El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-07
ANOTHER WEEK Of
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.t. III 4OE teachers to obtain life GER
emergency clause.
Under the present law, any teacher
WIZ mas mad 10 years experience. six
IN this state is entitled to a life GER
uIlcate without examination Jopasss
olll viii require Is years e,nerie7,co 4
III TINS state, and q rigid examination
The Bond Measure.
~ 81, introduced by Brooks is the
OH Tor the Issuance OF S35O.OOO worth
of bonds for the erection Of b,,515 49, - -
~ the university, Tempe normal ana
r laSStat normal No opposition TO the
OH IS expected 1t will cut down the
general appropriation bill Just $3.50. 600
To Work Full Time.
II now appears unlikely that +b.
1eeSLSl4Iure VIII complete its labors be-
1CIs Wednesday, Nay Il, the date on
"nlch It's appropriation runs out.
me protest Of the japanese against
the legislature. N -Oi
No Reclamation Measure
The action Of the senate in referring
senator Browns reclamation depart-
ment bill to the COMMITTEES on iaDS,
with instructions to report a SUBSTITUTE
placing the department in the hands
u lne land commission means that the
measure is practically killed.
The bin provided that the state
should issue $20.00o,O0O worth OF bonds
as fast as needed to undertake. frri-
cation projects.
An alarming condition in the Arizona
Iand oIfiee, located at Phoenix, was
brought sharply to the attention Of thu
senate by senator WOrsley. who intro
ouced a concurrent resolution asking
congress to establish two more land
oIIlces within this state
II was set forth IN the resolution
Ihau Arizona is the only state west
OF me mississippi that has not four
or i've land offices This is in spite
Of the fact that there is more un-
surveyed land in Arizona than in any
other state and that more land is
being 1iled on by settlers Between
9UO ana bUO unngs a month are being
made at the Phoenix office, which is
now so days behind with its work and
falling behind constantly
W orSley s resolution was passed i'm
meGlately, under a suspension of the
rules The senators really have some
hope that 1t viii be needed at Wash
lnSton and that land offices will be
established at Prescott and Tucson.
Three Bills Pass.
The senate passed senate bill No. 81.
which prescribes the duties of the
land commission in granting rights
OF way across state lands in select
ing school lands in lieu Of those in
cluded in national forests. in prosecute
ing actions for trespass and in de-
tending actions against the state which
arise from its land policy Senate
Dill 81 providing for the taxation Of
an employers liability and workmei-s
compensation act conforming with the
national law. were adopted The lat
ter two are emergency measures
The vote by which Davis's bill No.
SS, was passed. was reconsidered and
II was brought back from the house
Tor some amendments 1t provides for
the further occupancy OF school lands
by persons who held them under lease
at the time Arizona became a state
Local Option Measure.
The judiciary committee and the code
revision committee has decided that
old senate bill No. 9. the local option
code over which there was such a
fight last week. should be revived Il
was indefinitely postponed Saturday,
with the understanding that the code
committee should bring in another en-
bOdNlnE the present status. This the
committee decided was impOssi BILE
hence the resuscitation Of No. 9. The
vote for Indefinite postpOnement was
rcconsioered and now the measure is
back on the calendar Of the committee
No Raise for attorney General.
The attorney general is not to be
clven raise in salary by this legis-
lature. The senate has receded from
its amendment to house bill No u,
the state government code. and the
attorney generals salary remains at
$500 The senate adopted an amend
ment raising him TO $4,000. This
ences and finally the senate backed
Down
In committee Of the whole the Rob
erts land leasing bill senate bill g.
was Indefinitely postponed
At the asst session a hot fight was
madn against this measure on the
ground thar tt would enable individuals
70 get control CT water holes by leas-
ing the land around them and thus
control wide stretches.
For Road Bond Issue.
Vita an important amendment the
senate committee Of the whole reported
bill, No. %, providing for submission
to the people of constitutional
amendment permitting road bond
issue The amendment restricts the
amount Of the bonds to 10 percent Of
the assessed valuation Of property
within the state. which this wear will
be approximately $500. 100000. Ten
percent Is S50.00Oo0O. Some thought
that the limit should be 1 percent and
others were opposed to any limit at
all Chase, Harrison Roberts, Sims Fl.
r. Wood and Cunniff supported a mo-
ton 10 kin the entire bill
state to Take Land.
A Dill Of tremendous Importance TO
the university and the Salt river valley
IS senate bill 81, permitting the state
to take school lands for state insti-
tuuons, regardless OF present lessecs.
which was acted upon favorablv by
the committee It is important to the
salt river valley because Of that item
OF $4,000 in the general appropriation
Dill for the purchase and equipment ~
a university agricultural experiment
station near Phoenix. Tt is proposed
TO take quarter-section Of school
land and use the $50 900 to pay for the
improvements Of the lessee, and IN
purchasing equipment.
Prison Farm Measure.
Unless this bill becomes a law sena-
tor Hughes's prison farm measure viii
rave no force or effect. Il was also
up in the committee and was reported
favorably. It appropriates $4,000 for
the equipment Of a farm for the peni-
Tertiary, to be conducted with prison
labor. not more than so miles from
the penitentiary itself This means
that the farm will be somewhere IN
the Casa Grande valley. as there is
no other farm land within 80 miles Ct
Florence.
To Buy Indian Portfolio.
Other senate bills sent on for regu-
lar course are: No. SO. by Hubbell. ap-
propriating $4,000 to purchase a set Of
The North American Indian" BY Ed
ward s. Curtis; No IS. requiring for
eign companies organized under the
laws OF Arizona to appoint the mem
bers Of the corporation commission
their resident agents.
Favorable action was taken on rep
uAH