El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-21

, bill No. p, was approved in the house
committee Of the whole without oppo-
sitiOn- The following senate code bills
were sent on for passage:
No 6, sale Of goods; No. Z, license and
occupation taxes No. 8, horticultural
commission; No. 10, contempt Of court
No u, adoption Of children; No. Is
conveyance Of real property.
Experimental Wells.
Bills providing for the sinking Of
experimental artesian wells in all
counties OF Arizona are now pending
In the house Each carries with it an
appropriation Of $500.
At the last session Billy Graham
succeeded in getting through a bill ap-
proprlatlng that sum for an artesian
well in the Sulphur Springs valley, OF
Cochise county brennan introduced a
bill for another well in the HarQua
Hala section Of northern Yuma county,
but it was not acted upon Early in
the present session brennan reintrO-
duced his measure.
Then Kane introduced a bill apprO-
prlat1ng $500 for an artesian well in
Greenlee county.
Saturday the artesian will fever real
" got in its work and bills made their
appearance in the house, each apprOpri-
atng $500 for a well in the locality
mentioned: Santa Cruz valley, Santa
Cruz county; Paradise valley, Maricopa
county; WinslOW valley, Navajo cOun-
ty, Sacramento valley, MOhaVe county;
Pleasant valley, ella county; Skull val
ley, Pinal county; Graham county; Con
zales, near SpringerviIle, Apache
county.
Coconino and ella counties are the
only ones that have not put in their
applications for wells.
New House Bills.
House bill No. 48 IS a code measure
relating TO the Incorporation and dis
Incorporation of cities and towns
AS house bill No. 80, Harry johnson
reintrOduced his bill making an appro-
priatiOn to pay the expenses Of veter-
ans Of the battle Of Gettysburg now
!l7lng IN ARIZONA. TO the reunion that
is to be held at Gettysburg next sum
mer- The appropriation asked is $4,000.
A boost was given the Linney bill.
No p, providing for the submission OF
100000 bond issue for good roads.
The committee on constitutional
amendments recommended its pass
age
The county affairs committee recon-
mended the passage Of senate bill No.
16. by Breen, permitting cities to in
crease their bonded Indebtedness to 10
percent Of their assessed valuation for
the purpose Of constructing sewers,
water systems and lighting plants.
DO pass" was the recommendation
Of the corporations committee with re-
spect to senate bill '19, the 3 cent fare
bill
To Investigate State Institutions.
The committee on state institutions
IS perfectly willing TO grant COVER
nor Hunts request for an investiga-
ton of the prison by the state exam
lner, and house joint resolution No
was introduced to provide for the ex-
animation. The committee has recon-
mended that the resolution be adopted.
A communication was received from
the board OF trade at Wilcox offering
40 acres Of land near that place for
the state school for the deaf, dumb and
blind
Would Protect Schools.
A communication was received from
the Parents and Teachers club Of
Wilcox, asking that the present law
be amended to prohibit houses Of
prostitution being conducted within
], 900 yards of a public school The
present limit is 100 yards, but there is
a provision giving the county super
visDrs the right to extend it to 1000
yards If they see fit. In Cochise coun-
y, however, the superior court has