Weekly journal-miner., 1915-02-10


 at actual cost of anti-hog cholera sc rum and other serums for the treat ment of contagious diseases in like stock.
 No. 59 by Senator Garvin (Yuma) provides for the establishment of election precincts and amends the procedure in making election returns
 No 60 by Senator Webb (Marico- pal repeals all of Chapter IA, Title 4o of the revised statutes of 1913 pro viding for the collection of a per capita school tax
 No. 61 by Senator Webb (Marico- pal repeals paragraph 5056, chapter 1, title 1, which levies a per capita road tax.
 Senator Webb contends that these two items are almost uncollectable; that they are an improper usurpation of the taxing power inasmuch as each is properly a property tax, and that they have no place on the statute books. They come at g per head, each.
 Senate bill No. 20 introduced by Senator Kinney (Gila) passed third and final reading by a vote of IS to o. This bill provides that referendum petitions against any ordinance, fran chise or resolution, passed by city council shall be signed by not less than ten per cent of the voters of the city, based upon the total vote cast for mayor at the last preceding city election. The measure now goes to the house.
 Tomorrow being Arbor Day, and a legal holiday, no public sessions will be held
 The plan in the house is to send the Goldwater mothers pension and old age bill back to committee. The bill obviously can not pass the house in the form in which it came through the senate. Amendments are to bC offered which will provide temporary relief to boards of supervisors who continue the county care of indigents persons under the old law, and Gu rative amendment is to be drawn and presented to the house referring the whole question to the people al the next general election.
 Bill No. 6 offered by Representa- tive Briscoe, (Cochisc) is strangely reminiscent of the blacklist freak and is in line with series of bills now being prepared and introduced under the direction of the State Fed eration of Labor.
 This act attempts to make it un lawful to induce, influence, persuade or engage workmen to change from one place to another in this state oi to bring workmen of any class or calling into this state to work in any of the departments of labor through or by means of false or deceptive representations, false advertising oi false pretenses concerning the kind and character of work to be done or amount and character of the compen- sation to be paid for such work, or the sanitary or other conditions oi the employment, or as to the exist cnce or non existence of strike or lockout between employers and em- ployes. Failure to state in any ad- vertisement, proposal or contract for the employment of workmen that there is a strike or lockout at the place of proposed employment, when in fact such strike or lockout then actually exists at such place, shall be deemed as a false advertisement and misrepresentation for the purpose ot this act"
 The act provides a penalty for vio- lation of not less than $500 or more than 5000 fine or Imprisonment of from three months to one year and provides further that any workman who shall be so influenced may re cover damages.
 House bill No. 59 introduced by Representative Edwards (Yuma> makes it unlawful to furnish tobacco or cigarette papers in any form to minors under 20 years of age. PHOENIX, Feb. 5.-By vote of Is to 3 the state senate refused tc entertain Senator Golfers amend ment to the public welfare bill plac- ing the control of the proposed new board in the hands of the chief ex- ccutive. The senator from Apache will renew his effort to make one man board of it when the measure is again before the senate in regular order.
 The bill provides that the board oi public welfare shall be composed of the governor, state auditor and state treasurer. Colter sought to have this amended to read the governor, state auditor and purchasing agent, the lat