The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-06


party affiliation and being permitted
to vote only in the primary of their
party. This bill, if it becomes law,
will meet a condition existing in Ari-
zona, whereby members of minor
ity party often vote in the general
primaries for democratic candidates.
Several new bills were offered in
the house. No. 36 introduced by Will
liam Marlar, Coconino, to secure bet
ter education of practitioners OF vet
erinary medicine and to regulate the
practice i'm Arizona was favorably re-
commended by the committee of the
whole.
House bill No "a by Claypool of
Gila, making it unlawful for any one
to employ i'm an extra hazardous
| occupation, in which the safety of
one employe may depend upon the
action of another, any laborer who
cannot speak and understand the
English language1 was introduc d.
| Representative Pinkley of Pinal i'm
troduced house bill No. 55, appropri-
ting S327.O2 for DIR. W. c. Randell
who acted as prison physician during
the illness of the regular physician.
Representative Baker, Gila, is the
No. Sc, which seeks to appropriate
500 900 for the purpose of building
approa ches to bridges across the
Gila and the San Carlos rivers and
a connecting road across the reser-
vation between the two bridges pro
viding that the remainder of the cost
of such approaches and road shall be
provided by the San Carlos Indian
reservation and approved by the
commissioner of Indian affairs.
House bill No. 81 was introduced
by request Of the live stock commits
sion and provides for certain duties
to be performed by the live stock
sanitary board and for the employ
ment and compensation of employees.
The board is required to exercise
general supervision over and, as far
as may be, protect the stock inter
ests of the state from theft and the
public from disease and unwhola
some meat products. The bill also
provides for the appointment of a
secretary who is to be paid not ex-
ceeding $2400 per year and who may
hire such additional help as shall be
necessary to, keep the records prop
erly.
Representative Graham of Cochise
introduced house bill No So, which
provides for the acceptance and col
lection of grants, devises, bequests
and assignments ito the state of Ari-
IONA. The bill further provides that
the proceeds Of all such bequests
and all other property or thing OF
value may be appropriated for edu-
cational purposes, or to such other
purposes as the legislature may di-
rect.
The chief transaction of interest
in the senate this morning was the
final passage of the Drachman i'm
migration bill, giving cities the
power to encourage settlers to come
their way.
Under the provisions OF the act,
senate bill No. 81, cities may ap-
propriate annually from the gen eral
| fund an amount not to exceed 1-2O Of
! 1 per cent of the assessed valuation
for the purpose of encouraging i'm
migration, new industries and invest
ment; and to print and distribute
books, pamphlets and maps adver-
tising its municipal advantages.
The amount thus raised may be
paid to the chamber of commerce.
organization, ito be expended for the
purposes set forth in the act under
the direction of the board of direc-
| tors, the amount to be so expended
| for the ensuing year to be fixed by
the council at the time of making up
the annual budget, and shall be in
cluded in the budget.
Senate bill No. 54, introduced by
Senator Mcmillan, Pinal, this morn
ing, is a companion bill to house bill
No. 55, providing for the relief of DR..
Randell.
The governor signed the state fair
deficiency bill-1the third bill signed
by him since the beginning of the
session.
See Parker Commercial company's
special sale ad. on dry goods and fur