El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-18
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sired, at least $3.50. 600 would be lost to
the state. Hughes, Worsley and Wood
| spoke for the bill. but senator Hecht-
man was little doubtful regarding its
| constitUtiOnality.
c. B. Wood moved to lay Cunniffs
I motion for re-reference on the table.
! After much further discussion the mo-
I ton was put and lost
! And then Hughes. fire flying from his
! eyes and his glasses bObbing in a most
| alarming manner, declared that the mo-
! ton to re-refer his bill to the lands
| committee was merely a move toward
! referred.
Senator Sims stated dryly from the
| chair that Hughes remarks would not
| appear on the record.
/ The Cunnif motion to re-refer was
/ put and lost nine to nine
Roberts then moved that the bill be
/ sent to the judiciary committee, with
| instructions to prepare another meas
| ure along similar lines, within IS hours.
! His motion was lost by exactly the
I same vote as Cunniffs
In Committee of the Whole.
/ A suggestion of c. 3. Wood that the
| measure be considered in committee OF
/ the whole today was finally adopted,
| though Cunniff took occasion several
| times to repeat his statement that the
| legislature is costing the state s. a
/ minute.
The committee of the whole recon-
/ mended that senate bill No. o. by
| Hughes, providing for a parole board
of the governor and four citizen mem
bers appointed by him, be re-referred
/ to the committee on judiciary for some
/ changes.
Hughes's bill providing for the en-
plOyment Of prisoners in jails was rec
- Il.
] recommendation was made for Hughes's
measure for the payment Of costs of
suits against the state and state Of
ficers in the federal courts.
Hughes's memorial to congress, ad-
vOcating the independence Of the Phil
ippines, was postponed indefinitely,
after some more oraUory had been
spilled. The same fate met WOrsley's
ers' license law 1t was an unlucl1y day
for the senators from Pima.
Three New Members.
Three bills Weer introduced in the
senate Monday. No. so gives a married
woman the right TO transfer without
the consent Of her husband, any prop
erty she might have owned before mar
riage-
No 81 is to provide for an amendment
to the section of the constitution refer
ring to the initiative and referendum.
No. 50 defines the offence Of assault.
1t is little more rigid than the present
law covering the subject.
A protest from the Bisbee miners
union against an appropriation for the
san Diego exposition was read
The House.
Once or twice there were signs OF
storm in the house Monday afternoon.
It was a busy session, even il it wasn't
as long or as exciting as the one In the
senate.
spent in committee Of the whole. When
the committee arose it recommended the
passage of house bill No. !, providing
for the creation Of Hunt county
A move &c have the name OF Hunt
changed to SUpai succeeded once but
was brought up under the head of re-
consideration and was lost
Bill Is Postponed.
When a motion to report the bill ia
vOrably was put there were only three
noes. Later, however, there was some
opposition TO sending the bill to the
enrolling and enSrosSlng committee
and placing 1t on the calendar Tor third
reading. The vote on this proposition
stood 20 to -.
Brooks's bill, providing for the pay
ment of costs Of suits against the state
in federal courts, was reported fayora-
Memorial No. 4 and ;, from the en-
ate, were reported favOrably and later
were adopted without opposition They
are TO congress and the California leg
islature3 asking those bodies to appro-
pirate $4,000 apiece. as the Arizona
legislature has done, for bridge over
the Colorado at Yuma
A favorable report was brought BY
the committee OF the whore on tne Dill
authorizing the transfer Of $1,000 tenn
porariiy from the general fund to the
inheritance tax fund, and the bill was
passed. It Will probably not be opposed I
in the senate.
Minimum Wage Law.
The most important bill introduced in
the house yesterday was by Lewis, and |
provides that the occupation of mining,
her
chinery or powder are used, shall be /
classed as hazardous. No one engaged
in that occupation shall receive less
than 81 a DAY. Anyone COntractin to !
pay less is liable to a fine OF $1,000 or
Imprisonment for six months, or both. /
IN plain words, LeWis's bill is a mini I
mum wage law for miners
No. So, by Kerr is just as unusual !
and will provoke almost as much COM
ment It prohibits the circulation OF /
misleading advertisements by any
method. To circulate such an advertise 1
ment shall constitute a mlsdemeanOr |
and be punishable by a fine OF from $50 |
to $500 or by Imprisonment for 80 days /
to six months.
to provide for the submission OF a con-
amendment changing the /
date for the regular biennial meeting
of the legislature from the first Tues
the legislators, to the first Tuesday in /
February.
At the request of Lewis. action on
the eight-hOur law for women was 4
postponed till the committee on labor 1
recommends that it be taken Up.
The Anti-Swine Act.
The live stock committee recon- 4
mended the passage of JacObson's !
"anti-swine exercise bill" with a 4
slight amendment. As drawn the !
bill provided that damages might De /
collected when swine or chickens |
strayed on private premises. AS /
amended the bill requires that col |
damages done.
The committee on constitutional /
amendments and referendums recon- (
NEEDED the pOstpOnement Of Graham's /
bill to prohibit the sale Of school !
lands till the land commission makes !
its report.
The judiciary committee recon-
mended that Kane's bill to prohibit /
the throwing of glass on roads, Ir- /