Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-01-18
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committee was trying to impose upon
itself would occupy II for the rest of
the session and that the information ii
expected To gather would be received
too late for action. Similar suggestions
were voiced by Mrs. Mckay and Mr..
Hughes of Cochise and Mr.. Greene of
Maricopa.
Mr. Flake of Navajo offered an
amendment to the motion Of Mr.. Pet
erson$of the committee for an adoption
of the report. He proposed that the
visiting committees should consist of
one member of the public Institutions
committee one member of the appro-
priations committee and a member APP
pointed by the speaker from the body
of the house.
Mr.. Richardson of Pima opposed
junketing committees of any makeup
He had been member of such com
mittees and he had never learned any
thing in the course of his researches
that were of value in the making Of
appropriations. There were other and
better ways of finding out what the
legislature wanted to know. The Flake
amendment was lost BY a vote of % to
s and the motion itself, bv vote of
"a to 1.
The following bills were presented
BY Mr.. Foster of Cochise, for the
protection of men engaged in the OPP
Grafton of machi' drills.
By Mr. Hughes of Cochise. to amend
the procedure in the issuance of bonds
for the purchase of school sites. the
erection of school houses and the pur-
chase of furniture This bill is the
same as that introduced in the senate
by Mr. Suffer the day before.
The followin~ bills. mostly amenda- :
tory were introduced by Mr.. Baxter of
Maricopa, - amend the law relating
/ to attachments: to amend the statute
providing for security for costs, TO
amend the law relating to frauds and
fraudulent conveyances; to amend the
divorce law and to amend the law re-
lating to marriages. The most impor
tant amendment to the latter is pro-
vision requiring that an application
/ for a license to marry shall be posted
| in the office of the clerk for five days
before the granting of the license.
The Senate
The shorter senate session was CIV
en- over entirely to the Introduction oil
bills One by Mr.. Roberts of Cochise
is aimed at nepotism of which mnct
was heard in the course of the primary
campaign in this county last summer
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not apDoint to his office any relative
within two degrees by affinity ant
three degrees by consanguinity.
Another bill by Mr.. Roberts amend!
the law for paying bounties on wilt
animals. At the request of the Mari
copa county members the savage ant
blood thirsty gopher was placed IN m
list of prescribe beasts of prey. stu
another bill similar to the bill intro
duced in the house by Mr.. Lines make
more definite the law for the election
of members of boards of supervisor
fby districts.
Mr.. Wilkinson of Maricopa intro
duced a bill to amend the law relating
to adoption providing that offlcer
shall make no charge for fees Tor IN
performance of their duties in sue
matters.
Mr. Winsor introduced bill amend
ing the law with relation to the loan
ing of the state funds. The Dill re
quires that they shall be loaned opl
upon lands within the state: that tn
loan shall not exceed half the aP
; praised value Of the land and ina
loans cannot be made at all upon iand
having a valuation of less than SlO a
acre.
| Both houses adjourned until te
! O'Clock this morning.