The Arizona copper camp. [volume] (Ray, Ariz.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-27

houses of the legislature of a memo
rial asking the secretary of the in
terror to rescind the recent order
doubling grazing fees in national for
ests and introduction of duplicate of
the Kinney bill in the senate by Rob-
erts were features of last Fridays ses-
sion. The memorial was transmitted
at once to Washington.
Senator Golfer introduced a bill pro-
viding for wide tires on all vehicles ex-
cept those with rubber tires.
Free assaying of ores, both qualita-
tive and quantitative by the State Blu
reau of Mines is provided for in a bill
introduced in the house by Francis Oh
Cochise. The bill further provides thai
samples of pitchblend, and other ores
carrying radium shall be furnished on
request and payment of postage to
any one applying. Free assaying of
samples is to be limited to ore from
prospects or mines within the state
Lines of Graham introduced a bill
providing for the raising by levy of
sufficient sum to raise the amount In
the educational fund to thirty five dol
lars for each pupil in attendance for
six months of the school year. This is
aimed at the present school census
basis. Speaker Johns introduced a bill
appropriating $4,000 a year for next
two years for the Northern Arizona
providing for free use of public school
houses and establishment of social
centers at each school house in the
state. The house adopted a motion in
structing the judiciary committee to
investigate the need of prohibition leg
islation to conserve the constitutional
amendments, the motion to draft bill
Immediately being defeated after hot
argument. House adopted a memorial
to Dewey and adjourned to Monday.
Drastic revision of the anti gambling
statute so as to prohibit all games of
chance of any sort played for money or
article of value, and penalizing keepers
players and even owners of buildings
in which such games are conducted is
aimed at in a bill introduced in the
senate by Senator Roberts of Cochise
county.
A revision of the motor vehicle law
to require all automobile to be
equipped with permanently dimmed
lights, and requiring all vehicles ex-
cept motorcycles, automobiles or bicy-
cles to carry white light on the left
side has been introduced by Claridge of
Graham. The bill provides that mo-
torcycles and bicycles shall carry front
lights and rear lights or converging
red lenses on the rear Auto head
lights are to be visible 500 feet ahead
and the rays to strike the ground at
not over Is feet from the machine
Saturday
Amendment of the election laws so
as to allow persons over fifty years
who have resided in the state for five
years to vote without being required
to pass the constitutional test is the
!. object Of a bill introduced in the senate
by Senator Golfer of Apache A
similar bill was introduced in the leg
islature two years ago and passed the
senate but was lost in a filibuster in
the house.
Only two other bills were introduced
at today's short session, one providing
'for the determination of prairie dogs
by Roberts of Cochise, another pro-
viding appropriation of $4,000 defisit of
the state law library.
By unanimous vote the senate
adopted memorial to congress urging
the appropriation of funds for building
roads across Indian reservations in
Arizona in conjunction with state high
!; way system. The house was not in
, session today. The senate adjourned
until Monday morning.
| Monday
, Enactment of the prohibition amend
ments into laws, reform of the election
laws and drastic anti cigarette law
are the objects of a number of bills in
troduced into the house Monday morn
ing. The senate adjourned immediate
ly after reading the journal, owing to
the serious illness of President Clar-
idge's daughter.
} Three bills aimed at reformation of
the lection laws and providing machin-
cry for the canvass of returns and is
suance of certificates of election by
the secretary of state were introduced
in the house by Baxter of Maricopa.
A bill enacting into law the two pro-
hibition amendments was introduced
by Mrs. O'Neill of Maricopa. Coffee
and McGrath of Greenlee introduced an
anti cigarette bill, prohibiting giving
or sale Of cigars, cigarette or tobacco
to minors. A bill providing for the
sale of farm products without payment
of a license was introduced by Houser
of ella. Baxter introduced a bill pro-
viding for the foreclosure of attach
ments of real estate in justice courts,
and Flage a bill providing for the re-
tirement of teachers after twenty
years service this being the same
measure as Rutherford's in the senate.