Arizona republican., 1913-03-03
MEDICAL BILL |S UP TODAY
House to Consider Substi- tutc Bill Offered by Pub lie Health Committee ; Merry Fight On Measure Is Predicted

Is Predicted
 There is expected a merry fight il the house today on the medical bill This bill is now known as sub stitute house bill No. IS. And it i. the committee substitute for the ori- ginal bin introduced in the house bN Lynch on the sixth day of the session The original bill provided for a medi- cal board whose duty it should be [, examine into and decide upon tn, qualifications of applicants for per mission to practice medicine or an. system of healing in the state. l provided the medical board shoul' [ consist of two allopaths. one homeo 1 path, one eclectic and one osteopath. Under the provisions of the Origina | bin, the Christian Scientists were ah l solutcly prohibited from practiCin in any form within the state withou | first going before the medical boar I and obtaining q license. To this the [ seriously objected and when the hi i was referred to the committee aske 1 for public hearing in order to prescr l their objections to the bill. They WcT not alone the objectOrs to it beCaus there are many believers in AriZOn 1 in the various forms of mental an faith healing who also objected i having their religion made q iaWleS one the contention being that the system of healing and their religio were so insupcrably bound togeth' az to induce but the one effect. 1 The hearings were therefore hel the objcctors to the bin having or
 night session and the Objectors to Il
 objectOrs having another night se' 1 sion. After this the committee he
 several sessions and finally as a sul stitute for the original bill and Il
 many suggested amendments brougI
 in the draft now before the hOus
 which is practically the present Ca ] ifornia statute with but q few min
 unimportant alterations.
 The opinion is expressed amOi
 the medical fraternity that there [ no occasion for the controversy ] raised by the original bill becau
 there is now in force in the state { good law and that with slig
 amendment to the present statut . allowing representation on the boa
 to the ost9opaths and giving the
 the right to practice in Arizona u l der certain conditions no change Q needed However. if any change { to be made they would prefer | T bill as originally introduced to {
 one in its present form. It is ge
 orally conceded that the substitl bin will be defeated and that
 change will be made in the prese l statutes However, bearing in mi the experiences and excitement of last session. it is by some thoue that there will be a merry fight !
 fore the bill is killed even in
 house.
 Collier Today
 t Under an invitation of tine hot = made some time ago. Colonel D. r, Collier. president of the Panama Ca d fornia Exposition. will address the A $ zona house of representatives sol a time this afternoon. He appears g behalf of his exposition. for which 0 is anxious to obtain large appropr e ton
 Code Committee Meets n There was q general meeting of e committee on revision of the code v e terday morning at the state hou D. The penal code. which is before IS house. will probably be up for diScl II sion some time his week The W' II of the committee now is on the .C le code. which is expected to be repor out before very long. Following | IL,
 handled by the committee.
 = Bond Amendment
 '- With the return of Attorney C. | cral Bullard. it is expected that S. amendment to the constitution ad TT cated in his report. will be drafted { IS submitted to the legislature for Y consideration. IL is proposed to > amend the constitution as to per
 the sale or bonds for public impro
 ment purposes which cannot now o, done.
 Land Committee Meets
 There was q general meeting of o committec on public land of the SGT
 yesterda- There is whole grst - proposed land legislation now bel I- the committee which it is proposed
 sift out before any policy on the l
 of the state in connection with
 public land is decided upon. It
 strongly rumOred that out of the
 members of the committe who attcn
 the meeting; there came six differ ,, and distinct proposals to settle :, matter. Many believe in view of = it is unlikely that any definite DO n will be decided on at this session. +o is admitted. however. the land e f mission as at present constituted ,, be continued for the remainder of ;a term of the present legislature. ,i Registration for Women n, It is expected that President Gun of the senate will hand down his -o cision in the question of house anne os ments to senate bills being cOncul ,o in without a. twO-thirdS vote or I +o call some tune today The ma TO came prominently to the notice of ro senate in connection with the Inc :, 1 amendments t. Cunriff's bill for e registratio of all the voters of n, state beginning March l this y
 Tie house was rot satisfied to let
 women merely say they are over
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