Arizona republican., 1913-02-06
Measure Passes Senate Quickly and Is Sent to House, Must Be Law Not Later Than Next Saturday.
TO EFFECT NEW
 BOND ISSUE
House Receives Petition from Prescott Chamber of Commerce Against
 Appropriation for Arizo- ma Building at San Diego.

Providing for the payment of the interest on the bonds of the state of Arizona semi-annually instead of an nually as heretofore, and that the interest on these bonds be paid either at the office of the state treas urer at Phoenix or in the office of a properly designated official at New York. the state senate yesterday completed it's work on the second bill so far passed by that body. The bill. which is the ninth in order of introduction, was rushed through under an emergency clause in order to get it to the house so that it can be completed there and transmitted to the governor for his signature in time 50 become a law by the time the new issue of $2.000,000 of state refunding bonds are placed for sale. the bids for which will be opened on Saturday by the state treasurer.
 This. with great deal of other business. such as the reading of the bills laid over from Tuesday and the first reading of twelve or so me morials and bills introduced by WOrs- ley Hughes and Sims, together with a lengthy report of the committee on printing and clerks. occupied the at tention of the upper house most of the afternoon. The senate was one busy body and no time was allowed to go by without something doing every minute.
 One of the features of the printing committee report this session was the advance in the salaries of the chief clerk and his assistants. The chief clerk of the senate will receive g per day. the assistant s6 and the other B. Bids for printing the jour nal each day. together with the print ing of the bills so ordered, will be received by the committee today.
 Committees on labor and mines and mining were appointed. to con- sist of five members each. while the committee on revision of the code seven members. will be announced later.
 The Prescott chamber of commerce does not like the proposition of an appropriation of s250.000 for the Panama California exposition at San Diego in 1915, and did not hesitate to tell the house of representatives about it. In d long petition they ask that not more than s25.0O0 be appro- priatcd. and that Arizona provide nc building but an exhibition for that exposition. The communica tion was referred to the appropriations com mittee.
 Graham of Cochise is still anXiOu; to have an experiment well sunk il the Sulphur Springs valley and in troduced his bill, which failed t( get through at the last session, again He asked for s75OO to sink a well or school section to demonstrate whether or not there is sufficien water in that section to pay thu farmers to incur like expense oi their own account.
 A telegram from Congressman JohI E Raker of California asked tha suitable resolutions be passed by tn Arizona legislature indorsing tn Asiatic exclusion act now before tn national congress. This was referred to the judiciary committee.
 petition was received from Ora ham county asking the house to pas the anti-cigarette bill. The printin; committee announced that it was il conference with similar committe of the senate upon printing matters