Arizona republican., 1915-06-12
It Was Put into Committee on Enrolled and En- crossed Bills and Care fully Locked Up Yester- day Afternoon
FINAL PASSAGE
 PROBABLE MONDAY
Changes Effected in Course of Weeks Consideration Almost Negligible Sen ate Passes Stapley Amend ment to Tax Bill

Late yesterday afternoon after the most spirited contest in the course of the consideration of the public lands bill in the house, it was sent to the committee on enrolled and engrossed bills. The work of preparing it for final passage will be begun this morning copies of the bills as amended will be laid before all of the members for inspection and the bill will probably be reported on Monday 10: final passage.
 when the reading of the bill by sections. or the reading of those sec tions that had not been touched in the committee of the whole was fin ished yesterday. MT Flanagan moved for it's commitment to the committee on enrolled and engrossed bills. There was the most violent opposition head ed by Mir. Johns who said that he had other amendments to offer. Other members had amendments in the back of their heads and it was evident that if the bill were left in the house the process of amending would be going CT for the next three weeks.
 It was by a narrow margin that the motion to commit was adopted and Mir Flanagan having made
 
 that the motion lay on the table That left the bill sealed up in the enrolling and expressing committee.
 Notwithstanding a more or less furious wordy contest throughout the day. when it was apparent that the nerves of members were becoming frayed, no changes of any importance were made in the bill. MT. Johns succeeded in incorporating several sub-sections under the mineral land section encouraging prospecting and mining operations on state lands if there should be any mineral lands within the grants.
 The day before Mir Acuff had sue ceeded in altering the formation of the board of appraisers of public lands and improvements thereon. His amendment provided that there should be three appraisers, residents of the county in which the land to be ap- praised was situated; that one of the appraisers should be named by the commissioner, one by the board of supervisors of the county. these two to choose the third.
 Mir. Flanagan proposed a compro- mise amendment which prevailed. For public lands the original provision was restored: two appraisers to be ap pointed by the commissioner and one by the board of supervisors. As to the improvements on the land, the Acgff plan was retained.
 At times throughout the day some illfeeling was manifested. There was talk of the bunch" and of organized politics" in the majority but when evidence of concerted movement with hidden motives was invited it was not forthcoming.
 Though the margin by which the bill was sent to the enrolling and en- crossing committee was a small one bers who voted against it are in favor i of the main features of the bill but i they desired opportunity to make fur | ther changes. There seemed little ! doubt last night that the two thirds i vote necessary to pass the bill with | the emergency clause would be se- 1 cured.
 Earlier Business
 When the house met in the morn | ing it was found that the appropria- ] ton bill for the current and contin- 1 gent expenses of the session had been ! returned from the senate where it | Ia0 been sent for correction. Another i and more important error was dis l covered: provision had been made for | the payment of the salaries of mem- ! bers and attaches from July 1 instead i
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