Arizona republican., 1917-03-06

The bill authorizing the sale of the old reform school building at Benson to the Benson high school district. The bill preventing the sale of tula- pal, tis-Win or corn beer or the mater ials of which it is made to Indians or i persons of Indian blood. A bill amending the law with rela- tion to officers of towns having q pop ulation of 5000.
 A bill authorizing the appropriation or levy by boards of supervisors of not more than S5000 for the encouragement of county fairs.
 The following house bills were passed;
 i Appropriating $2. 2.43235 for the pay ment of horses owned by the settlers of Navajo county suffering of a contag- ious disease which were killed by or ders of the live stock sanitary board in conjunction with the federal govern ment.
 A bill for the purchase of the old gubernatorial mansion at Prescott.
 A bill requiring two years of high school work or it's equivalent for ad- mission to either of the state normal schools.
 The bill directing q levy of ten cents on each Sl00 of valuation for d state road fund
 ! A bill establishing local boards for child welfare.
 A bill directing the destruction of juvenile court records after the service of the period of probation
 House and senate bills were passed for bridges or approaches to bridges at the following places: over the Verde river at Cottonwood; across the Gila near Florence. across the Gna in Greenlee; in Maricopa county across the Agua F'ria.
 Some New Bills House bill No 191 by Speaker Johns, authorizing the board of control to re- new the contract with the city of Phoe- nix for the disposition of the sewage of the asylum.
 House bill No. I92. appropriatng S200 for the painting of portraits Of the presiding officers of the house and senate.
 i House bill No. I93 by MT. Goodwin providing for the turning into the gen eral fund the proceeds Of the sales of products of the various experimental farms.
 The House Stands Pat
 The conferees of the house on the red light abatement bill presented a re- port that the senate had refused to re- cede from it's amendment, attaching the referendum clause to the bill on the motion of MT Lines the house unanimously refused tu adopt the re- port and arrangements were made for another conference. On the side of the senate in the same matter, Messrs Wilkinson. Winsor and Hall were ap- pointed t0 represent that body in q second conference.
 The Senate in Session
 The senate was busy all day. but had less to show for it's iabors when il ad journed. In the morning il passed sev- eral bills, among tbem the measure ap- propTiating something more than Si5.- 000 for the relief of 4. N. Gregg oi rather, for the relief Of the state to en- able it to pay a judgment obtained against it by Mir. Gregg for services iF connection with the construction oi the territorial prison
 Other bills passed by the senate were: the county fair appropriation measure: a bin in relation 10 the boun- diaries of high school districts. the state road fund bill and a bill amend ing the law with reference to the is- stance of doctors certificates. Tn, bill amending the law as to the fees oi the land department to create a fund to be used in defraying the expenses ol appraisements for loans was passed.
 The afternoon Of the senate wa, spent in the committee of the whole considering the greater part of th' time the minimum wage bill for wom en and the executive budget bill. I'm former was recommended for passaEe The latter would have been favorabll acted upon except for the discovery Q another contingent of errors in the bi! after it had come from the style. re vision and compilation committee. Thi is the third time this cause has halte' the pfogrfss of the bill.