Arizona republican., 1912-06-02

the legislature The committee con- sisted of John T. Dunlap, John J. HaW- ! kins and MT Vaughn. The committee condemned the present location and made tentative suggestions as to the Iesirability of Ft Grant or location in Maricopa county. The MaricOpa county recommendation was never ser iOusly considered as this county has not been candidate for the honor.
 The Cochise county people. however. are up in arms against the proposed removal. It has been bitterly fought from the beginning by MT. Bradner AIr. Graham. Dr. Craig and others, They assert the school should not be taken away from the county where it has been located so long; when that county can provide a site as good as any other MT Jacobson made a hard fight for the Fort Grant site but was eventually defeated, the house finally deciding to shift the responsibility to ! the next legislature.
 i All the bills introduced were re- i ferred to standing committees with single exception. This was the bill relating to hunting and hunters li- ! censes. Something of a record was made with this bill It never got even to the committee of the whole. 1 but went directly through the senate on the three readings and so far as ! the senate can make it so it is now a law
 This bill was drawn to meet the objections of Governor Hunt to the old bill covering the same ground. One matter contained in it that will be of some interest is the change in the open season for deer. The time is now from October 1 to December i31.
 Another matter of some interest was the appointment by Governor Hunt of F. J. Miller to the position of tax commissioner made vacant by the resignation of George Nicholson. The appointment was referred to the finance committee which reported favorably The report was then rati- fled by the senate
 Several bills were reported out by senate committees as follows:
 The bills providing for the pay ment of expenses of officials who may be made the subject of a recall election was recommended for pass age. It was referred to the commit tee of the whole
 The senate bill referring ta the of flee of state librarian was recom- mended for passage as amended II also went to the committee of the whole
 The bill providing for an apprOpria- tiOn of $75O for the Pioneer Histor- ical saciety was recommended for in definite postUonement.
 The bill providing for corporation licenses was made the subject of ma jority and minority reports. It went to the calendar of the committee o the whole
 Senate joint resolution ?, providing an extra appropriation for the sec retary of state was passed, 15 to -Breen. Brown and Roberts voting in the negative.
 The bill relating to the taxation o foreign insurance companies was re ported by the style and revision com mittee Senator Sims offered al amendment providing that the rat of taxation be made two per cen instead of three per cent bu the resa lutiOn was laid on the table.
 Sims then offered another amend ment providing that local insuranc companies be taxed the same as for eign companies, but this amendmen also was tabled. Then the senate dis covered that under the constitution such a provision would have to b inserted to make the law effectiv and the bill was sent to the financ committee to be whipped into shape
 The senate in committee af tn whole, with Senator Davis having
 firm and manly hold on the rudde of the ship of state, re-referred tn bill relating to official ballots.
 The bill providing for a publicit