Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-21
TEN BILLS ARE SIGNED BY THE
 GOVERNOR
ANTI-ALIEN LAND BILL DIVORCE BILL AND A BILL TO STOP ANON NOUS CAMPAIGNING ARE NOW STATUTES.
Special to the Iournal-Miner.

Campbell labored late last night studying and signing ten bills passed by the legislature. He spent most oi yesterday going over the bills, though his work was interrupted in the after noon by a meeting of the board of control.
 Among the bills he signed ycster- day were Senate bill No. l47, which relates to the purchasing and owning of land by aliens. It is now possible for all non-citizens, except Asiatics, barred by the Federal law, to hold land in the State This is one of the most liberal measures passed by the legislature.
 House bill No. 103, amending para graph 2Sl2, chapter IS, title II, re- vised statutes of Arizona, relative to the State and county school tax. This modihes the present law making ii mandatory on the school superintcnd- ent of each county to allot Sl,700 to each school district with two teachers.
 One of the most important meas ures and to which there was world of opposition as well as great deal of support, signed by the governor last evening, was the Baxter divorce bill, which prohibits divorced parties from marrying until the decree is one year old. It amends paragraph 3S64, chapter 4, title 3 of the revised stat utes of Arizona.
 Senate bill No. S, amending and revising section IF, chapter 5, of the session laws of the second special session of the legislature of 1915, re- lating to fees to be collected by the State land commission. It increases the fec to be collected from l per cent to ? per cent, where the price paid IS over g cents an acre, the money to be paid at the same time the five annual installments are paid. The fee to be paid to the State treas urer at the time the loan is made is placed at S, which is to cover the cost of having the abstract examined. In case the loan is rejected the money is refunded
 Senate bill No. 10, which relates to the procedure for issuance and pay ment of bonds by trustees of school districts. This was introduced by Senator Sutter of Bisbec to alleviate conditions at Warren, where the situ- ation has been rather acute for some time past. The bill carries the emer- gency clause. It does not affect the general school law.
 Substitute senate bill No. ?, which provides for the destruction of prairie dogs and other destructive rodents. The boards of supervisors are au- thorized to levy a tax of F mill on all real and personal property, the money to be known as the Prairie Dog Fund" The boards are author ized to retain an agent to sec the pests are externinated, and may pur- chase the means to get rid of them
 Senate bill No. 40, which prohibits the publication of anonymous adver- tisemcnts referring to initiated meas ures or amendments to the constitu- ton, to be voted upon by the people at a general election. It amends title 2 of the civil code of the revised statutes of Arizona, and makes it ob- ligatory for any person, firm or cor poration to sign the true and lawful name of those publishing the adver- tisement. A fine of $500 and a prison term are provided for. This does not in any way handicap the operations of the State publicity pamphlet pub lished by the secretary of State.
 Senate bill No. IA, which provides for an appropriation to enable the counties of the State to make an ex- hibition at the International Farm Congress and Soil Products exhibition to be held at Peoria, Illinois, this coming Summer. Every county in the State is 10 profit by the Sl,OOO ex- pended, which will be under the su- pervision of an immigration commits sioner appointed by the governor.
 Senate bill No. 1O3 to amend para graph 483o and 4S42, chapter 5, title 4o, revised statutes, relating to the levying Of the annual State and coun- ty taxes, and is known as the 10 per cent limit law. According to this law a county can levy more than 10 per cent of the previous years taxes, pro- viding the money raised is to be used for paying interest on bonds.
 Senate bill No 133, which enables the State to accept Sl5,00O from the Federal government to be used for vocational training. Congress recent