Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-07
LABOR BUREAUS ID BE RUN BY
 THE STATE
WILL BE OPERATED UNI DER THE DIRECTION OF BOARD OF CONTROL; IN CREASED SALARIES OF JUDGES HUNG UP.

Viding for the establishment ot free employment offices in the State under the direction of the board of control and providing S2,50O annually for the support of such offices, introduced by Senator Mahoncy was adopted by a vote of Y 10 l. A law providing for the control of artcsian wells, and making the waste of water therefrom a misdemcanor was adopted by vote of Is to l. An artesian well was de- ! fined as a "holc made in the ground from which water naturally flows"
 Election Bills Discussed. Discussion of house bills Nos IS and 19, relating to proposed changes in the arrangement of election ballots and bill No. 5 carrying an increase in the salaries of Supreme and Su- perior court judges. occupied the at tention of the house. Opposition to the measures dealing with the ar engagement of election ballots succeed ed in having bills Nos IS and 19 in definitely postponed by substantial majority vote. Baxter, of Maricopa, explained at length the nature of the proposed changes, contending that the adoption of the bills would simplify the ballots and tend to prevent mis- takes. The opposition forces, lead by Walton and Vaughn, of Maricopa, and Eddy of Yuma, argued against the measures on the ground that uni form election laws governing cleo tions held in all the States would be enacted by congress in the near future Salary Increases.
 House bill No. 5, introduced by Faires of Gila, and providing for an amendment of paragraph 3,222, chap ter II, title l5, of the Arizona statutes. increasing the salaries of the Supreme and Superior court judges of the vari- ous counties in the State, was object cd to on the contention that the mat ter should be taken up and disposed of at the time of consideration of the general salaries bill which will be in troducod later. Representative Faires expressed the fear that the general salaries bill would not be introduced at this session and insisted that the matter of judges salaries should be considered separately and at this time He announced that he was also in favor of an increase in the gov crnor's salary and in the recompensa- tions of all the heads of State depart ments. Members who favored the measure pointed out that many of the judges in the various counties have an unusually large amount of work, owing to increased population in their districts, and stated that it was i'm possible to get able lawyers to accept judgeships because they did not con slider the salary connected with the office sufficient to defray their annual expenses. Baxter of Maricopa, pre- sented an amendment providing that those judges now in office should serve the remainder of their terms at the salary stipulated at the time Of their election to the office. This was adopted.
 Bills Introduced
 The following bills were introduced in the house: House bill No. 171- Marsh, Santa Cruz; an act to amend paragraph 3,236, chapter ?, title Is, re- vised statutes of Arizona, entitled Fees and salaries of county and oth- CT officers particularly of the ninth class.
 House bill No. l72-Appropriation committee; on act to provide for the relief of Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Company and making an appropriation therefor.
 House bill No. 173-Appropriation committee; an act to provide for the relief of G. F.. Stechert &, Company, and making an appropriation therefor
 House bill No. 174-Faires, Gila; an act to empower the inhabitants there of to diSincorporate municipal corpo- rationS and prescribing the procedure therefor
 House bill No. 175-Faires, Gila: an act providing for the creation of county highway commissioners and prescribing the powers and duties of such commissioners.
 Vocational Education Bills.
 Now in the two houses are four bills for the encouragement of voca- tional pursuits in the schools, these in addition to general allowance of S7O,OO0 in the appropriation bill. This general fund goes to the normals and high schools, at the rate of S2,500 per annum each, conditional upon the ex- penditure of a similar sum by each school on the teaching Of such sub jects as manual training and domestic science. The bills now on the calen- dar are similar, save that two of them, one in each house, cali for the creation of new office, that of su- pcrvisor of vocational training at s. GOO year and expenses. This is a measure that is being pushed vigor- ously by Mrs. Frances Willard MundS | of Prescott, one of the original suf- fragists of Arizona, and a member of the last State senate. There is as- Al. Il. | Al.