Tombstone epitaph., 1913-05-11
0oings in the
 Sta,e Legislature
FisAL ACTION IN THE BoUs..

the state tax commission and provid- ing for the tax oh mines passed by 6 vote of 26 to 6.
 | SUR 1 relating 10 good roads Ws- indefinitely postponed
 SCRl, by Pace. indefinitely post. poned.
 s B 55, for the recovery of unpaid licenses and occupation taxes indei ina.ely postponed.
 The eleven house bills providing for wells in certain districts were trested likewise.
 Other house bills considered in committee of the whole and recom- mended for rssssge are: No 29. by Drennsn. giving the land commission authority over Carry act projects within the state; No AS. by code re- sision committee, incorporation and disincorporstion of cities, No 34, by code revision committee, the alien land lsw; No B, by code revision committee. giving the state jurisdic'. ton over public rosds, streets, bridges and ferries.
 FINAL ACTION IS THE SENATE Senator Wood of Yavspsi introduced l $ B Fl taxing hay. H B 54, validating certain school bonds passed without division. HB. Local option biil, indefinite I y postponed
 s B 3S, permitting further occu- psncy Of school lands passed r to Sims.
 Following are the senate billie acted on tavorsbly by the committee; No B by Willis, for relief of squstters on school land; No fl, by Lovip, regula- ton of houses of leudness; No 62. by code recisi m committed, ntr.c's for the construction If pubic build 'ngs
 BY THE GOVERNOR Governor Hunt signed B 2l, rro vidiog for e tax CD private car lines SENATE From present indications the lecis- lature will conclude its work by We'd nesdsy Of next week.
 An amendment to the penal code, which will wholly obviste the effect oi the Kelton amendment. vas adopted in the senate yesterday afternoon. The new amendment is to create 6 state bosrd of paroles and pardons.
 The board is 10 copsist of three members appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate. One member oi the first board will serve for two years. one for four. ard the third for six. A member shall be sp- pointed every two years after the 6rst board is named
 Tbis body shall have authority to i.sue paroles and pardons as it sees it. IL sbsll slso have authority over psroled prisoners.
 The Kelton amendment prevents the governor reprieving prisoner for more than ninety days. of psrdonipg him at all except upon the p;esents- ton Of new evidence tendios. to prove his innocence It was because of the Kelton amendment that the governor vetoed the penal code after the last SD cial session There will be no change in the pres ent local option lave of Arizona. This was forecss;ed with seeming certainty when Senate Bill No g, the local op- ton code, wac killed in the upper house
 HOUSE
 The following house bile were act ed on fsvorably by the com mittee: No g. by Jacobs, sppropriating $9.- 900 year for the national guard of Arizona; No 59, by the code cominit- tee, levy sod collection of school tax. 1 e.
 A hot fight wss bso in committee of the whole on house bill No 56, by Ir- vine, which provides for submission to the people of . con -titutional amendment removing the limit oi GAO acres. set on the amount of public grazing land that may be lessed to one
 peison. Irvine would remove tbe
 Iimit entirely,
 l Senator Hughes' genersl bill fol
 the working of convicte on roads and
 bridges, which makes some changes in the present law. was up for discus
 sion. Numerous attempts were mad,
 to amend it but fes were successful Ooly ies of the represen tstives sst ot with Graham. The bill ~ss reported for passage
 II An effort will be made Thursday |, reconsider the vote on the eIposi tions appropfiatioos bill, which wa [ defeated.
 Governor Hunt notified the legis Isture that be had sigasd the husbe