Arizona republican., 1917-01-17
DOPE" ON EM'ILSION <, POOR; LEGISLATURE
 HAS SHORT SESSION

| lalure met at 10 o'clock yesterday ! morning that a decision was to be | handed down in the Campbell Hunt mandamus proceedings and thorgh | discreet inquiry was made and a watch was kept about the chambers l Of the justices to see whether they emerged and entered the court room, emissaries kept reporting monoton- 1 ously, nothing doing"
 Leading members said that the de- cision was not immediately material but that a de facto governor would soon become a very crying need if the legislature was to remaln in ses sion. At present there is only one bill nearly ready for action by q governor That is the measure making approp- riation for the current and contin gent expenses of the legislature That is now in seTate committee and probably will not be reported out socn. No other bills are beyond the stage or secord reading and in nat uriil order there would not be an early report on any of tHem
 Leading members of the house said yesterday that they were not impa- tient they realized the importance Of the decision which would become q precedent Tn no case anyhow were trey disposed that the legislature should manifest impatience with. or in'rude upon the functions of mother branch of he government.
 When tho time should come. they said, when the Legislature could not proceed without a governor it was probable that a resolution would be introduced addressed to the court. pro Vided at that time no opinion had been handed down. representing that a.N. nor mad been reduced to a state Of idleness which was costing the tax Iayers about S1.00V day. The leade' said that both factions would probab iE concur ID such a resolution.
 As 10 the resolution of which men ten has been made. recognizing Gov ernor Campbell and calling for his message. members said that that would be attempted. if gt all. only as a last resort They believed that though t would precipitate a bitter fight it woyid be adopted if presented
 The session yesterday iassed onh about an hour in the house and less than that period in the senate. In tho former the tirs; labor legislation wes precipitated in the house by Mir Foster of Cochise in bill for the 1meudIuent of the law with respeci to the appointment of deputy sheriffs ard other peace officers. The bill provides that appointments shall be made only for executing the feguiar dut.es of the office and not for pri- vate employment in the pay of cor poratlors No appointment shall be made os uersor who has mol been resident of he s'ate for Six uronths
 Other bills introduced n The house were
 Bv NIT Peterson oi Graham. author i2ing school trusfrrs Co provide for the Transportation cf pupils residing mere than mile from a school hou9u.
 P,- MT. MeGroth Of Cochise. To amend the comp ilsory edusation law meking t applicable to children of the age of eighteen instead of sixteen as at present
 By MT. Vaughn of Aaricopa. to amend inc election law by rTovidinr thar instead of three ballots for every registered voter. supervisors shall or der printed oniv teI ballots for each eight voters. T. had beer aseertaincd that less than ogsi ballot ir ten was srciled or otherwise unused so that reduction of iic number printed would result iu the yaving to the state af several thousand dollars in eacl. amoaiEu.
 By Mir ifonser Of Gla. amending the primar law so that oaudidafc at tho priu lry foi a nomination. re- cciving a majority of all the votes cast shou be declared elected to the office 10 which he aspires.
 The res ution from M0have county. adopted as an initiative measure at the late election praying for legislation permitting the use of county hospitals for the treatment Df other than ndi- gents. was referred to the committee on counties and county boundaries.
 \ communication was received from Adjutant General Harris accompany ing q letter designed to be supplement tary to his report on the national guard. which he said had been trans mitied to the governor What gover- nor was not stated but bets were freely offered that it was Governor Hunt
 Several bills introduced the day be- fore were read the second time and referred.
 The Senate
 The session in the upper house was brief one but not too brief for more incipient legislation
 Mir. Mahoney of Mohave county in troduced q bill providing jurors fees of 8 a day and mileage ten cents one way.
 A bill was introduced by NIT. Sutter of Cochise amending the law relative to the bonding of school districts for i money to purchase school sites, erect Buildings and make Improvements. MT. Rutherford of Yavapai county introduced a bill reducing the period within which q teacher must have served in this state 10 secure 8 pen sion. from twenty five years to twen ! 1T years
 ] Both houses adjourned to ten o'clock this morning