El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-06

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jacobson said that the soldiers had
because Of an inadequate water supply.
Pace said that officers had been sent
there to punish them.
Code Revision.
JacObs's hobby is code revision and
he objected Yehemently yesterday after
noon to the penaI code bill, No. As, be-
ing sidetracked for other measures on
the calendar for the committee of the
whole. Barker and others thought that
the penal code could wait, but Jacobs
told them just where they were wrong.
He had a majority with him and the
house spent most of its time in the
committee Of the whole discussing the
penal code One important amendment
was made As the bill came from the
revision committee, it provided that
the age Of consent should be IS years
in ordinary cases and 16 years where
the girls previous unChaste charac-
ter could be proved Jones moved that
these ages be changed to 19 and IT,
After some discussion his amendment
was carried
The Senate.
Cunniffs bill to require health GER
tficates from all applicants for mar
riage licenses was referred to the SEN
ate committee on judiciary. This is a
bill that has been expected since the
first Of the session and stands an ex-
cellent chance Of passage.
Municipal Affairs.
Hughes's measure requiring that each
Incorporated city to construct and
maintain a municipal abbatoir. which
shall be under the control Of the state.
received another boost when it was
reported favorably by the county az
fairs committee.
Sims's amendment to the Cunniff s.
cent fare bin is constitutional Attor-
ney general George Purdy Billiards.
opinion was secured and it was favor
able. The bill was placed on final
passage in the senate yesterday ano
was passed without division. The
amenment is to make IL possible for
the corporation commission to suspend
the operation Of the law for go days IL
representation is made that it will
work a hardship on a railroad.
Quick Work on a Bill.
Senate bill No. 90, introduced yester-
day by Sims, is to make it possible to
pay interest on school bonds semi-an-
nuaLy instead Of annually Sims eX-
Bisbee which made it highly desirable
that the bill be passed at once. Under
suspension OF the rules, 1t was referred
and reported the necessary number o.
times and passed without division. all
in the space Of three and half min
utes.
When the senate went into commit
tee Of the whole, without division. the
committee decided to report favorably
Whipple's house memorial asking con-
gress to investigate the possible use Of
abandoned western military posts for
tuberculosis hospitals.
Bills Take Regular Course.
Senator HarrisOn's legal fence bill (
JacobsOn's "anti-sWine /
exercise" measure were considered and !
allowed to take their regular course,
after discussion.
A slight amendment was made to the /
fence law, making it necessary for the Z
owner OF a fence to maintain it. as I
well as erect it, in order to COLLEGE Z
damages. This matter was overlooked J
in the drawing Of the bill
Cunnif saw something to object to in 4
the Craig dental bill, sent over from 7
the house. He saw no reason why
on the board Of examiners
should be limited to dentists who had \
lived five years in Arizona. His motion 4
to change the required residence to
three years was defeated, and the bill
was reported for regular course.
Regular course was also the DISPOSE
ton made Of the LOvin bill, prescribing
how counties having no union high Z
schools shall go about obtaining them. (
Railroads Fight Wood Bill
The railroads Of Arizona are bitterly Z
10 require them to incorporate under l
the laws Of this state and maintain
general offices within its borders.
Senator Woods prime reason for
this bill is to keep the
general office of the s. F. p. & P. and
he Arizona & California in Prescott
IN all probability the offices will re-
main there anyway, whether the bill
passes or not Orders to that effect
are understood to have been issued.
fOr a time, however, Prescott was in
much fear that she would lose one of
Ter principal assets.
Railroad men claim that the bill is
extremely unjust They point to the .
Il PasO & Southwestern. the Arizona I
Z California and the Arizona & New
1eXicO lines that might be vitality az Z
ected- zach of these has tracks in I
wO or more states. Were a law sim Z
lar to that proposed by Wood in effect /
n each state, those roads would have I
o have several sets Of general offices. I
The Arizona & New Mexico, they say,
night not be able to stand the ex-
ense and would cease operations.
Billiard Denies
Flat denial Of the charges made in /
he senate last Saturday that ne is /
the states business for his
rivate practice. also that he has been
etained by public service corporations
hat have been defendants in suits
rought by the state, has been made
y attorney general George Purdy
,ullard.
Billiard has transmitted TO the senate ]
1900 word letter. declaring that ne
las neglected his own practice for
he business Of the state. despite the {
act that he is paid a "ridiculOusly s
oW' salary Of $500 a year. {
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