Weekly journal-miner., 1915-03-03

, period lacking but couple of week of its constitutional time of sixty day and but half dozen bills have rul the gauntlet of both houses and gon , to the governor for his approval None of these can be said to be o special importance and the same ap plies to those measures which art now on final passage.
 The land situation is in a baC tangle, mine taxation in a worse mud dle and the prohibition enactments tc make effective the amendment adopt ed by the people are high in the air
 There is much talk of an extra ses sion, but the sentiment of the state is against it, and the legislators hcsi tate before taking action along thi: line contrary to public opinion.
 If the necessary appropriation bills are passed and adjournment taken for two years, the people will be better satisfied than being saddled with the expense of an extra session.
 The House. In the house this morning two bills were laid away; one was recommitted to committee and four were adopted. Three of these are senate bills, which now go to the governor.
 The most important is senate bill No 2l, which gives cities power to apply one-twentieth of one per cent of assessed valuation to the encour- agcment of immigration, the money to be expended through boards of trade, chambers of commerce or other recognized commercial organizations. The vote was "A to 9.
 Senate bill No. Al was finally pass cd by the house, as was also senate bill No 46. No. fl relates to the method of collecting assessments lev jed for public improvements. No. 46 requires the registration of vital sta tistics.
 House bill No. 42, relating to the beginning of personal actions within five years of the date of the cause accruing, was killed by vote of 22 to 10.
 House bill No 43, providing that judgment may be renewed at any time within ten years, was killed by vote of 19 to 13.
 House bill No. 5l, which divides counties into supcrvisorial districts, passed third reading and goes to the senate.
 House bill. No. 87, authorizing the federal government to establish fish hatcheries in any stream or river in Arizona, was finally adopted after Representative Acuff called it "an il legitimate child of the senate"
 Mucls hostility developed in the house, sitting as committee of the whole, against senate bill No. 15, this afternoon.
 This is the old age and mothers pension bill and a substitute bill was offered. Goodwin (Maricopa) claimed that the substitute was not so good as the senate bill and Lines (Gra- ham) contcnded that the substitute bill does not repeal the pension and old age law as passed at the election while the senate measure does.
 Graham (Cochise) wanted an opin- ion from the attorney general, but it was finally moved and carried that the substitute bill do pass
 The Senate.
 The senate distinguished itself by passing finally by vote of Is to 1 senate bill No. %, introduced by Sen- ator Stapley (Maricopa) and which provides that no expenditure from public funds shall be made except upon approval by the board of public welfare, and providing further that the board must be convinced that the contemplated service is necessary and of benefit to the state.
 Expense accounts are limited to $4 per day. and railroad mileage shall be allowed only under the direction of the board. The act provides that no automobiles shall be purchased or wages of chauffeurs allowed without q special prior appropriation by the legislature.
 The senate killed senate bill No. 52, introduced by Senator Kinney (Gila), providing for party primaries and re- quiring voters to state their party af- filiation before voting at primary election. The vote was 10 to g.
 In committee Of the whole, Senator Goldwater presiding, it was recom- mended that senate bill No. 80 do pass" that senate bill No. 95 be in definitely postponed, and that senate bill No. IF do pass"
 No. 80 is a proposed constitutional amendment and must be submitted to the people at the next general cleo ton. It provides that mo individ-