Arizona republican., 1915-03-12
EVERY IMPORTANT BILL
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(Continued From Page Two) else might have observed by read ing of the story itself. The Powers motion prevailed and the committee took up the appropriation bill.
 Several minor changes were made in the appropriations for the educa- tional institutions. The appropriation for the national guard vas undis- turbed and an increase was proposed for national guard armories.
 Now the committee had come to an other section making appropriations aggregating more than $3Q0,000 for the two normal schools and the uni versity They had been separated from the other sections relating to those institutions on the theory. it was suggested that by the time the committee had reached them it would have forgotten that it had already made provision for those schools. Mir. Flanagan had been conducting the pruning process assisted materially bv Mr. Christy. Now, Mir. Lines came to the front with an amendment to strike out a half dozen sections car rying considerably more than $200,000.
 It was now noon and recess was taken until half past one o'clock.
 By that time it had been spread around that Mrs Berry. the member from Apache county had just reach ed her .fifty-sixth firthday and re- solution of dongratulations was of fered It was adopted with cheers.
 Under a suspension of the rules several bills on third reading were passed. Among them was one pro- viding for a bridge in Santa Cruz county.
 One amending the statutes for the supervision and regulation of fire in surance companies.
 A reconsideration of the vote by which the bill providing for taking changes of venue had been defeated, was taken. That bill was then passed.
 A senate road bill providing for the return to the counties of money which had been allotted to them in an old road fund was defeated as it was shown that it would cost as much to get the money back as would be re- turned and it would then be a road fund after all.
 The conference report on the senate public welfare bill was received and adopted. The senate had receded from it's objection to the house amendments which gave the governor the deciding voice in the board.
 Here Mir. Powers renewed his for mer motion to go into the committee of the whole for the consideration of the appropriation bill butt it was de- feated and several other measures were taken up.
 The friends of the racing bill com mission bill failed to secure a suspen sion of the rules to place it on final passage though they mustered twenty votes.
 A message was received from the senate stating that the house state library bill had been passed after be- ing amended by provision that C. P Cronin should be the first librarian. A motion to concur failed for lack of the necessary two thirds vote and conferees were appionted.
 Mir Edwards offered resolution for an investigation of the records made by the attaches and for giving letters of recommendation to those who were worthy. A companion piece to this was a resolution to pay Read = ing Clerk Lanier s355 additional for his services.
 The attack upon the extra educa = tional appropriation section was be- gun with the result that s246,000 was stricken out The Temne normal was o,,1 ;to1 md the University was allowed an appro- priation of s10.O00 to put the wires on the campus under ground.
 An appropriation of s15.000 to allow the state to purchase ground adjacent to the capital grounds as a site for the erection of a fire proof building in which to keep the records was re- iected derisively. It was at this point that the message from the house was received announcing that that body had finished it's work for the regular session.
 The Senate
 The senate had very little on its hands in the morning session and took things easy It was remembered a little later that it had two appoint . ments before it: that of Homer R Wood of Yavapai county 10 be fair commissioner and T. D. Pulliam to he superintendent of the reform school. The senate went into ex- ecutive session to consider these ap- pointments. MT. Wood fared badly though he had been a member of the first state senate and of the consti- tutional convention His nomination was rejected. only four senators srn- porting it: the nomination of MT Pulliam was confirmed
 The senate amended tho state IT, hrary bill making Con P. Cronin as- sistant secretary of the senate Ii