Arizona republican., 1913-04-21
Much Work Already Ac- complished in the First Week of Third Special Session, But Much is to Be Done
PENAL CODE TO
 BE CHANGED
Senate Expected to Make Changes Desired by Gov ernor and Stand Pat Fifty-nine Bills Through Last Week

J
 Last Week
 The penal code, known officially in this session as house bill 1, which was practically passed by the house in it's sessions on Saturday, is expected to go over to the senate for the considera- tion of that body early this week. IT the plans of the committee in the house having charge of the bill are car- ried out as laid, the bill will be passed on third reading probably today. and sent to the senate either Tuesday or Wednesday.
 When it reaches this body it will be so changed as to withdraw from it that particular section 12s8. known as the Kelton amendment, which is objection able to the governor and his friends in that 1t withdraWs from him certain perogatives that have heretofore been enjoyed by the governors of Arizona and by the governors of some of the other states. This section treats of pardons, paroles. reprieves and commit tations and prohibits the governor from reprieving criminals under sentence of death for more than ninety days, ex- cept with the discovery of new evil dence tending to prove the innocence of the convict This section was the sole cause of the bills veto after the close of the former session, and this section will again be | the cause of an additional veto unless 1 it is changed. at least this is the un- I,Go 0 o1a the governor. However it is freely | predicted that the senate will change this and then stand pat in conference so that if the bill gets by at all the house will have to receed from it's pres | ent position. Considering the number | of amendments the senate placed in 1 the bill at the last session and the probability of opportunity of compro =
 mise in conference, it is thought tho | house will finally receed from it's po- 1 sition.
 l A Busy Week.
 1 Last week was the busiest week taken from the number of bills passed by both houses, that has ever been ex- perienced by any session of the pres ] ent legislature. The statement was 1 made along toward the close of the last session, when about fifteen more days ] remained in which to do business, that but fifteen or so bills had been passed
 No such statement could be made al
 this session. With exactly six iegis lative days completed. at the close ol business Saturday evening. the senate had introduced 59 bills, the house @ making a total of 108 for the week and of this number the senate finally
 passed and two indefinitely postponed Six of the total of 36 were house bills While the record of the house Is no
 as great as that of the senate to date it is still excellent. Twenty-three bill
 have been finally acted upon in tn,
 house. two of these being senate bills
 There have been a number of resolu tions both joint and concurrent, intro duced that have been acted upon tha
 are not enumerated in this total. Q all this body of legislation two bill
 have been sent to the governor alread and he has signed one. The Wicken burg bridge bill was the first throug both houses and the first signed. Tn  probably be signed today.
 In the Senate.
 There is a movement on foot in tn z senate led by Sims of Cochise to pre- vent the passage of any more bills ur = til the revenue, code and appropriatio bills have been sent through. The ser
 ator from Cochise has received a gres r, deal of support in this movement. TIT f supporters of this plan say they do n'
 object to the other sort of legislatio 4 within the purview of the governor call after the three main things ha, !, been done. If this action on the pa i, of some of the senators becomes u
 action of the body, the land legisiatie
 so dear to the heart of Senator Dav Q of Maricopa will have to be deferr,
 until later
 There will however be some laI f matters up this week. The most no e able of these will be the bill aprropr l. ating for the salaries of the commi : sion as at present constituted. TIT g bill has passed the house easily and 10 now before the senate. It is one of t ,- matters most urgently pressed in bo IS the call of the governor and the spec m message he sent to the legislatu ,e There are two other bills that ha j. passed the house and are now befc
 the senate upon land matters. The
 are. the bill authorizing the commissi
 to extend the lease of settlers ts school lands. and the bill granting se the commission the power of manas | <,P thn ut h ac n~i~, Ap