Arizona republican., 1913-03-11

recommendation was adopted by the senate without objection. A petition was received from Apache county con taining a great number of signatures asking the legislature to pass the anti cigarette bill.
 The greater part of the session was consumed in the introduction of bills, which a glance at the schedule of the legislature contained in this paper will soon show The general county division bill was passed and sent to the house, leaving the senate to the consideration of special coun- ty division, notably Hunt county and Orange county. both of which are now in the senate, the Orange coun- ty bill having come over from the house during the afternoon.
 The senate held it's first night ses- sion last night, and for more than two hours devoted itself to the civil code, portions of which have been introduced from time to time since the week following the completion of clerical work on the penal code.
 In .he House.
 The feature of the house session was the attempt made later in the evening by those opposed to certain sections of the penal code to modify a certain stringent provision with reference to the actions and conduct of cOnvicts confined within the state penitentary for life The section reads, section 21S: Every person undergoing a life sentence in the state prison who, with malice afore- thought commits an assault upon the person of another with a deadly weapon or instrument. or by any means or force likely to produce great bodily injury. is punishable with death" Saxon of Santa Cruz led this fight which failed He would have so modified the section as to make it read. "who commits an assault with intent to kill" The house, however, voted the proposi- ton down.
 Early in the session Kan" intro duced a bill classifying the salaries of judges of the superior courts. so that those in Maricopa, Pima, Yava- pal Cochise, Gila and GrcenIec OIr Kane's own county) shall receive S4SO0 a year and all others $360O a year. Graham had quite a time get ting consideration for his house joint memorial to congress asking for the purchase of Jefferson's home. Mon ticello, as a national museum but finally the committee decided to recommend that it do pass Mir. Kane presided over the deliberations of the committee of the whole in an able manner and succeeded in get ting consideration for eleven mea- sures, which is the record for the house so far this session
 Barnett Stiles was granted permis- sion to appear before the house com mittee on public land in behalf of the cattlemen of the north in their opposition to the proposed Linncy bill establishing a state game preserve | in the Coconino national forest Yer non l.. Clark of Phoenix achieved the title of lobbyist on application for the purpose of appearing before the | different committees in support of | House Bill 9, which provides for par l tial support by the state of depend | ent and neglected children. A peti- | tion with hundred signatures was 1 introduced in the house from Wilcox 1 in support of the removal of the in | dustriaI school to the Fort Grant | military reservation. The matters as set out in this petition appear in the | columns of this paper under Wilcox | date line today.
 | The board of control bill was placed | upon the calendar of the committee of the whole for today.
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