Tombstone epitaph., 1913-05-04
0oings in the
 Staie Legislature SENATE
SENATE

with some amendments.
 Worsley reintrcduced his bill for sh
 reorganization of the legislature. l
 provides that the legislature shsl
 cousist of one member from eacl
 county, and that all its acts shall b
 submitted to the people.
 | No 54. is a code bill relating to thu examination Of banks.
 1! An experiment with the single ts,
 is embodied in Wcrsley's bill prov,d.
 ing for e Is per cent reduction O
 taxes on improvements each year fol five years. adding them to the land It was defeated ip the seus,s hy Il to seven
 ] HOUSE
 In the house the following code bills were passed without opposition or amendment: No g. jurisprudence No B. replacement ot old and lost records; No 32, juvenile courts.
 Brooke eight -bour law ic. women and the local option code. s B9, were both reported for passage. Jacobs as- serted that each precinct should have the right to settle the prohibition question for itself. He would do away with county local option alto. gether. Under the law. when . local option election covers an entire coun ", only the votes css. in incorporated cities are counted separately. ! Favorable action was taken on een- ate bill 49, the code bill relating to changes of county sests, snd on house bill B, the Irvine motor vehicle reg ulation law.
 The srtesisn well bills to permit the expenditure Of sts,e funds for the boring of an artesian ~ell in any coun that is willing to stsnd half the expenses were referred 70 the ju- dietary com mittee.
 SENATE An agreement wss finally reached on senate bill 22. c B Woods general revenue measure. A report submitted to the seuste by the conference com mittee wss adopted.
 The conference com mittees on house bill No Il. the eminent domsin code, reported inability to agree. The trouble sises over Senator Davis' amendment requiring that ell corpor- stions te organized under the lave of Arizona before exercising the right of eminent domsin.
 The only measure passed in ibe senate xas senate bill No GA, the code relating to bank organisations. HOUSE An attempt was made in the houee to add the Grshsm mine tax bill, No 2l, as CD amendment to senate bill No 3, which extends the powers of the tex commission and prescribes the duiies of the board of equalization. The matter went over.
 The house passed house bill No Al, i relating to wills and lhs settle nent o! estates. The Irvine motor vehicle law. house bill No 52. psssed without 6 dissenting vote
 Without one dissenting vote. Sen- stor John T Hughes municipal slaughter house bill passed the house. Representative W E Brooks' eight hour law for somen in etores. factories end telephone exchsng 6 passed the same body "A tos.
 HOUSE
 Representative Powhstsn s Wren's ambition to add an equal suffrage amendment to the national consti- tuition was rudely blocked. He of- fered . memorial to congress, ssking that such 90 amendment be submit :s5 so ;6e various state legislatures, ard moved that it be hurried through to third readiog under suspension ol the rules.
 Objection was made to Wrea's haste and the memorial was referred direct ly to the committee of the whole. | County seat removal bill with 6t per cent amendmept was passed in the house late this afternoon on regu.
 lar call on third reading by vote o ] 22 to l2 in accordance with recon
 mendatiou of com mittee of the whole
 The bill now goes to the senate. I The lands coE mittee of the hous'
 made favorable report tn B 34, b,
 Willis, for the relief of squstters oI school lsI de It alec recommendes that H B 29. by Drennsn, to msk , the Carey act apply to Arizona. b paced.
 H B 48. ,he code measure relatinl to incorporation and disinccrporstiol , of cities, wss recommended for pes
 ssge by the judiciary committee witl , cone minor smeSdments, The house resumed the reading (