El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-07

rErEngr1Ou
bin BY Moore makes it illegal TO grow
Johnson grass. Right here IL may De
mentioned that If ever there was a
. farmer in Arizona who raised Johnson
grass with malice afOreuhoughI ne
DrobabIv is dead OF has left the state
long ago Moore put in another re-
curing county recorders 10 Iurnlsh
certified copies of records on demand
at 20 cents a folio another limiting
the power Of justices Of the peace TO
issue attachments and garnishments on
the WAGES Of employees, another for de-
termining the titles to real estate IN
ing il a m fsdemeanOr TO abandon wife
Many More Bills.
Other late bills follow.
A bill for the enactment of the no
fence district law.
4 bin BY Johnson creating the office
of state superintendent of charities and
Bin BY buchanan concerning the re-
moval Of bodies from cemeteries
Bill by Jacobs providing for bullion
BIZ by brennan regulating the en-.
ployment of spoilers
Bill by Graham regarding payments
for public improvements
Bill relating 10 paving in cities.
Bin TO abolish disOrderly houses
The senate has come through with a
couple Of new measures, one 10 reSu-
late the business of investment and
the corporation laws Both these meas
Ures were introduced by H p Wood
of Havapai county
Money For Mansion.
Despite the fact that the house was
not willing TO 60 all the way by the
appropriation OF $4,000 FOR the cree
ton Of a mansion for the governor, it
is willing to so part way as evidenced
by its passage of the bill authorizing
the expenditure Of $1,000 to purchase a
lot on which TO erect such building.
This bill was passed with almost no
objection and is now IN the hands OF
the senate. which body has referred
it to committee for consideration. The
house has also passed the bill regulat-
ing underground electric wires and
fixtures.
The most important work of the
house within the past few days was
the killing Of the witness fee bill re-
Gently introduced by DR.. Craig, Of Co
chise county, the bill allowing wit
nesses for the state in all cases be-
fore justices of the peace. cOrOners.
grand juries and trial juries 81 a day
and mileage at the rate Of 20 cents
mile.
IF by any sort Of chance this bill
should have become q. law il would
have bankrupted the state" one man
there are. taking all the counties into
consideration, scores and scores Of
witnesses who would be receiving sal
aries all the time If the Craig Dill
were enacted II would cost the state
OF Arizona more money to pay these
witnesses salaries than it does TO main
tain any one OF its institutions Indeed,
] doubt II Il would not cost more than
il does to maintain all of them
TIE Ions expected anrlusurV bill has
at last been introduced and is in the
house committed It makes illegal the
charging Of a rate in excess Of 10
percent
Another bill just introduced in the
house provides that the sum of $1,000
n . a r0r al
railroad commission shall so TO the
corporation commission. II may be
mentioned that this money properly
belongs TO the commission, but it
could not be used either by it or for
any other purpose in the absence of
specific legislation
Want Union Built Building.
Inc state federation o. labor has
again entered the lists with a protest
to the legislature and a number Of state
OFFICIALS against the erection OF a state
building at the san Diego exposition by
other than union labor. Il has already
been decided that the legislature has
no jurisdiction in matters OF this sort
because, under the Arizona cOnstitu-
ton such measure as that demand
ed by the federation of labor would
pe class legislation and therefore void.
A good many instances Of a some
what similar. nature have recently
come up IN Arizona the most recent OF
which was the attempt to secure the
passage OF a bill providing that no
public printing should be given 10 9TH
eT than union shops. This bill was
AIied- not because OF any antipathy on
the part o. the lawmakers to organized
labor, but because such a law would
have been invalid
To Hold School Lands.
recent legislative action which. Of
an others, IS regarded as Of prime i'm
poTtance, is the Introduction in the
mouse OF q bill providing for an amend
5!eHL 70 the state constitution forbid
ohg me sale Of any school lands for
per-od OF . years The bill was in
troduced BY W j. Graham. Of Cochise
county. Mr.. Graham, in discussing his
proposed measure with The Herald rep
resentauye, declared that under all cir
Cunstances ne VIII oppose the sale
or the state school lands.
i fought the Jacobs bill Ar Ora
nam SAID, and / viii fight any similar
pm that may come before the legis-
lature- o. all other things the state
school system must be protected. We
cannot afford to take any chances thar
IS, we cannot afford TO take any action
thaI might permit these lands to fan
INTO the hands OF spectators And in
my judgment that is the very thing
lnal would happen II we adopt a poll
10y loohlns 10 Inc sale Of the irrigated
anos or any other
Jacobs, author Of the bill which bears
rs name and which provided for the
sd-e Or irrigated school lands. takes an
tnllre4y different view Of the school
land question. NV bill would have
become law If the legislators had un-
oers-ood it, he said. The trouble is
lheE thought &c was likely to give the
spectators chance at the school
lsnds when IL did nothing OF the sort
But now you VIII gee what VIII hap
pen no one is going % make any real
lmprOF ements on these lands so long
as there is no chance 10 get title to
them And you w.l zee thar Instead Of
the erection Of comfortable homes and
the improvement Of flr lands. every
lessee who takes np alr ~ them VIII
build a shack and w.ll work the lands
TO the limit you Tlll find THAT all the
school lands in fHis valley VIII be dec
GRATED with these 1Isl2hty slacks and
that positive harm VIII be done 20 tho
lands themselves by the system Of
farming which be put So operation"
TO Divide Counties.
another county division BIN has been
introduced iu the hOUse. This bill pro-
Nides for sliCinE of part OF Navajo
county and snueZing 10 to COconinO.
As the proposed cession would include
lne town Of WiuslOw- 90 would leave
Navajo county in rather bad shape 50
FAR as the possession OF municipalities
gees The bin is iu the hands of the
county affairs committee.
Elevator Boy Strikes
Inc oignified senators and represen-
tattves have been walking up and down
stairs lately due 20 the fact that the