Weekly journal-miner., 1915-03-03
HUNT THE ROCK
 WHICH SPLITS LEGISLATURE
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hard sledding, to get passed. Its amendment in many features is con ceded, which will create another bad situation for the house is not likely to listen very kindly to any such action by their big brothers. Time-consum- ing fights are yet ahead on the mine tax, prohibition and land bills, but whether or not anything will be ac- complished along these lines, is seri- ously doubted by those in position to speak authorjtatively.
 An effort is to he made to force some kind of mine tax legislation through before the end of the session, and several other bills of importance to various coteries of members are being held up and used as clubs to further the progress of mine taxation.
 Representative Pinkley has bill along this line in preparation, and this will shortly be added to the Cook and Mahoney bills now in committee.
 A tentative suggestion by Repre- sentative Ncwbury (Cochise) this morning that night sessions be held failed to find immediate favor, but it IS probable that this expedient will soon be re5orted to.
 Both houses are to give precedence to bills passed by the opposing branch of the legislature to the end that fewer acts may be left on base when he game is over, but unless a truce S speedily declared between the houses this will avail little.
 In spite of the uncertainty the day was spent in grinding through long calendar of committee of the whole work, the 37 measures before it, for he most part, being of special rather han general importance.
 Senate.
 In the senate a resolution signed by Vic Hanney and number of Phoenix business men, urging the passage of he Pari-Mutuel racing bill, was read, md senate bills Nos. 104, 1O6, substi- ute ?, and 47, were passed finally and louse bill No. 59 was killed.
 Substitute senate bill No. ?, intro duced by the judiciary committee, provides that jury fees shall be in cluded in the judgment except that he court, for good cause shown, may relieve any person from the payment of such fee when in the opinion of he court such relief may appear proper.
 Senate bill No. 104, introduced by Senator KarnS Santa Cruz) provides :or the proper identification of cold storage eggs, and the conditions un- fer which they may be sold. The vote vas II to 4.
 Senate bill No. 1O6, introduced by Senator Claridgc (Graham) provides or the prompt compilation and dis ;emination of election returns. The act provides for a double election board in precincts where more than 200 votes are cast and for the count ing of the ballots in blocks of g, the count to begin as soon as the first 5 have been deposited.
 Senate bill No. 47, introduced by Senator Webb (Maricopa) provides for the docketing of judgments in counties other than where they arc rendered.
 House bill No. 59, introduced by Representative Edwards (Yuma) made it a misdemeanor to furnish tobacco to minors under 20 years of age. The bill carried an emergency clause requiring two-thirds vote. It was lost on final passage by vote of ayes to 6 nays.
 The senate then resolved itself into committee of the whole for the con sideration of senate bill No. 127, which is the land bill.
 Semi-Annual Taxes.
 The act providing for the semi annual payment of taxes passed the house by a vote of 25 to 9. This measure is popular throughout the state, taxpayers realizing that with the unparalleled burden of taxation Arizona is carrying it is too much to require that it all be plankcd down at the purser's window in one fell swoop. This is one of the bills which it is hoped may wiggIe through the senate Notifications before adjourn ment. The bill was introduced by Representative Johns (YavapaD.
 House bill No. 78, introduced byI Representative Christy (Grcenlce) was also finally passed by a vote of Is to IA It relates to appeals in criminal cases and provides for the return of prisoners from the peniten- tiary to county jails pending appeals, and for the giving of criminal cases precedence over civil actions.
 One New Bill.
 There was d falling off in the new