Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1913-03-19
THE WEEKS PASS
BUT LITTLE DONE
News Bureau OF the Journal-Miner. Room
2D5. National Bank of Arizona Building.

the legislature closes its todayS
session there remained just three
weeks which under the law the SOL
ons can receive pay for their SER
vices to the State During this,
they propose to pass the appropri-
alton bills and adopt the code as
reported by the code commissioner.
Mr.. Sam L. Pattee.
Whether the work outlined can be
accomplished is the much discussed
question. One thing is practically
certain and this is that few of the
special bills now pending will ever
become laws. There is a tendency
on the part of the House members
to hold back the appropriation bill
asd fail to enact the same with
the idea OF forcing the Governor
to call a special session which
would be the fourth session of the
first State legislature 1t is pro-
bable a failure on the part of the
House to act on the appropriation
bill would have such. a result, but
it is at this date too early to know
definitely whether the House will
care to assume the responsibility.
The plan of the Senate is to pass
the code measures and the appro-
priation bill and rush them into
the House and Senate leaders are
tonight of the opinion that two
weeks more will see such accomp-
lished The House has practically
passed the penal code bill although
there will be a few amendments.
when the code gets into conference
after the Senate has considered it
To the penal code there have been
numerous additions to the existing
law made while of the civil code
it is simply a recodification of the
present statutes.
Up to this time there have been
introduced in the Senate one humid
red and forty eight bills and in the
House there have been introduced
eighty bills. OF this number OF
total proposed laws the Governor
has signed nine bills and has in
his hands under consideration four
bills.
The completed acts are the ap-
preparation bill providing funds for
the present legislative session: a
bill providing for semi-annual in
terest payments on state bonds: the
bill appropriating $4,000 as Ariz-
ona's part of the cost of building
a bridge across the Colorado river
at Yuma: A bill prohibiting swine
and chickens from running at large:
a bill increasing livestock Inspections
fees from five to ten cents per
animal: a bill permitting payment
of school bond interest semi an
nually: bill providing for payment
of state expense in defense of suits
in federal courts; bill transfer
ing funds from general to inheri-
lance tax; the two registration
measures effective March fifteenth
and which will permit women to
qualify as state electors: a correct
ed statute governing state dental
board: and last the bill giving the
Carnegie laboratory near Tucson the
to purchase State land for the use
of such institution.
1t is probable the new medical
will be disposed of during the COM
ing week as will also some form
of bill continuing the present
Land Commission. the appropri-
alton for which expired at midnight
tonight. 1t also seems likely sew
eral well advanced small bills will
get to the Governor during the
week, but there matters will end
until the Senate acts in some way
on the Jacobs bill changing the
present State Board of Control OF
course the verification of such a
story is impossible but it is said by
members who should know that
members of the House have
an understanding that the session
might as well adjourn at this time.
so far as further accomplishments
are concerned. if the Senate does
not pass the Board Of Control bill
To those who have been follow
ing the session and read the Cover
nor's call in. which the subject of
taxation held a prominent place,
here has been wonderment over the
lelay in proposing mine tax law
which 1t was understood was TO
,Oue from the State Ta~ Com,