El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-28

/ President NJ. G. CUnniff introduced sew
! eral measures himself, most OF them
/ and divorce, making both harder than
! they are at present in this state
Cunn1m also introduced an anti black
/ list law, and senator Worsley came to
I bat with two more memorials One Of
{ the memorials asks congress to delay
the granting of patents to lands on
which Santa Fe scrip is filed till the
STATE mas an opportunity to select all
the land granted it under the enabling
act. The other requests the immediate
survey Of all unsurveyed land in the
Regulating Marriage.
Senate bill No. 60 by Cunniff. provides
that no marriage license shall be issued
until nVe DAYS after application has
been filed The application must be
posted prominently in the office of the
license clerk. and anyone who has any
interest in doing so can protest against
a license being issued. The usual rules
regarding age and the consent of
parents or guardians in cases where
applicants are under age, are included
Provision is made for the legitimation
OF children born to a couple before
marriage Common law marriages are
No. 20 requires each license clerk to
report to the registrar of vital sta
tistics before Feb. 1 of each year the
tactS regarding all licenses issued by
him the previous year This informa-
ton is to be included in the registrars
annual report.
riage annulment law. Marriages can be
annulled because Of impOtency, cOnSan-
guinity, fraud. insanity or the fact OF
one party having a living husband or
wife at the time the marriage is con-
tracted. Marriages contracted when
either party is under IS can be an
reaching that age
Rigid Divorce Regulations.
Several kinds Of divorce DEGREES are
provided for. The judge can grant an
immediate absolute divorce. a decree
that becomes absolute after one year
provided the parties do not request
for a limited time Grounds for divorce
are about the same as at present A
years residence is required for any kind
Of a decree to be secured
There is a separate bill No. 70 to
require divorce data to be sent to the
registrar OF vital statistics. This is to
be included in his report
No 70 provides against the evasion !
or Arizona marriage and divorce laws. /
The marriage Of any couple leaving !
Arizona and marrying in another state, f,
sible in Arizona, viii not be recognized I
here.
New Blacklist Law.
Cunnihs blacklist law. senate bill No.
a, IS very. short 1t is similar to the /
anti-b blacklist laws Of other states and
simply provides that it shall be un-
lawful TO require OF an applicant for
work any kind Of authorization from a 4
former employer. 1t is also made un-
.aWIul Tor employers to communicate
Information concerning employees, or
Tor one TO keep a blacklist for his own
use The bill is by no means
as drastic as the Worsley measure |
VINO was killed, and probably will
Davis introduced two more land bills.
NO % extends the power Of the land
OmmiSsfOn TO reservoir sites and water
lights No. 76 is TO provide a form of
contract with school land lessees. and
.or the further leasing Of school lands
low rented from the state.
Land Measure.
senate joint memorial No. 8, by
" OrSley, requests congress to pass a
aw holding up the issuance Of patents
III the state has selected all its lands
No. asks thar provision be
lA1e Ior the immediate survey Of all
lnsurVeyed land within the borders Of
Arizona
For County Auditors.
senator Chase introduced a bill Great
hall really be a county examiner and
-eep track Of all records His salary
n counties Of the first second. and I
hlrd classes is fixed at $500 a year. :
ourth, fifth and sixth $1,000; seventh. s
ignth and ninth. $500 In all other 7
oqntles the salary shall be fixed by the s
c ot Ss OF the superior court. but shall
Chase also presented No. IS. which ]
FAVORED by the Arizona Teachers '
ssoclaton- It provides that upon '
cnooi person shall receive a certif- Y
Z te TO teach in the public schools II, a
{ lne END OF four years. the holder can {
~ tldt ne or she has made a con-
.nuous good record as a teacher, he
nail be granted a life certificate .
Want To Change Counties.
A petluon was received from Hayden =
"a Wlnkelman. asking that those y
owns be cut of ella county and an Is
eAed TO PinaL The petition is in sup 2
J the house Il
Senate bin No. 80 was passed without r
.Hlsion- It supplements DaVis's bill n
p the registration of women during q
arch and April. and makes it unneees- / e.
~ 1or voters on the present register
register again c;
IN committee Of the whole the senate h,
OK up the house bill providing for II
y transfer OF $500 temporarily from II
e general fund to the inheritance
a Lund- IL was referred to the Judi /
aIy committee, with Instructions to u,
EeStlgate its validity
" ms Dill relating to salaries in Z -
tNdJo county was sent back to the I 90
unity affairs committee. Sims's bin
permit cities to sue for license fees a.
as amended slightly and sent to the al
we ana revision committee. II
Veto Measure Killed. NJ
= IVt Ilght came uD in the senate a,
---L-...Ilee OF the whole over WilliS's 81
-, -isI lluuonal amendment giving the AZ
I slaJure power to pass any bill over e
e. governors veto with a mere ma OF
10y vote The bill was killed by the rsu
ID hard. WI
" ms began the fireworks BY making as
urst speech OF the session He de- vs.
REQ that the law which requires a as
o lhlfQs vote to pass a bill over the a
vernon s or presidents veto IS un- sh
nocratic de
several senators who have always M
-h cIassed as good Democrats c0uld on
agree with Willis. One was presi- 20
l NJ ~ u. Cunniff and another was c.
HQod Sims was also strong in his pc
9a!Ly an hour was spent discussing
: OH alone, and finally il was indefi- mi
~ postponed by the following vote:
~ es-Chase, Harrison. Hechtman.
lhey- Lovin. Roberts. Sims. Vessel Ov
Iner Wood. Mr. President Sir
y es--l5reen, Brown, Davis. Hughes, VIII
'e' willis. c. 3. wood, Worsley. nc
Anti-BluckIist Law. ers
mother fight came in the debate over wa
.rsley's anti-blaclllist law. It was w.
Killed eventually. WI
avis did not favor the bill in the Ac
m that WOrsley presented it, He mi
nted it referred back TO the labor pa.
lmittee wa
own said that if there was to be a pro
prohibiting the blacklist ne wanted I pla
law to prohibit the Doycotting Of ab,
res I'm I'm the store business" he see
lained th-
Eorsley did not believe his bin un- He
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