Arizona republican., 1912-04-17
Legislature Decides It Is About Time for a Sort of General
 Shaking Up
SOLONS MAKE
 WILD CHARGES
For Instance, One of Them Is Certain There Has Been Just Carloads
 of Graft

The senate started something yes- terdav in it's consideration of Senate bin 7s to abolish the office of state engineer, that is of more than pass ing importance for it is said to threaten the good roads movement. It was held by orators in support of the bill that the money collected for the construction of good roads had not been economically spent by the last administration, one speaker going so far as to intimate his per- sOnal conviction that graft had crept in and several holding that however the money approXimating half million dollars, was spent, the roads constructed did not exceed in value hundred thousand dollars, there 1 or thereabOut.
 The bill 10 abolish the engineers office grew out of such sentiment and members declared in effect that l they did not want any more good | roads at such an expense. A com mittee was appointed 10 investigate the present methods of .he state en- gineer.
 ! The house npent the eutice aftoI- noon in cOnside. 'ng the proposed new , Incorporation law. It was amended 1 iii many places but most of them arc minor amendme When the work was finished some h 4ld that ! ire bill was not in accord with the constitution and tried 70 kill it or l pass it with all the amendments i eliminated. This failed however and il was recommended for passage as amended.
 Both houses materially advanced many bills. Several were ambled along toward their final quietus and l three were passed by the house to- gether with the resolution inviting La Toilette to visit the legislature. Among the bills passed in the house. ! of special importance, were the in- surance and the surety company bills, 1 containing the Kentucky law pro- vision, these after much debate. The banking and insurance com- | mittees of both houses held a joint open session in the house. during the noon recess. considering various in- surance matters, being addressed by 1 insurance men.
 THE SENATE. Under second reading and refer | ence of bills House bill 42; House i bill A and House bill 6T were sent to the labor committed; Senate bill 1 116 was sent to the judiciary com 1 mittee; Senate bill IT was sent to the appropriations committee: senate i bill 11S was sent to the finance committee
 The public health committee rec ! commended for indefinite postpone ment Senate bill 75. creating a board 1 of osteopathy.
 The labor committee recommended 1 the passage of House bill 45 re- specting gratuities; the passage of 1 Senate bill 47. regulating relief as- | sOciatiOns operating on railroads; the 1 indefinite pOstpOnement of Senate bill 1 100, respecting gratuities; the pass age of Senate bill 60. prohibiting the use of steam blinding locomotives;
 the indefinite postponement of Sen ate bill Is, respecting the assignment
 of wages. A majority report favored and a minority report opposed the
 passage of Senate bill 89, semi
 monthly pay-days.
 
 mended the indefinite postponement 1 of Senate bill 20, relating to divorce: the passage of Senate bill 31, relating to exemption of property; the indef- ] mite pOstponement of Senate bill 65. relative to limitation of actions; and the passage of the following five bills: Senate bill 92, respecting false financial statements; Senate bill 94. issuing checks against exhausted bank
 accounts; Senate bill 99. bonds for state officers; Senate bill 109, filling ] vacancies on board of supervisors,
 and House bill : respecting holidays. New Laws.
 A message was received from the governor announcing his approval of
 Senate bill 9 for maintenance of
 office of attorney general, and Sen
 ate bill 3S, the industrial school site
 commission.
 Conference Committee
 The president appointed Kinney.
 Roberts and Vessel committee to
 confer with a like house committee
 on the Senate amendments to the recall bill. substitute House bill 1.
 Committee of the Whole.
 The senate went into committee of
 the whole with Brown in the chair.
 and after considering Senate bill 73,
 prohibiting the employment of tuber-
 cular teachers, recommended it's pass age, rose, and reported. when the
 senate took a recess until 2 D. m. 1 (Continued on Page 3l