
 An anti-tresiing bill has been pre- pa:sd anr will be introduced in the house this afternoon. It provides 6 penalty for the man who buys a drink for another
 House bill i05, butchers license was brought up for third reading. The license fees called for bv the bill are:
 Within miles of @ city Of 5000. $50
 Within miles of city of 3000 Sl00
 Within f miles of city of l000s 90
 All other places s30.
 TUESDAY
 House b:ll 120 by Brooks, provid ing lo- lsnd commission, to select and enter lands granted by the gov- ernment to the .tste wsa passed.
 House bill 156. by Graham. amerd- ing the constitu ion oi the state. for. ever prohibiting the sale Of state land, vas passed.
 House Memorial No 1, relating t' be Colorado river Indian reservation passed.
 Houee bill li5, by Lewis, ce1inj jurisdiction to the United States owe certain lands ;n the state passed
 Substitute for house bill l29, b, Ketcn, providing survey Of public lsnds was passed
 House bill l05, by Duncan, amend ing the present law in reference [, butchers license passed.
 House bill ll6 by Johnson, mskini neglec, of family or deser.ion Of vii . felony passed
 House bill 34, by Lewis. providin for semi-mopthiy paymen's; passed.
 Liureys house bill s2. the goc' roads measure passed.
 Senate bill l45, creating board {. equalization received unsnimous yCt and now goes to the governor Tor Li approval.
 The Worsley employers lisbiit act wa. passed through the senate an was transmitted ,o the house for ac sioI by hs, body.
 Senate bill 167. pertaining to th powers of county commissioners q amended was read and referred to tn committee Of the whole on the prefer ed csleo eodar.
 The committee on county affail recommended he senate bill l35 1T definitely postponed, as WAS als house till SS. This practically di' poses of these bills for this session.
 The session closes Thursdsy at mi, night. The Kinney an i-slien isb. bill wac pigeonboled in the house an probably will not be passed at tn sss.ion. The governor bss signed tt child labor law, .he eieht-horr day mines and emelters. snd several oth, hills of mino- importance He sl pointed as members of the tax con missiou c NJ Zspder of Buct eye, c Howe of Tombstone, and Geor, Nicholson Of Yuma. . wEDSEsDAY , When Governor Hunt nominst, for the position of fret mine inspec or of the state John Bolin of Biebs Cochise county, the snnonncsme xas received by the senate with storm of cheers and applause, ind ca ing the popularity of the sppoir , ment. The ncmiuatiou of the go ernor was immediately referred
 the commi rec on mine, and mini = will he reported fsvorably out of th committee at once
 e Substitute H B HIS. creating | T office of state engineer and providi
 for . state hiebwsy system passed.