El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-04

Phoenix- Ariz. March 4.-Three i'm
DOrtant bills were introduced IN the
senate Monday. Perhaps the most un-
usual and the one that will cause the
most comment is senate bill No. So, by
J. II. Hughes, Of Pima county, when
relates TO the tax levies of cities
If this bill becomes law, cities viii
not DE permitted to charge 1lNed
license fees to business houses, except
ing saloons, but must raise all revenues
! through direct taxation, no matter what
the provisions of their charters may be-
In the beginning, as 1 understand It,
licenses were imposed as means of
controlling and regulating business
houses" said senator Hughes. in eN-
planning his bill But the matter of
regulation has now been lost sight of
almost entirely. and the cities OF this
state raise a good share OF their rev
enues through licenses. This is not
equitable or just
Tucson. for instance. is limited by
her charter to tax Of L percent on
assessable property. This does not
raise half enough to carry on the city
government. and the remainder IS
raised through licenses"
Seek to Harmonic Code.
The code revision committee sub
mitted senate bill No. 81. which relates
to the conduct of superior courts, the
officers. The effect of the bill will not
be to change the present procedure
materially, but il viii harmonic the
code with the constitution 1t IS the
has come from the code committees
Incorporation of Railroads.
Senator Homer Wood introduced No.
81 which is to require that all rallroad
companies having track and doing BUS
mess in this state be incorporated IN
Arizona The railroads are also com
PEELED to maintain general offices with
in the state. 1t is explained in the
first para graph of the measure that
it is drawn particularly to cover the
case of the s F. P. & P. and Arizona
r.. Of oh rng
larry incorporated in Arizona but are
soon to be transferred to the Santa
Fe company
Senate bill No. So is a game law, BY
Chase. It is practically the same as
the present game law, which was re-
ferred to the people and approved last
fall. except that il prohibits the sale
c. B. Wood introduced senate bill
No. Sc 1t is an amendment to the
law creating the funding and loan COM
mission and provides for the registra-
ton of state bonds.
JudgeshIp Election Undecided.
It had been intended to rush through
c. B. Woods resolution favOring an
election to express the will of the
people regarding the appointment of
federal judge, but when It was intro
duced in the senate LOvin moved that
il be postponed indefinitely. This mo-
ton was lost. to s Another motion
to suspend the rules and refer II TO
the judiciary committee was also lost
and the resolution went over for one
May Sue for License Fees
Two bills got through the senate
yesterday. No. II, by Sims. which pro-
fees. passed without division There
was no opposition to the senate bill
relating to the powers and duties of
the state treasurer It permits him
to employ an assistant and a stenO-
crapher. The StenOgrapher's salary is
fixed at 500 a month but nothing is
said about the salary of the assistant
A bill providing for an assistant treas
urer at a salary of $500 a year passed
the house several days ago. and there
may be some conflict between the two
measures before the session IS over
There was another extended discus
sion of Hughes bill TO prohibit the
sale OF cigarets to minors under Is
years Of age Several senators seemed
a few particulars and it was sent back
to the judiciary committee
It takes a tWO-thirdS vote of the
senate to concur in house amend
ment to a senate emergency bill A
ruling to this effect was made by pres
ident Cunniff and the senate then I
adopted a definite rule to that effect !
Bills Reported by Committees
The Hunt county bill was heard from /
again in the senate. It was reported /
for regular course by the county al !
fairs committee When it comes up I.
in committee OF the whole IT IS certain +
to cause much discussion All indica- 7
lions are it viii be defeated in the /
end.
Senate bill No. IS. by Hughes. limit !
ing the use of the word trust" TO con-
Germs doing business under the su- 4
pervision of the state bank examiner, /
was reported out of the style and re
vision committee and sent to the judi |
ciary committee for further invesu- /
cation.
Lovin's bill relating to the establish
ment of county union high schools and l
the measure providing for the removal /
Of the industrial school from Benson
to Fort Grant were referred to the
committee on education. The judiciary
committee received the Hughes bill pro-
viding for the employment Of prison
ers on roads.
Debate Medical Bill.
Most of the afternoon was spent by
On a AID lid