Weekly journal-miner., 1917-02-21
PERFESH THE DADDY OF
 MO0TED BILL
TRUST CONTAIN IFS ACTING AS ADMIN ISTRATORS, AND EXECU- TORS AND DERIVING THEM OF THEIR FEES.

] action, Representative Mallory tells that his by request bill, prohibiting trust companies from acting as eX- ecutors or administrators, came from the house judiciary committee which, in turn, had received it from the Maricopa County Bar Association. Mallory states that he brought the 1 bill in as an act Of courtesy and | that he may not vote for 1t on final passage-in fact, he is reasonably sure he will not \ bit of invcsti- gation has developed the fact that the bill had its origin in the Arizona 1 Bar Association, not in the Mari copa association, though presented by Maricopa attorney, J. B. Wood ward. It was welcomed, apparently with unanimity and was passed on ! to a committee for legislative intro duction. As for reason, prominent member of the Phoenix bar may be quoted: You sec, these trust com- panies have been putting into the l business of the lawyers which should be none of their business. The companies advertise they will i take complete charge of estates, that 1 they will draw and care for wills. ! For this they make charge, and ! this charge really should go to the attorneys. That's the root of the whole matter We want the bill passed, and so does about every oth- CT attorney in the State" So 1t would appear that behind the Nal lory bill is the masscd force of the legal profession of Arizona.
 To Reorganize Guard.
 Out of the house military commit itcc. but supplied from the office of the adjutant-general, has come bill for reorganization of the National Guard of Arizona on the lines prescribed by the national defense act. It is told ! that the Arizona military code will require fewer changes than that of any other State. Already in the local code Is provision for a reserve bat ] talion, which may be filled by draft upon the unorganizcd militia. Ari- zona thus leading in the lattcr-day I idea of compulsory military service. | The new law provides for an enlist meHt ol t.;rce YcsrS n tFc lino and three in the rservc: makes necessary change in the oath, which must be to the nation as well as to the State, and changes the ages in which com missions may be issued to officers. Some opposition has appeared to Campbcll's senate bill making military training compulsory in Arizona high schools, and proposed amendment would make the training optional witt the boys and would take from the measure about all its military character Ii is told that the amend mcnt is modelled on the Wyoming idea.
 Duly Four Bills Passed.
 Only four bills thus far have passed both houses. Two have gone to the governor, the legislative appropria- ton bill and one on public morals The others went through the senate in the afternoon session, one an amendment to the animal bounty law, and the other Johns bill giving S5,000 a year to the Northern Arizona Fair at Prescott.
 Senate bills that got through the upper house were: For payment of wages to surviving husband or wifc:. fOrbidding anonymous political adver- Using; Rutherford's bill for a bridge across the Verde river, near Jerome; a new vehicle road code: an act con corning renewal of judgments, and one limiting the time of actions on open accounts.
 Two Extraordinary Measures.
 Extraordinary action was taken by the senate in passing, under suspcn- sion Of the rules, two bills by Camp bell, introduced and finished within ten minutes, one lifting the inhcri- tance tax as applied to the Arizona |. estate of Pcrcival Lowell, deceased, ! and remitting taxes in perpetuity on i astronomical obscrvatories, such as !! that established by Lowell at Flag i staff. Similar action was taken on . bill bv Winsor, permitting cNpcndi- ] lures by the land commission in ap- praisemCut of property offered as sc- curity under the State land loan act.
 New School Bill.
 New bills in the senate included ono by Whipplc, radically changing the method of operating common schools. There is to be a county board of education of seven members, |, elected by school board clerks This board shall choose the school super shall have charge of the finances of all districts; apportion the teachers, and advise local school boards concerning teachers and ad- 
 Medical Bill
 Tn the house measure drawn up , by the Gila County Medical AsSocia- ton was presented by Houscr. It 't for a board of public health, , including the governor, attorney gem ,ral, and physician appointed by , Inc governor and to receive 5000 a { year. This board shall maintain of 1 ices and supervise all health work, i including enforcement of the pure ood act There shall be correspond ng county boards of health. to in Jude the chairman and clerk of the I board of supervisors and a physician The appropriation named is $9O,000. (
 Universal Light Law.
 \ bill that will be popular with ] folk has been introduced in both senate and house, demanding C