Arizona republican., 1913-04-28
Legislative Week, Third Of
This Session, Opens With
Much Important Business
Yet to Be Done by Both
Houses
PENAL CODE
AND TAXES
Together With Land Leg
islation, Marriage. Di-
vorce, Experimental Ar
tesian Wells and Appro-
priatiOnS to Be Settled

What many believe to be the last
week of the third special session Of
the first state legislature of the state
Of Arizona opens this morning in the
state house when the gavels of the
presiding officers fail to their desks.
Then are many who are also firm in
the belief that the closing of the
present session of the legislature will
end such gatherings at the state
house until an entirely new body
IS elected in the fall of 1914 and
gathers in session in the early weeks
OF 1915. However this may be. the
legislators approach their tasks this
morning with Il full knowledge OF
the fact that the task assigned them
by Governor Hunt in his call for
TINS session has by no means been
completed to date, and With the cal
endars fun of most important mat
ters, there is much of great moment
yet to be done before the members
theselves can be assured that the
work is completed.
In the house there is the mine
tax matter to be further threshcd
out and disposed Of, as well as SEN
ate bill }, which confers specific
powers upon the tax commission in
the matter of the levy ana assess
ment of taxes. These two PROPOSE
tions are going to provoke u great
! deal of discussion and it is granted
they will take large amount Of
time before they are satisfactorily
settled. The proposition of taxation
| in general was brought out on the
| floor on Saturday BY the report of
| the committee on style, revision and
compilation, which reported the bin
for third reading and final passage.
Graham had a series of amendments
| he wanted among which were the
incorporation Of his mine tax bill in
/ toto into the bill BY this means
! II would not be necessary TO read
! his bill three full times in the sen
ate. and could be agreed TO by
! conference committee This was not
at all satisfactory but before the re-
port could be disposed of Graham
! forced an adjournment with the
| amendments suspended in the cir
( cumambient, as it were. This makes
| this matter almost the preferred or
der of today
| 1t is expected that the penal code
will be brought out either this morn
| ing or tomorrow morning for third
reading. This bin took the greater
! rart of three DAYS to read in the
! house when up before in the pre-
/ vious session, when it was known as
house bill 4S. This time if may not
| take so long to read it through, buc
it will certainly cut a big sWath in
| the business of two days The bill
passed it has to run the course of
the senate. This will take more time.
Then there is the general anpra
priations bill now in the house COM
mittee on that subject which will il
all likelihood be reported out this
week. Chairman Babbitt and his
committee together with the senate
committee have been working on the
bin for some time to get it in such
shape that it will meet the views ol
all the members and at the same
| time do now injustice to any state
activity that is dependent upon the
state for money with which to run
for the next two years. This bill
| was introduced first in the house anc
J must go the gamut of the two bodies
+ and possible conferences before i
can go to the governor and become
t law.
r In the senate adjournment on Sat
urday afternoon the committee o
. the whole was deep in the considera
: ton of the insurance code. and II
. addition to this have the local option
2 bill. once passed but recalled fror
n the house to consider. before it cal
e take very many other matters. tn
$ local option bin is a code bill t
= | which numerous amendments Wer
v not necessary 1t is the desire q
Y many .of the members of the senat
a to leave the old statute in the SAN
# form in the new revision of tn
n laws. If this is done it is believe
o that Tempe can hold her local optlo
: election regardless of the rest of tn
# precincts in the county. and withou
d putting the county to the expense q
If a county election.
It Under the bill as proposed by IN
,e code committee, which Wrestled wit
/ il all day yesterday, full elections !
,r the county need not be held unles
1.-The entire county is dry All tn
y time there are wet precincts in II
L. county other precincts dry, who wis
l. again to obtain an expression of IL
'r will OF the people of the precin,
IS can do so without involving al Il
u county, and in the same manner pre-
: cincts wet, can obtain an eXp~cSsio
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