Arizona republican., 1917-02-25

roll call and when it was over, the fol- lowing result was announced:
 Ayes-Baxter, Buehman, Coffee. Davis, Eddy, Faires. Flake, Goodwin, Green, Hughes Jacks. Lines. Ma honey, Mallory Mccormick, McGrath, O,Neill. CMaricopa), Perkins. Peterson, Rlchardson, Sullivan, the Speaker-22
 Nays-Erewer, Cook, Edwards. Eos ter, Francis, Houser, Marsh. Mckay. Vaughn, Walton. Wlltbank
 The only man who had declared openly his intention of voting against the Dill was Mir. Baxter Of Maricopa who did not want it defeated but de- sired 10 express his disapproval of the state fair item. But when he saw what was happening he said: T wish to nave my explanation of my vote spread upon the journal do not favor this bill for do not think 1t ex- presses the will of the members of this house. However. see enough votes or NO here 10 make me change my vote to YES. to save the state of Arizona the disgrace of another extra session And for this reason only vote YES"
 The members looked at one another in dmazement at the catastrophe. wondering how it had happened and what would be the results of it. The situation was somewhat relieved by the announcement of Mir. Edwards of his motion for d reconsideration of the vote.
 The Governor Sustained
 The next most important event of the day was the vote in the senate on the bill eXempting from the operation or the inheritance tax. of that part Of the estate of the late Dr. Percival Lowell, consisting of the observatory at Flagstaff and the fund set aside for It's maintenance. This bill had been returned by the governor the day be- fore with his disapproyal and the le- gal reasons for it.
 MT. Wilkinson in support of the veto said that while he desired that the property might be exempted from the Inheritance tax and would sup port any constitutional measure for so eNempting it. though he could think of none. he believed that the governors s objections were sound. that there was no permission in the constitution for such action There was such permis- sion for the exemption of this part of the estate from general taxation, for which bill had been passed. The two bills stood on different bases
 If the legislature should pass this bill II would be a precedent for the exemption from the inheritance tax of any bequest that might in the future be made to q church or to any private educational institution
 Replying to a suggestion that his at titude was politicial one. MT. Will klnson said il was not and it could not be. The defeat of this bill would nei- ther help nor harm Governor Camp bell or the republican party or the democratic party
 After remarks by other members the bill went to q vote with the following result
 Ayes Campbell, Colter. Devine Kinney. Mahoney. Mattox. Roberts, Claridge. Rutherford. Sutter, Whipple
 Nays-Buchanan. Claypool. Fergu- son, Getchell, Goodell, Hall. Wilkinson Winsor-S. Thirteen votes were needed to over come the veto.
 The Anti Cigarette Bill Contrary to some expectation the house concurred in the drastic senate amendment to the anti cigarette bill and sent it to the governor. This amendment makes fl misdemeanor for youth under the age of twenty one to purchase or come into posses sion of a cigar or cigarette or tobacco
 in any form. Though the friends of the bill believed that such an amend ment was desirable. they did not be- lieve that it would be accepted by the house; they believed, in fact, that it had been tackled on in the senate in | order to secure it's defeat in that body The house, however, refused to con cur Tn the senate amendment to the teachers pension bill by which the pension had been reduced. The senate declined to recede and Messrs Whip pie, Winsor and Sutter were appointed conferees on the part of the house. Good Roads Measure Late in the afternoon Chairman Winsor of the committee on agricul- . 1 ture, irrigation and roads brought in- to the senate one of the most import ant bill so far presented to that body It provides for county highway com missions to be appointed by boards of supervisors in connection with pro- posed bond issues for road improve ment. Under this bill supervisors shall proceed under the present law to call elections for such bond issues and shall then appoint three members of a highway commission to serve without compensation. This commission shall select an engineer and may appoint a secretary. IL shall make an investiga- tion of the roads within the county as to the location of the proposed inn provements and shall make 2. report to the board of supervisors twenty days before the date of the election. This i report for the Information of the vot-
 ers shall be published six times before l the election. In the event of the de- 1 feat of the bonds. the commission au- tomatically expires. But if the bonds are passed, they shall be sold, the pro-
 ceeds to go into a highway improve
 ment fund. The commission shall have
 sole charge of the expenditure of the fund under proper safeguard and shal
 have direction of the improvements For the purposes of the election tht
 surerviscrs may divide the county into 1 road bond election" precincts
 1 The commissioners are required {, give bond for the faithful performance of their duties. They shall hold offic, for two years, but may be removed bl the board of supervisors. A membe of the board of supervisors is ineli gible to the commission.
 A clause of the bill provides that I;