The Parker post. (Parker, Ariz.) 1910-1918, 1915-02-06
LAWMAKERS
IN SESSION
BRIEF RESUME OF SOME OF THE
ENACTMENTs PROPOSED BY
BOTH HOUSES OF THE STATE
LEGISLATURE.

tlOn from the governor announced
that the chief executive has signed
the tax extension bill, which ex-
tends the time for the payment of
1914 taxes until April next and re
mits penalties accruing. The gov
ernor said that he regretted the
emergency clause and hoped that it
would not establish a precedent This
is the first measure of the sess ION
except the legislative appropriation
bill to be extended into a complete
law.
Two new bills were introduced in
the house Saturday, as fellows:
No. 81 offered by S. F. Langford
of Greenlee, amends Sec. 240l of the
revised statutes and provides that
boards of supervisors shall meet at
their respective county seats on the
1st Monday i'm June next preceding
a general election for state and cCun-
ty officials and divide their several
counties into three supervis orial dis
tricts as nearly equal as possible in
area, considering population and as
sessed valuation. Such redistricting g
is to be voted upon by the qualified
electors and taxpayers not less than
two weeks nor more than thirty days
after such action. Should the redis
tricting plan be approved by a major
elect supervisors from such districts.
The bill, it will be seen, does away
with the ''at large" election of sup
ervisors and practically applies the
ward system to county affairs, giving
each district it's own representative
On the county board.
No. 50 is the offer of Jas. L. Ed
wards of Yuma and seeks to amend
civil code paragraphs relating to fees
to be charged and collected by GER
tain county officials. The principle
change is i'm providing a flat charge
Of fifteen cents a hundred words for
certified copies and providing that
the sheriff's fee shall be twenty five
cents for each 500 collected on exc
cution instead of the sliding scale
now in use.
Senate bill No. II, known as the
state fair emergency deficiency bill,
and carrying an appropriation of $21;,
900, passed its third read ng, and now
goes to the governor.
PHOENIX, FEB. 2.-Senate bill Nc.
48 was introduced by Shipley of Mar
icopa. 1t reenacts the tax laws of
the state and its purpose is fully set
forth in the title which provides
that lit is IAN act to prescribe and re-
wise the method and manner of sup
ervisiOn and control of the valuation,
assessment and equalization of taxa
ton of property throughout the s. ate:
to enlarge the powers of the corpor7
alton commission, and of the several
new powers and to extend their res
pective duties, giving the corpora
tion commission and its memebrs
powers of supervision and control
over assessments and taxation, over
county assessors, over other asse SIS
ing officers, over boards Of supervl-
sors, over boards of equalizat on,
over all other boards of assessment
and levy
House bill No. SO, introduced by
Reed of Pima county, provides for
the establishment of a state bureau
of mines. Under the terms OF this
measure the bureau will be under
the direction of the board of regents
of the university of Arizona, serving
without compensation. The board
shall appoint a director of the bureau
who must be a mining engineer, and
such assistants and employees as the
board may deem necessary.
The sum of $4,000 annually, or as
much thereof as may be necessary,
is appropriated out of any fund in
the treasury not otherwise apprOpri-
ated for the purpose of carrying out
the provisions of the act
PHOENIX, Feb. 3.-Two new sen
ate bills were introduced. No. 81
by Coulter of Apache, establishes
registration board and regulates the
the public service of stallions, the
board to be composed of the profes-
sor of animal husbandry at the Uni-
versity as chairman; the state vet
erinarian and the University live
specialist.
No. so offered by Senator Kinney