Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-04
| LEGISLATURE
 SOME ACTIVE WORK
Governors Threat of an Ex- tra Session in the Summer Induces the Lawmakers to Busy Themselves.
EXTRA SESSIONS NOT
 POPULAR" SAYS HUNT
House Leaders to Take Up the Mine Tax Bills Today. County Division Bill Intro duced by Newbury.

PHoENIX, Mar. There was real accomplishment today in the legisla- ture in accordance with the scheme to avoid an extra session. Should there be a let up it is confidently ex- pected that the governor will use special message to call the members attention to the fact that the Demo cratic party is being watched by the voters of the state, and that extra sessions of the legislature. in his judgement, are not popular He may go so far as to call attention to the necessity of legislature agreeing on a definite land policy for the care Of state lands Tonight he is hopeful such will not be necessary.
 He reaches such a conclusion by the action Of the senate today in agreeing to certain features of the land code. Under agreement the sec retary of state is made land conimis5- ioner and he is clothed with an the powers of the state surveyor general Appraisals of the valuations of i'm provements on occupied lands, will be made by some person appointed by the county superyosors of the county wherein the land is located aud two others named by the land commissioner The bill is far from finished, however, and is still before the committee of the whole The senate also found time to agree to a bill regulating the sales of liquor in a form patterned after the bill intro duced by the committee on state ac- counting, to which was intrusted such duty after all the bills previ- ously introduced nthe senate had ! been killed. The bill is favorable to the drys, but has the provisions that the vets have urged giving justices of the peace original jurisdiction in the violation cases.
 By a vote of 13 to 6 the senate passed the bill abolishing the tax commission, and vesting their duties with the corporation commission and ! receivel a report from the appropria tions committee disapproying of the Borderland Highway repair appro priation. A new senate bill by Gold water provides for making judicial
 elections truly non-partisan, abolish ing the primary nominations for such offices by parties. Bacon proposes to create state industrial commiss
 ion patterned after the New York law
 modified to fit our population and scheme of government. Labor lead
 CTS claim for it's distinction of beinl
 the first measure proposed in the
 senate with the welfare Of labor ai
 it's object
 In the house Baker introduced ar appropriation of $20,OO0 for a schoo
 of mines at Globe and Nowberry in
 troduced a county division bill Ac cording to its terms. 15 percent of tho
 voters of any county may secure, b, petition and election on the question
 provided there is $3,OOOOOO assesset
 property valuation in the proposes
 new and remaining old county an, at least 75O votes in both Al th election 70 percent of the votes il D the new county cast for a division shall secure such, or 60 percent c
 the votes in the new county and l percent in the old. The Maricop
 and Cochise representatives, in par
 have agreed on the bill
 In the house committee of th B whole the senate board of publi
 welfare bill was amended to mak
 the board consist of the goyerno auditor and a citizen member to b U named by the governor and all thre . to name state purchasing agen s the board scneme which the governc a recommended and approves. As th fl senate fought this very question o' d and rejected it the ultimate fate ( s the bill is iu doubt
 B. The house leaders have agreed
 take up the mine tax bill tomorro'