El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-02

work Of courts Of record has been rec
commended for passage in the senate, IS
has also the bill providing for ante
norton transfers Of property By mar
ried persons without the formality at
tending the probating of wills
The SENATE has passed the bill pro-
hibiting mine fOremen and others from
eXactiug fees for farming out Jobs.
This is said to be very acute evil IN
some of the mines. The bill makes such
practice a misdemeanOr.
Semf-MOnthIy Paydays.
A bill providing for semi monthly pay
days has passed the house and the bull
lion tax bill has also passed finally
and has been sent 10 the governor for
A bin introduced in the senate by Mr..
Pace is designed to aid the cause of
temperance. 1t throws certain restric-
tions around the sale OF liquor on doc
tors prescriptions and Is designed to
remedy an evil which is known to be
by no means rare. The bill says no
physician shall prescribe any rene
dy containing as much as eight percent
Of alcohol without a personal exam
nation OF the patient
senate Routine Work.
Following is the late routine action
by the senate respecting the most i'm
pOrJant bills:
The bills providing for the collection
Of damages for stock killing on rail-
roads has been referred to committee.
The same is true Of the Pace Dill, men
toned above. the bill providing for the
redemption of property sold under exc
curiOn. the farmers products bill the
bill giving boards Of supervisors the
right to fill vacancies in county offices.
the semi-mOnthly payday bill, the
eight hour bill the anti-gratuity bill,
the bill relating TO nOtaries, the Ken
lucky corporation law. and the meas
ure providing for supervisiOnal dis
tricts.
Ror1, ma forirz- and r7fnov-f+y- ranor4s
have been filed with reference to the
bills providing for the recall OF federal
judges and United States senators. IN
der their amended form these bills pro-
vide that when accepting nominations
or appointment these officials shall
pledge themselves TO resign their Of
fees in the event recall election shall
so against them
The senate has repealed the present
law relating TO mine taxation There
was only one vote against 1t, Dr.. Sims
voting in the negative.
Legal Holidays Created.
Governor Hunt has signed the bills
establishing holidays and the bin pro-
viding for an inspection Of state Of
fices- He also sent to the legislature a
message recommending that Feb. u,
Lineoln.s birthday be also made a legal
holiday
There are now about a dozen pro-
posed constitutional amendments be-
fore the legislature. Whether ali OF
them will even be reported out Of com
mittee seems doubtful
The employers liability bill was IA
vorably reported by the constitutional
mandates committee 1t was found,
however. that this bill had been so
profuseIy amended in committee that it
was almost undecipherable. The SEN
ate. therefore. ordered it be reprinted.
The house has decided that the bust
ness OF abstracJing titles IS 1T Dusl-
ness for legislative regulation and
bill for that purpose has been intro
duced- This bill was drawn by A A
Moore.
The house has recommended for
passage the resolution providing Tor
the direct election Of senators. The
senate bill providing for the cOdifying
OF the statutes and another bill regu-
alting relief associations were also IA
YO-ably recommended.
Clerks to Work Late.
On the principle that early morning
work IS good both for health and bust
ness. the house has decided that its
clerks should hereafter be required TO
begin work a little earlier than ordina-
riIy. It was reported that several Of
the s. a day ClerkS-mOst Of whom
are inexperienced girls-have been ,
wandering in 1t various hours in the
forenoon and the house decided that
this is both eXtraFagant and unseen
ly Therefore d resolution was adopt
ed to the effect that hereafter any clerk |
who fails 20 be on hand at S.45 in the
morning snail get no pay for that day
As this five per is by all odds the
easiest money any Of these clerks ever
earned. and easier than a good many of
them probably viii ever earn again, it
is altogether likely that this order viii [
have tire desired effect
The building and loan association Dill /
was recommended for passage in the /
house This bill provides that all !
such companies doing business in this !
state shall deposit with the state treas
urer amounts equal TO their Liabilities I
within the state.
Nine Hour Day for Women.
Nine hours viii constitute a days I
work for all women in Arizona II the I
bin recommended for passage by the
house, sitting as a committee OF the /
whole. becomes a law
The senate has completed the enact
meut into a law of bill passed by
the house for an eight hour day for
shelter men and miners