El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-22
REPORTS Gu To
LEGISLATURES
Arizona State Boards Re
port Direct Instead of
Through Governor.

Phoenix, Ariz.. Jan. 21--EepOrts are
! drifting daily into the legislature from
the various state boards and officials.
directly submitted. though copies are
| assumed to be in the hands OF guberna-
/ torial contestant Hunt. The report Of
( the livestock sanitary board is iucom-
. piete, in that statistics OF the industry
are being made up for The calendar
year. To agree with the practice ,f tie
I federal government The board ace
knowledges receipts for the fiscal year
Of s62,255 and disbursements. Tor 49,
spection. attorney fees. etc OF S5s-5lf-
Office administration cost S79iL "a is
recommended that the legislature direct
a general reregistratiop Of brands that
ali unused and dead brands be dropped
from the boards books. which now are
/ bulky in the extreme, probably carry
ing three times as many brands as
are in use. The board has asked To-
joint meetings with the livestock CON-
mlttees of both houses for discussion
OF legislation affecting the live stock
Industry and precautions against the
introduction Of disease
senate Adjourns Today
The senate adjourned today, WITH
cut action. owing 10 the sickness Of d
daughter of president Clarldge-
In the house Mrs O'Neill introduced
= legislative acts, both prohibition
amendments passed by the electors ana
Walton's national prohibition me-
mortal. passed 10 make sure OF their
To Correct Election Laws.
Baxter introduced three bills cor
recting errors IN election laws Ne
Grath and Coffee jointly offered a
oil forbiddinS the sale of cisarets
cigars or chewing tobacco 10 persons
Under y years of age
Flake has a bill amending the
teachers pension law. giving $500 per
annum TO instructors over 90. who
nave taught 20 years or TO incapaci-
iated teachers. who have taught 10
years IN the state
Librarian Asks Return of Files.
Con p Cronin. state law and refer
ence librarian, has submitted a state
ment showing approximately $4,000 in
come Tor The year and asking apprO-
prlatiOn OF j shortage of $3.50, due for
legal works purchased. The librarian
asks return of priceless old files Of
early newspapers Of Arizona sent IN
1901 10 the headquarters Of the So
clety OF Arizona Pioneers at Tucson.
These files include the first papers
OF Tucson and Prescott, probably the
only remaining copies CrOnin also
suggests that provision be made for
proper housing OF the library, now
cramped within small quarters, al
ready overlooking.
Pro Leaders Not Alarmed.
Representative Bakers alarm thai
ali initiated propositions and c1nstitu-
tIonal provisions passed by the people
are Illegal. Is not shared by the lead
ers Of the prohibition movement. They
find law for the procedure OF merely
printing the title on the ballot, in place
OF the entire proposition, and affirm
that the prospect of a successful at
tack by wholesale liquor dealers is
very remote II Is probable. however.
that the laws viii be reenacted. as
matter OF assurance. at the same
time that the faculty election laws are
Recount starts Thursday.
The actual recount OF votes affect
ing the governors office Will be be-
gun next Thursday at the courthouse
of Maricopa county In the meantime
activity has been maintained. even
after completion OF the formal "ex-
animation" Of ballots. The Campbell
representatives. now are on the ag
gressive and are scrutinizing spoiled
and defective ballots put aside by the
election boards and are checking up
the returns in an effort to find some
thing of advantage TO their principal
Restoring Ballot To Mexicans.
Golfers bill to grant the ballot to
Mexican residents who were in Arizona
at the time OF the assumption Of the
territory from Mexico is believed 10
define a right that could be estab-
lished in the courts were SUCH resort
go and that accompanying the Gadsden
purchase secured full rights OF citi-
zenship to the people within the land
conveyed. rights that probably cannot
be abrogated by mere act Of a state
legislature. The Arizona statute de-
filming an educational qualification for
voters was passed over the veto OF
territorial governor kibbey. who at
the time declared il directed particular
" against the MeXicans, who at the
time were recognized as Republi-
cans At the next election the COVER
nor's estimate of the situation was
shown 20 have some basis. as the DEM
ocratic majority showed a large in
crease, since maintained.
Would Let Nexicans Own Property.
Along the same line Of recognition
of Mexican rights is a bill that is 10
be introduced by Mrs Marsh in the
house, allowing ownership Of land by
aliens with whose countries the United
States has treaty relations. 1t is in
tended especially for the benefit OF
hundreds Of Mexican immigrants OF
means who latterly have made NOgales
their home, but VINO have been unable
TO acquire title to property they wish
TO buy and improve. The present law
prohibits ownership by aliens or by
in which more than 80
per cent of stock is owned abroad An
exception is made in favor Of mining
corporations. which lets in" the Ari-
iona Copper company of Clifton. whose
cfOcE is almost wholly held in Scot