El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-05

two weeks. A majority thought not,
so they argued Cunnlf1 down.
The bill was then rushed through
the enrolling and engrOssing commit
tee and placed on final passage. Not
one vote was recorded against It
The $4,000 appropriation is divided
as follows: Salaries of legislators,
So, $50, salaries Of employees, Sl6,IzJi
mileage of members, $500; cosungent
expenses, $500
Homer Wood, of Yavapai, is a strin-
gent anti-lobbying measure drawn
along the lines recommended by gov
ernOr Hunt in his message
New Tax Measure.
Senator c. 3. Wood, Of AlaricOpa, in
troduced senate bill No. at the re-
quest Of the governor and the tax com
mission. It is to give the tax commls-
sion power over all assessing and tax
levying bodies of the state, and also
makes the commissioners the sole mem
bers of the state board of equalization
Before the constitutional amendment
declaring that methods of taxation
shall be as provided by law" was
passed. il was not possible to enact
such measure as the one introduced
BY Wood yesterday Under the consul
I tuition. the legislature had to make the
! board of equalization consist of the tax
commissioners, the auditor and chalr-
man of the corporation commission me
] intent of the tax commission law al
I ways was that the members OF that
body should be the board Of equaliza-
Z ton
principles" senator Wood explained
! during a recess
To Bridge the Colorado.
Fred W. Vessel, of Yuma, introduced
bill No. 1, which is TO appropriate
$4,000 for the purpose Of building a
/ bridge across the Colorado at Yuma
| The Government is to contribute $4,000
and the state Of California the same
| amount. Bills are already penang IN
: con- ress and the California legislature.
( Vessels bill went over, as dlu the next
four brought up.
No. 5 provides for municipal alb
I batoirs for all incorporated cities ana
[ towns 1t is a measure IN which M
/ Hughes is much interested and ne VIII
I do his best to secure its passage II
I is necessary, he claims, to prevent the
] people eating meat from unclean
! slaughter houses
For the Carnegie Laboratory.
No. is also important 1t Is 70 per
/ init the sale Of public lands on appuCa-
/ ton. Of state Institutions, and Is De
/ signed particularly to cover case IIlaS
{ has arisen at Tucson. Inere Ine Ne-L-
negie desert laboratory IS located on
asa scres OF GROUND owned by the uni
versity The laboratory mas S2V'uUV 10
spend for new buildings, but the man
ayers Of the institution refuse TO arrow
that money TO be expended for Struc-
{ deed the $50 acres to the laboratory, IN
[ der a provision preventing It's use Ior
any purpose other than thaL Ior WhiCh
the laboratory was estabIlsneO-ln
study of desert plant NE III Ilie SOu'-
Senate bill No. Z is 10 submit to the
people at the next general electlon
constitutional amendment aDolshlns
capital punishment This amenonent
is drawn to fix the penalty for 1lrst
degree murder at life imprisonment
and for second degree murder at I'M
prisonment for not less nan ~ ca =
To Prohibit sale OF CiEnEets-
No IS TO prohibit the safe OF TO
bacco and cigarets TO minors under -
years Of age Hughes says lnaL sllllll4I
laws are in effect in several states.
one more bill was introduced DeloIe
the end Of the days session. senator
c. n. Roberts brought IL up at ths re-
quest of the state treasurer II y ~
amend the funding and loan commission
law, making it possible TO pay lnleresS
on state bonds semi-annualiy instead
senator Roberts drew attention to
the fact that during the 1lrsI specla1
session the livestock and AGRICULTURAL
Committees had been dropped from the
list It was agreed that they shCuiO
be added to the list Of committees Ior
Marshall Invited to speak.
A message was received. from the
house to the effect that tnat Douy hau
a
Thomas r. Marshall next vice preSl-
dent of the United States who IS now
in the valley, to address the legislature
a COMMITTEES consisting of senators
Harrison. Hughes ana Hechtman was
appointed by the chair to make the IN
YitaEon stronger
To RearranEe State Finances.
The senate received communication
from state treasurer D. I. johnson set
ting forth his actions on matters OF
exclusive jurisdiction with MIN our
ing 1912. He reported that Arizona IS
now receiving the lowest interest rate
of any states on her regular bank de-
posits and recommended among other
things that ne be granted authority
TO lend from one fund TO anotnef
whenever such procedure might seem
advisable The state is now required
to nav interest on warrants issued
against a fund that is temporarily eX-
hausted, though there may be plenty
Of money in other funds
Treasurer Johnson reported tnal TOUR
counties had reported on the income
tax and suggested that in view OF the
additional burden this law throws upon
MS office, he be allowed 800 month
for an assistant He also requested
surety bonds instead Of personal bonds
for insurance companies
Senate Employees.
Following are the Senate's attaches:
Secretary Con P. Cronin of Santa
Cruz county: assistant secretary A c
| Pearson. COchise; enrolling clerk, H
| q Pierce MariCOpa, Sergeant-a t-arr1SB