Arizona republican., 1915-02-25
: LEGISLATURE RELAyEs

Continued From Page One) ready for thc signature of the gov ernor. The house bill had been re- ceived from the senate with an amendment restoring clause not very vital which the house had stricken out The amendment was concurred in and the bill was signed by the speaker.
 New Bills Among the new bills introduced in the house were the following: A substitute for house bill 3G re- gulating the practice of veterin- arians.
 House Bill 1SO by Mir Cook de- scribing il as an offcnse for one to | take security upon household furni- ! ture, tools. etc. for a loan at q great CT rate of interest than ten per lcent.
 On third reading the bill changing 1 the limitation of personal actions garded as companion piece extend | ing the time within which judgments 1 may be renewed was also defeated. i A senate bill authorizing councils | of cities and towns to set aside l20 of one per cent of the taxable valu- ation in aid of chambers of com merce and boards of trade to adver- | tise the resources of the town and to encourage new industries was passed
 
 members The strongest argument in 1 favor of the bill was the statement l that it would take part of the burden of the support of commercial bodies | from willing subscribers and put it upon those who had always withheld | their support.
 Among the bills on the calendar for third reading was one authorizing the state to receive. hequests, donations and choses in action. Just why this | bill was presented was not made clear though MT Graham stated that | he had been informed by Former Attorney General Bullard that it might enable the state to become the l possessor of property of the value of l AlJD,VDU } DpJttAioil NfS iiif'Nt y ts clause of it that provided that H req sonable compensation would be all lowed for the recovery of such gifts or donations or for defending the states right to them. to be paid out of the amount recovered On account of the indefiniteness of this provision, 1 the bill was recommitted. tl,. r1,f,, hn lei of counties into supervisoral districts was passed One of the Tucson inn provcment bills was also passed. The house also passed the senate bill pro- viding for the collection of vital sta tistics
 In the afternoon an amendment to | the senate bill abrogating the initi- ated old age and mothers pension law was brought up in committee of the whole The amendment author l izes boards of supervisors to make provision for the support of the help less who are ineligible to receive | pensions under the initiated law. The lamcndment was adopted and the sen ate bill so amended, was recommend cu for passage
 | In the discussion of the amend ment the house disregardcd entirely l the supposed invalidity of the amend | ment to the constitution to prevent the legislature from amending, or re- pealing a measure initiated by the people or one which had been re- lferred to the people Under the lterms of that amendment the old lage and mothers pension law was not enacted at all
 But the amendment adopted whl' Acknowledging the validity of tho constitutional amendment, something that the senate did not is as plainly in contravention of the language ant lspirit of the initiated law as tho original senate bill was.
 The rest of the afternoon in tn, house was given to the consideration
 of the educational bill amounting tt Ia code.
 The Senate Session
 The morning session of the senate
 was devoted chiefly to routine busi
 ness. Among the new bills introduc
 ed was one by Senator Goldwater, {
 banks and banking code whose read ling alone will absorb some sunny