Arizona republican., 1917-03-04
SENATE PLANS AMENDMENT TO
 CONSTITUTION

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 Both the house and the senate were engaged yesterday in the sitting out of the more important bills on the two congested calendars, hoping that action may be secured on them within the next four days. The senate made con- siderable progress but in the house the oratorical instinct which has delayed proceedings from the beginning was strongly manifest. There was little talk in the senate and when a bill was reached it was disposed of promptly. If it happened to be out of form, the com mittee of the whole did not send it to a committee to be put into shape but recommended it for indefinite post ponemenL
 Late on Friday afternoon President Claridge introduced into the senate a bill proposing an amendment to the constitution, assigned to promote leg islatiOn in more orderly manner. The bill follows.
 AN ACT
 "fo amend Section (30) of Article (D of the constitution of the state of Arizona, and to provide for the submis- sion of such proposed amendment tu the people of the state ot Arlzona
 'Ie it enacted hY the legislature of the State of Arizona:
 Section l. That il is hereby pro- posed that Section (20) of Article ca of the constitution of the State of Ar izona shall be amended so as to read as follows
 Section 20. The general appropri- alton bin shall embrace nothing but appropriations for the different depart ments of the state. for state institu- tions, for public schools and for inter- est on the public debt. All other ap- propriations shall be made by separate bills. each embracing but one subject. The general appropriation bill shall have precedence in it's consideration and passage over all other bills and at a regular session Of the legislature no other bill shall be passed by either house prior to its passage of the gen eral appropriation bin, unless it be an emergency measure such as provided for in Section 8, Article {. of the Con- stitution of Arizona. passed in con formity with said section.
 Section 2 The said proposed amend ment as set forth in Section of this Act is hereby approved. in accordance with the provisions of Section l of Ar ticle XXI of the Constitution of Ari- zona.
 Section 3. When said proposed amendment shall be approved by a ma jority of each house of the legislature and entered on the respective journals thereof, together with the ayes and nays thereon, the secretary of state shall submit such proposed amendment to the vote of the people at the next regular or general election. on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in No vem5er of the year 1918.
 Yesterday morning under a suspen- sion of the rules the bill was ordered to the committee of the whole where II took it's place at the bottom of the cal endar In the afternoon, Mir Nilkin- son begged permission to yield the place of Senate Bill 1l3. introduced by him, to MT Carriages bill; that is. to exchange places. No objection was raised and the exchange was made but it was later discovered that 1I3 was a bill requiring all printing to be done by concerns within the state and all l-.lto s4ppnes ana furniture for pub lie use to be procured within the state.
 Late in the afternoon the Claridge bill was reached but before final ac tion was taken on, the committee rose. The bill will be resumed on Monday morning.
 The Privilege of Members
 It will probably De decided tomorrow whether a member Of the legislature can be arrested while he is on his way to or from sessions or while he is in attendance upon a session. This issue was precipitated late yesterday after noon by the arrival at the capitol of George Schade. the county motor po- liceman with a warrant for the arrest of Representative James C. Goodwin s4s <1 1,-f.- q motor car without a license. The ar rest of Mir Goodwin had been made the day before and the matter was left rather in the air A warrant was is- sued yesterday at the instance of the county attorney When it was pre- sented to MT. Goodwin who had gone out of the chamber into the corridor he accompanied the officer to the of flee of Justice Wheeler where an ar Tangement was made for his appear ance later.
 When some weeks ago. Representa- = tive Eddy was arrested, there was talk in the house of making a test of the law which grants members immunitJ from arrest, but nothing was don' about it. That proposition was revived on Friday by the arrest of Mir. Goodwin but that too, would probably have beei permitted to drop but for the invasion by the motor cop of the lions lair yes terday II was stated that the moto cop would be cited for contempt befor' . the bar of the house tomorrow.
 The County Highway Commission
 Mr. Faires of Gila brought up in thu committee of the whole of the hous, yesterday afternoon House Bill 1175 authorizing the appointment of county highway commissions The members who spoke on the bill were all favor able to it, though some objection wa made to q detail limiting the width 0 paved or macadamiZed highways to e'vteer feet but the bill was favorabl reported without amendment It is ex i"