Arizona republican., 1912-04-19
ferred to the committee of the whole.
 Committee of the Whole

 bill g was recommended for indcf- mite postponement. the present stat. utes it was believed covering the important features Of the bill
 House bill S4 designed to lower the salary of the superintendent of the industrial school was considered The ensuing debate showed that the house had no notion of raising salaries but at the same time it did not believe there should be a curtaiIment. es- pecially in such an important insti- I tuition. The bill would have been killed except for the fact that it pro- | Vided for a much needed assistant whose salary was placed at $1200 and the bill amended to leave the super i intendent's salary as it now is, and 1 recommended for passage.
 l House bill 40 was the bill prohibit 1 ing minors to carry firearms. It was | introduced by Mir. Jones Of this coun- 1 ty at the report of many neighbOrs | in the eastern part of the country ] who have lost stock by careless i shooters. The point was also brought out that one man was accidentally i killed near Mesa City not many 1 months ago. by stray bullet from somebody's gun. The case of young l America was argued from all points. Some thought protection of life and | property demanded restraint while others thought the boys should be 1 carly taught to handle fire arms and 1 thus learn how to be careful with 1 them Carelessness was deplored but it was thought that parents could be trusted to look after that matter NIr. Bradner launched a little joke in the debate. a rather unusual proceeding for the presiding officer who is gen. orally very serious about what is going on. He said he was opposed to anybody carrying fire arms. He did not believe it wise or necessary.
 ing of game and he thought that if the whole population could be dis 1 armed for a few years the game would become so tame one could catch it without having to shoot it. The bill was finally recommended for indefinite postponement. showing that Mr. Bradner's philosophy did not take Gcep hold on the members
 Rouse bill 20 and house bill 21, making labor and material. liens on mines and railroads. respectively, were recommended for indefinite postpone ment.
 House bin U for the investigation i of water resources was moved ahead on the calendar for consideration in connection with a substitute offered
 House bill 2i providing for no fence districts was recommended to the judiciary committee for such amend ment as it might suggest. The bill was introduced by MT. Kerr of Yuma county who said his county was ir great need of its provisions and that the present law does not apply to his county which is in another class than the one named. The disposition of the house was to kill the bill but de- bate brought out the fact that Yuma county and perhaps others really need a measure of that kind. though the one in hand did not seem to meet the requirements. without doing an | injustice to the range stock raiSerS. Ii was the sense Of the house that the judiciary committee might find a way out that would be satisfactory to both the farmers and the cattle men.
 The committee rose. reported and i acted on the bills as the committee of the whole suggested. by indef- initely postponing house bill 40 house bill 21. house bill 20 and house bill 52. House bill 84 was sent to the expressing committee: house bill 24 to the judiciary committee and house bill 57 was set ahead on the calendar
 Mir. Jacobs tried to get d resolution through preventing the introduction of bills after April - except by d two-thirds vote. but there was noth- ing doing. and the house took a re- cess to enjoy q luncheon on the lawn at the invitation of the clerks. Resuming work in the afternoon the house again went into committee of the whole with MT Johnson in the chair
 Senate bill 29, the noraries bill. was laid on the table for the time being, until it could be ascertaned what the senate proposed to do with the house bill of the same purport. that had been passed previously.
 Senate bill e prohibiting the cm- lployment of inexperienced telegraphers by railroads in the handling If trains. was recommended for passage
 House bill 49 requiring insurance companies to invest a portion of their I1eserve funds in Arizona as a priv lege of doing business here, was rec commended for indefinite postpone ment. without debate.
 House bill 54 appropriating $lS,000 to continue experiments in dry farm
 ing in various parts of the state and to make possible the running of q demonstrating train over the state by experiment station officials. accept ing liberal offers of the railroads, was recommended for passage after but little discussion.
 The committee rose. reported and the house carried out its recOm- mendations as follows:
 House bill 20. laid on table; house bin 49 indefinitely postponed: house bill 54 sent to the expressing com mittee, and senate bill @. respecting inexperienced telegraphers was pass cd by vote of 30 to ,, two absent. The negative votes were cast by MeSSrs. Buchanan, Ellis and MattoX. 1 message was received from the senate that it had passed senate bill 15 for the compilation and cOdifica- ton of the laws after which the house adjourned until this morning.