Arizona republican., 1915-01-30
Senate in Committee of the Whole Considers Several Minor Bills on Regula- tion of Municipal Mat ters
HOBO MEASURE
 WAS DISCUSSED
Scrip Land Patents Brought Up in Interesting Contro- versy That Promises Fur ther Excitement Later in Session

The outstanding features of the leg islature yesterday were matters not occurring within the sessions of either house. One was a meeting of the joint committees of the two houses having charge of the Powers Drach- man prohibition bill and the other was a joint meeting of the public land committees of the house and the senate. These meetings took place after the afternoon adjourn ment
 Delayed by the storm the members drifted in from time to time until quorum was obtained. The morning session of the senate was given most ly to the committee of the whole in which several bills of little import ance were considered. Among them were bill relating to municipal inn provements and the manner of mak- ing assessment to meet the payment for them. and the senate bill requir- ing notification of live stock killed by railroad trains. Both were sent along the regular course The latter bill which had imposed unnecessary trouble upon the railroads had been remodeled until it was stated that there was no objection to it.
 The bill fixing the number of sigma lures of a petition to invoke the re- ferendum of a city ordinance at ten per cent of the vote cast for mayor at the last preceding municipal cleo tion was amended so that ten per cent of the total vote cast at that election would be required
 The committee favorably considered the Drachman bill authorizing cities, and as afterward amended, incor- porated towns, to appropriate 1-20 of one per cent of the taxable wealth to encourage immigration, new industries and to advertise the town and it's re- sources. Reduced to the lowest terms, the object of the bill is to aid cham bers of commerce by appropriation rather than by private subscription. Very little opposition to the bill was developed.
 The committee recommended the in definite postponement of the bill mak- ing it an offense for one to steal rides on locomotives and railroad trains The avowed purpose of the measure was to discourage hoboes.
 But the very reasonable and forci- ble objection was offered that if the hoboes. once in Arizona were prevent ed from stealing their way out they would remain here perpetually, bur den upon the state Mr. Drachman also pointed out that the legislature in passing such a bill was liable to be hoist with it's own petard" Many of the members had no way of getting home
 In the morning session bill was introduced by pr. Bacon to amend the law relative to registration of births and deaths and bill by MT Webb providing for the docketing of Judgments in counties other than those in which they might he rendered. and for docketing judgments out of the federal court in the courts of the va rious counties
 The Scrip Question
 The beginning of what will probably develop into an interesting contro- versy was witnessed at the opening of the afternoon session of the senate when a communication was received from the Arizona Cattle Growers As sociation urging the senate to memor- ialize the secretary of the interior and the states senators and representa- tive on the subject of expediting the granting of patents to lands which have been taken up lieu selection, that is by 'scripping" them. This communication will have the effect of raising the issue in the legislature precipitated by the land commission last summer when it protested to the interior department against the issu-
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