Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1912-04-24
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS :

would fail OF passage, that UNIFORM
and free text book bill would pass
book, TO be paid for by the state
and that the Kinney bill. for Eng
list speaking miners would be sub
rittcd TO vote OF the people. In
bill Roberts OF Cochisc. who was
strong advocate Of the same. dc
ciarcd he was charged with being a
Socialist and was willing to have the
word go broadcast that he was. at
any rate. he was Socialist enough
to have the state buy and pay for
school books for the education of
tho children OF the state.
Fraud Hinted.
PHOENIX. Ariz.. April l6--The
senate adopted resolution TO in
vcstigate the expenditures Of the old
territorial engineers Office in rela
ton to road building II is claimed
the money did not all go into roads
The senate and the house named a
joint committee To try to effect an
agreement, on the recall The house
passed bill that no tuberculosis
sufferers should be employed as
school teachers.
PHOENIX. Ariz. April H. - IL
was discovered tonight at meeting
OF the finance committee that the en-
tire plan OF creating a state board
Of equalization would inadequately
cover the ground desired. and that
revenue raising bills will have TO he
prepared aud introduced Wood Of
Maricopa. made the discovery and
the members OF the committee arc
dividing their time between con
graduating themselves that the stu
alton was discovered III time to be
corrected and fixing the blame for
the situation they are confronted
with. IL is the desire to create a
board that would have power to fix
property values Of transportation.
telephone. telegraph and express com
panies. public service corporations
and producing mines, their valua-
ton TO stand. and the valuation fig
ures for city and county tax boards
as well as state.
Billiard Is Blamed.
They explained their idea to At
torney General Bullard. and he drew
bill which he afterward not only
approved as TO form. but il is said.
told the committee he could success
fully enforce. The idea was to
create and the bill drawn did ere
ate, state board of equalization.
Constitution Was Forgotten.
II now develops that the state con
stitution calls for state board of
equalization but that board is limit
ed to the adjustment and equaliza-
ton OF value of real and personal
property only among several coun-
ties OF the state, To county boards
of equalization under the constitu-
ton is left the duty OF adjustment
and the equalization Of values of
property within the several coun-
tise. To get around the difficulties
the committee will prepare. il is
said, a bill for state tax board
consisting of three members and
having powers originally proposed
to be given TO the state board OF
equalization. The several taxation
bills will also be amended. provid-
ing for reports to be made to the
tax commission in the place of the
board of equalization. The only dam
age resulting from the mix-up is the
loss OF time but time now is preci-
Gus. II is not known IL the advice
OF the attorney general will be asked
IN framing Of the new taxation bill
New Bills Cut OF.
1t is now understood that no new
bills will be received in the senate
after next Monday. except by UNI
animous consent or introduced by
committee. Spread of this news
brought flood OF news bills today.
Irvine of Maricopa. had bill pro-
hibiting houses OF prostitution with
in two miles of incorporated cities;
Johnson had bill regulating the H.
censes OF butchers; Kelton OF Co
ehise. two bills amending the print
ing laws; and Lewis three bills. one
for free lunches for school children.
a second to prevent accidents in
underground construction. and third
To create the Office OF state electrical
inspector.
Compulsory Investment.
In the house. the compulsory in
vcstment for insurance companies