The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-03-29
THE RECALL AMENDMENT WAS PASSED IN JOINT SESSION
Summary of Principal the Session Opened Many Emergency Measures will be
 at Once. Planned to Divide Coconno County.

PHOENIX March 27.-In joint ses sion, and following the approval ot the roll calls taken in each house yes terday, the president of the senate at noon declared Ashurst and Smith elected senators from Arizona. The entire proceeding took but twelve minutes, after which both senators ad- dressed the legislature and the inn mense crowd in the galleries. The joint session over, an impromptu re- ception was held in the lobby of the capitol, and tonight members of both houses escorted the senators to the depot and wished them success and a safe journey to the national capital.
 Prior to the joint session, the house in committee of the whole, passed the recall amendment and ordered it en- crossed. This bill will be taken up for final passage tomorrow, together with the legislative appropriation bill, and passed the former being the first completed work of the session.
 Davis, in the senate introduced a bill for the division of Coconino coun- ty, providing for a county with Will Hams, as the county seat, and to be named Hunt. Worsley had several bills, one defining and prohibiting trusts, a second providing conditions
 
 be denied the right to transact busl- ness in the state, and third to estab- fish the teaching of agriculture in high schools.
 The county assessors held a meet ing here today and accepted plan of Tom Campbell, of Yavapai, which provides for a state tax commission power in equalization of taxes. A bill aembodying the plan will be introduc- ed in the senate tomorrow by Wors-
 PHOENIX, Mar. 29.-To date the first Arizona State Legislature has performed legislative work as follows:
 Senate and house bills No. 1 were passed on first reading and referred to the Committees on Referendum and Judiciary. It provided for an election July 3, on the recall amendment to the Constitution. A substitute bill was offered by Lynch of Graham eliminat- ing the special election provision and emitting a large amount of the criti- cism of President Taft embodied in the original.
 Senator Kinney of Globe, introduc- ed a bill to prevent the importation of ignorant foreigners or their employ ment in mines. The bill provides that
  arduous pursuits must read and speak the English language. The bill has had much favorable criticism and no adverse comment of importance.
 Worsley of Pima introduced a bill in the Senate to enable the state and all cities in Arizona to engage in in dustrial pursuits and develop their na- tural resources
 Hughes of Pima introduced a bill to give the state university 300,000 acres of land instead of 15O,000 provided in the enabling act. The additional 15O,- 900 acres now donated, is intended as an endowment for college of agricul- tural mechanics.
 Loving of Mohave presented bill in the Senate to authorize that coun- ty to issue $S0,000 bonds for a county building.
 Senate Bill Nc. 3 introduced by Wor- .sley of Pima provides for appropriat- ing $50,000 for expenses of the legisla- ture, apportioned as follows: Salar- ies of members, $22,6S0; salaries em- ployes, S7,530; mileage, members, $2,-
 Senate Bill No. 4, by MT. Davis, is militia code measure drawn up by rep resentatives of the National Guard.
 Attorney General Bullard has pre- ,sented a grand jury bill. This is the bill that is expected to release the features which bind the superior court judges in their criminal work, there being now no way of calling a grand jury.
 Wood of Maricopa has bill in the Senate to exclude all persons from the Chamber, other than members, except by permission of a two thirds vote; all state officials excepted.
 Bill of Hughes, provides for an in- crease of from one to five per cent in the tax on net proceeds of all tele- phone and telegraph lines on all busi- ness within the state.
 Hughes presented a bill providing for a constitutional amendment prohi- biting blacklisting.
 A bill by Lovin would amend the divorce laws making an applicant eli gible to enter suit after six months residence in the state, and four months in the county where suit is brought.
 In the house Leon Jacobs introduc- ed concurrent resolution asking con- gress to abolish the court of commerce which the resolution charges is the pliant tool of railroad corporations and was hindering the work of the in- terstate commerce commission.
 Reese M. Ling's school land bill was introduced in the house by Leon $.