El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-12

islature to appropriate $4,000 each for
a bridge over the Colorado at Needles
Committee Reports.
Two Of senator Worsley's measures
We're reported for indefinite postpone
menT BY the constitutional amendments
committee They were No. Is, the en-
plOyers liability act, and No. Is re-
Iaung TO compulsory compensation.
The same committee reported favor
ably on Hughes's amendment to the
miners lien law and Bradners house
bill to prohibit the coercion of en-
ployes to sign Initiative and referen-
dunn petitions
When the appropriations committee
reported for passage the bill making
an appropriation to complete the Tenn
Pc bridge, its introducer, Q. B. Wood,
made the somewhat unusual request
that it be re-referred. He said that
ors OF Mar1copa county had various
data that they wished to present The
request was granted
The appropriations committee recon-
mended that the bill for the relief Of
DR.. 7. p. Daley, who wants to draw
his salary as prison physician for q
period during which he was absent, be
indefinitely postponed.
Without recommendation the com
mittee on code revision returned sen
ator kinneys bill relating to the
powers Of police judges. Chairman
Hechtman stated that the matter was
such a broad one it could be consid-
cred properly only in committee OF
the whole
Patching Constitution.
With a few slight amendments the
constitutional amendments committee
made a favorable report on Hughes
bill to plug the holes in the initiatlVe
and referendum law.
1t took the committee Of the whole
about five minutes to postpone lndeL-
initely Chase's bill to create the Of
flee OF county auditor.
All the rest Of Monday afternoons
session OF the committee Of the whole
was taken up with the consideration
Of ROberts's bill, No. 80, providing
for the leasing and not the sale OF
state lands.
Orange County.
Orange county is a fact, so Tar as
the house is concerned That body
has passed the substitute for Jones
bill to create orange county out OF
the eastern end Of Maricopa, by a vote
The substitute bill provides that
Mesa shall be the county seat OF
Orange, which shall include all OF
MaricOpa. county east OF line running
straight north and south three miles
east of Tempe. Chances for the pas
sage OF the measure by the senate are
Barker's bill to cut Hayden and
Winkelman off ella county and aou
LHern TO Elnd4- passed. ~
Only two votes were cast against -IS
house bill giving the adjutant genera
authority to spend military FUNDS LOT
armories in cities and counties Where
the citizens viii pay half the COST
Ashurst Commended.
Kelton's resolution commencing sen
ator Henry F. Ashurst for the staho
he has taken in favor of the govern
ment owning its own mail cars was
passed and sent to the senate. -
Ball introduced house bill NO 3D. :"
EXEMPT volunteer firemen from mir
tsrv duty. poll taxes and road taxes
M 81 bv Kane. fixes the salaries OF
suDerior Judges in some counties. no. |
81 NV Tinney. is to appropriate SlOOU |
for an Exhibit Of Arizona products at /
he International dry farming congress- |
rO he held in Tulsa, Okla. next Octo-
Der. Malcolm A Fraser, secretary OF /
NJ PRESCOTT chamber of commerce
made a speech in favor of the meas
Barnett stiles, Of WinslOw was given
.ern-ission TO appear before the com
,ittae having in charge the Dill 10
reste the CocOnino game preserve.
.riIes represents cattlemen who are
pDosed 10 the reserve Consent was
-iVen for Vernon Clark to appear IN
.ehalf of Irvine's bill to provide Tor
ne partial support Of neglected ana
ependent children
County Debts.
The county affairs committee made ]