Tombstone epitaph., 1912-05-12
0oings In the
Legislature

new primary bill. Under it any ( iesirous of running for office may file , SD affidavit ofqusli6cstions. Anoth- er clause provides that ballots shall be printed with the names of all csndi- dates rotating, thus practically abol- ishing party primaries.
 The Christian Science bill was kill- ed iu the house by a vote of l9 to l6.
 The Giis county division bill wac killed by l9 to Is.
 The mine inspector bill passed rhis bill provides inspectors to visit every mine in Arizopa every three months.
 The Kinney snti-slien bill ~ill be | passed in the senate today with little or no opposition. Privs'e car companies tsx, bonding of state officers and incorporation fees bills passed the senate.
 The house committee on the whole took up many bills and paced came or indefinitely postponed, iu accord snce with committee Iecommends- tions. Among tbese were substitute house bill l47 on county seat removal as recommended by the committee, the original bill having been recon. mended for indefinite postponement.
 Duncsn's butcher license bill, anto regulation prohibit sale of tsint- ed milk, eminent domain, franchise bill recovery of attorney feee were all passed.
 Governor Hunt approved bills pro. hibiting exsctic ns from working men as the price of employment, providing for the filing of vacancies on boards of supervisors, providing for time limit in prosecutions for crime and leppropris,ipg SIS. 900 for dry farming isxperiments-
 ] The house killed the bill proposing a state election in November next, land Arizona etate officers who were |elected December F last. possibly will serve until January 1915.
 The committee Of the whole Of the senate passed tbe county division bill this morning providing that citizens of counties may, by p per cent in- } ia.ive vote hold 6 county division : election. with the smendent intro- duced by Roberts of Cocbise ttst no
 s1ch county shall be formed shat doe, :, not contain tsxsb'e property in ex- Q cess 0. sl 300 GOO or more than 5Ot
 electo,s. It was alec provided that [
 portion of county may be annexed to another already existing county b, he same means that provide for tn, Ierecting of a new county. Fl The county seat removal bill. in'f , lduced by Ball and Curry. came up fol lthird reading, when Kelton wanted t'
 make an amendment to it. but va
 too late.
 Of the twenty. seven members pree
 ent, Babbitt. Ball, Buchanan, Craig
 Croioot, Curry, Ellis. Graham. Hal
 Irvine, Jscobson. Johnson. Jones
 Kane, Kerr, Lewis, Msddock. A
 Moore. Murphy, Whipple and Wren s l2l-voted for the passage of the bill
 while the other six present and votin
 sgainst it were: Cooke. Duncan, Con '- zsles, Keiton. MAttox, Mir Speaker. d The substitute for Saxons bill. pro n viding for the investigation of tb
 water resources of the state, was passe ;, without division.
 Lynch's bill, authorizing boards c supervisors to lease, purchase SD, d hold public fare grounds, also me ., with unsn imous vote.
 Lovip's senate bill, limiting the in
 debtedness of counties, municipalities !" school districts, etc.. to not exceed E. per cent, passed.
 't Short work was made uf Johnson l. bill, relating to the leasing and ssle 0 6 school lands. being postponed. ,e The senste psssed the mine inspec " tor aud mining code bill, which no,
 goes to the governor. In committe of the whole they approved the pen
 sion bill for state teacher1 with servic '' records of thirty five years or more.