El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-28

yesterday defeated senator John
Hughess bill 70 prohibit the sale OF
ciEarets TO minors under IS years OF
age. Kerr, Jacobs, Brooks and others
said it was ridiculous 10 talk about
Furnishing minors for buying cigarets.
Kerr declared If the bill was passed, all
the buildings at Fort Grant would be
needed as soon as II went into effect
This was the only bill defeated in the
house yesterday Eighteen We're passed
as follows:
No. %, the insurance code; No. SO, ap-
prOpTiatingn $500 for baths at the asy-
Ium for the insane No 81, extending
the certificates of foreign and alien IN
surance companies No 80. a code meas
ure relating to civil actions; No. 81,
jury CODE No. SO, contract code.
Code Bills Pass.
The following code bills from the
senate were passed:
No. 116, sSignments for benefit Of
creditors; 40. III. determinations of
real and personal property; No. 119-
writs OF cerLiOrari; No. 120, settlement
or disputes by arbitration; No 122,
change OF name. No. 1913, injuactiOns;
No. 126, procedure in interpleading; No.
III, quo WarrantO proceedings No. 12S,
partition Of real and personal property;
No IZS, eScnaeaIS OF property 10 the
state; No 40, mandamus; No. 131, fore
lble entry and detainer; No. 81 court
procedure; No. 124, attachment and gar
lishmenL
The apprOpria committee recon-
mended the passage Of senate bill No.
Isl, providing for the publication Of
the reports Of state officials and com
missions
Hughes's amendment to the Pioneer
home bill, removing the requirement.
that the superintendent of the inStitu-
ton be pioneer, was recalled from
placed on the calendar Of the committee
of the whole.
Senate Employees Strike.
For one whole evening the attaches
of the senate struck They wanted an
eight hour day. or pay for overtime
1t is the first legislative strike on
record, so far as is known here.
The house had decided to pay its at
taches overtime for night work and the
senate attaches thought that they were
entitled to the same consideration. They
worked several nights without extra
paV and finally decided to quit
The senators themselves became at
taches and struggled through the even
ing session be When they went home
down firmly and they were talking
about what they would do to those
clerks the next day.
A caucus was held and IL was decided
that the senate should not go badk on
an order adopted early in the session,
which was to the effect that no extra
pay should be allowed attaches for
overtime.
President Cunniff called all the ster-
cgrapherS and typiSts into a committee
room He talked to them like a Dutch
girls slipped back to their typewriters.
The male clerks held long, earnest
conferences. They then talked with the
president and with other senator's
1T was all a mistake" was the reply
given to questions concerning the out
come of the strike. Just a misunder-
standing. No one is going to quit or
get fired"
The agreement is that the clerks viii
work evenings when absolutely neces-
sary, but that they viii not be called
upon unless night sessions cannot be
avoided.
It is stated by the committee on
clerks that chief clerk CrOnin was
raised from IS a day to 81. and read
ing clerk Pearson to Sc, with the dis
-inct understanding that the raises were
to be in lieu of all extra compensation
for night work and that they would
hold the others in line.
Mining Taxation
Arbitrary valuation of mining prop
crty for purposes Of taxation is not
legal but ad valorem valuation does