Arizona republican., 1915-02-26

verising" bill. A similar petition was sent to the house. message was re- ceivcd from the governor announcing that he had signed the fish hatcheries bill. Several new bl.s were introduced at this time and later in the day. one was brought in by Mir. Karns providing for optfitting the battleship Arizona with q silver service. Earlier in the day d letter had been received from United States Senator Smith on the subject. He said that il would be some time before this fighting machine would bc put into commission. Mir. GoldWater who is sometimes not in d serious mood suggested that inasmuch as this state is the leading producer of copper in the United States, the silver service he made of copper.
 The Committee of. the Whole In the afternoon the senate in the committee of the whole passed the house memorial to congress on the sub ject of the development of mineral land on Indian reservations.
 House Bill No. e9 was ingloriouslX rolled in the dust. Ii bore the harmless title of relating to the qualification of legislators" But it proposed an amend mcnt tosthe laW providing tllsta1neIn.s Der of herlcsislaturc might hold some other office at the same time. It was pointed out that a governor might thus be given a strong hold upon the affec- tions of member of the legislature and thus be put into the way of in- l fluencing legislation. The bill was re 1 commented for indefinite postpone ! ment
 The vote bv which the committee had recommended the indefinite postpone mcnt of the Kinney registration bill was reconsidered and the hill was re- committed in order that certain vague hess might he removed.
 l \ motion to recommend the anti ci- sarette bill for indefinite postponement was defeated. A bill providing for uni | form assessments of city property was recommended. This bill, if it becomes a law. will eliminate city assessments. the assessment for city purposes being made by county assessors.
 Bills Passed
 The so-calied "eugenics bill' by Dr 1 Bacon was parsed on third reading by a large ma iority The house bill pro- viding for the sale of the reform school propcrty at Eenson was passed as was q bill requiring holders of United States funds to be spent for state purposes to make, report to the governor.
 Among the bills mp for third reading | i.f ori,
 tendents of Indian schools and agents of Indian reservations to issue marriag gt licenses and perform marriage cere- monies. The agent or superintendent would receive an instalment of mar riagc licenses from the county author
 tiles and would remit for those uset and receive credit for those not used
 A curious error had crept into the bil in the course of amendment. descrih-
 ing it as misdemenor for the agent ol supcrint endent to make use of thes,
 licenses for his own personal use
 Personal gain" had been meant. Tho
 bill was recommitted for amendment.
 T'-c House
 The first business of the house yes.
 terday morning after the prelminaries was to put under the head of new bilh
 two measures received from the scnat, over which there will propably be ;
 warm contest. One of them provides
 for the regulation and limitation o public expenditures and the other cs
 tablisheG the board of public welfar'
 and abolishcs the board of control. Tn , house has bill of it's own for th' same purpose but it is radically diff
 ferent from the senate bill. The latte , leaves the governor without a deeidin