Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-26
A FREE LIBRARY FUR EVERY
 COUNTY
Bill Providing For This Through Payment of Ex- penses From General Fund and Levy IS Introduced

PHOENIX, Feb. 25.-In a oill intro duced by Garvin by request. county supervisors are permitted or when directed to do SO by a direct vote of the people, shall establish and main tain county free library and reading rooms. The law provides that the counties may receive gifts of either books or money or property including Carneg- and similar endowments The payment of the cost of the libra ry is met from the General Fund. and @ levy not 70 exceed two cents on ev- cry S1OO valuation is authorized Su- pervisors are also given authority to issue bonds under the usual proceed ure in such matters for the creation of fund for the erection Of library buildings and the purchase of library sites now existing or otherwise
 The supreme court decision in the suit entitled Willis vs. the City of Globe. today in the senate came in for considerable discussion. Contra i ry to the published stories concerning this decision the supreme court up- held the consutuionality of the im- provement act under which much of the paving and sewer construction in the state has been carried on Jus. tices Franklin and Ross held that the referendum cannot be invoked against such laws and that as the City Of Globe was made a whole district for the sewer improvement. 1t was not local improvement and consequently procedure in this particular case be. i ing under the local improvement act. the city rightfully was enioined lt will be recalled that Justice Cunning ham, in an opinion specially concur ing held that the referendum should Iapply.
 ] The question came up in the senate | in connection with the consideration of one of the numerous bills which amend the improvement act. the point having been raised by one Of the sen ators that the court had held the im- | provement act unconstitutional lt was at this point in the procedure J that copy of the opinion was se- cured and the true situation establish ed. which was as stated above that while the Gila county court held the improvement law to be unconstitution- al the supreme court held the im- provemeut act to be constitutional
 but affirmed the decision of the lower court from an entirely different point Iof view.
 ! Drachm8ns bill tO encourage immi-
 grafton by permitting bonuses and do-
 nations to be made to chambers Of l commerce, was today passed by the
 house by a substantial vote and it is .now ready to be sent to the governor. | It's passage had been generally urged by all sections of the state as in this
 way non-residents can be forced 10 as-
 sist in supporting the various enter
 prises created for the purpose of build ling up our state and increasing ita population
 The committee on public institutions
 had considerable of a wrangling when
 they took up the consideration oi House Bill 9S which provides for Che 1 segregation Of the male and female
 inmates of the state industrial school
 The bill as introduced originally, sim
 ply provided that sexes should be seg
 regsted, but did not provide definite rrcgulations which were deemed advis
 able As a consequence the commit
 tee introduced a substitute bill whicl
 is general in its terms and relates tC all our state reform institutions Dur
 ing the discussion of the bin in th, committee the conditions existing al Fort Grant school as called Co the at
 teution of he state in the report o Callaghan. the state auditor, were dis , cussed and it was seriously consider g ed making a legislative Investigation
 of conditions at the present time. !
 was finally thought that thc Goldwat
 CT resolution. which is hanging fir, - i'm the house, would cover the situa b uon
 The house has finally agreed Go
 provision which will relieve the situa n ton caused by the adoption by thl , people at Che last election, of the Ol' 4 Age and Mothers Pension law Th'
 initiated law is repealed and with m ? emergency clause attached to it thl
 following bill has been passed anl t sent to the senate
 ,. "It is hereby made thc duty of th
 boards of supervisors of the severn 0 counties of the state to care for ant z maintain all indigent persons within ,, the boundaries Of their respcctiv
 counties who by reason ol old age o v physical or mental disabilities shal @ be unable to provide livelihood fo .- themselves aud who do not recciy
 lsupport through any of the eXistin
 laws of the state for the relief of th '- poor. The boards of supervisors arr @ hereby empowered to care for th ,- classes of indigents herein above spe,
 flied in institutions or hospitals tha U may be later acquired or in any othe
 manner that said board may see fit