El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-05
SENATE PASSES
RESOURCE BILL
Commission To Investigate
States Resources and
Cooperate With U. S.

Cooperate With U. S.
Phoenix. Ariz., March 5.-The SEN
ate bill 20 create the Arizona resources
board to thoroughly investigate the
/ states possibilities and 10 cooperate
with the federal waterways commits
sion, passed the senate today and now
I goes TO the house. The bill carries an
appropriation OF $4,000 and provides
/ for board of five members appoint
ed by the governor with the approval
Z Of the senate.
A $4,000 copper arch on the capitol
grounds in memory Of Arizonans who
fell in the great war. is the intent Of
an amended bin which was recon-
mended for passage by the house COM
mittee OF the whole. The arch would
be supported by fotr pillars. the whole
being similar in design TO the famous
I European masterpieces.
Herndon brought a bin into the SEN
late TO appropriate $4,000 for an ex-
] ploration trip into the Arizona strip
north OF the Grand Canyon. Two SEN
ate bills which passed that body were
designed to prevent fraudulent stock
selling advertising by recurring the
corporations approval OF all such
publicity and TO appropriate SO, 900 TO
ouild and $4,000 for two years TO
maintain a state children's home. The
Dill governing loan and savings cor
porations also was passed
WinsOr's election code came up IN
the house committee Of the whole and
was under discussion at the noon ad-
journment.
Wants Land BIZ Vetoed.
resolution that the house ask the
governor 70 veto a bin which ID had
passed and sent 20 the senate was moved
! yesterday by Galbraith who previously
had failed 20 have the bill, the land
measure. recalled from the senate FOR
reconsideration
The land bill. which had a stormy pas
sage through the house and finally was
passed last week. raises the one-section
maximum land leases and provides
IoF the extension q leases from five 90
20 years
Suspicious Are Aroused.
Galbrairh. Lillywhite and others said
that since the bin had passed the house
there had been evidences Of suspicious
circumstance in state land dealings. 40
speciIlc cases were cited. but the mem
bers said that what they had learned had
caused them 10 change their opinion Of
vyne and DelbrIdee said fatty that the
measure was -the most vicious piece OF
legislation IN many years" KimbalI also
criticised its provisions and Mrs Mckay
said she understood 70 would be materially
amended in the senate, where senator
Wlnsor has presented a minority report
q the land committee condemning the
The motion TO ask the governor toi
veto the measure was laid on the table
and some Of the reprHseutativss init
mated g. would be brought up aeain II the
senate DID not alter the land measure
considerably.
Lees Ferry Bill Passed.
The senate bill making an auproprla- Z
1on Ior approaches 20 Lees ferry az the
Grand Canyon was passed By che house
and sent back 10 the senate on its way
70 the governor.
Vote Bonus For oil Wen.
The appropriation Of $4,000 for a bonus
20 the first oil well brought In il Arl-
IONA which flows so barrels day for
50 days. came up Tor reconsideration. This 3
originally was voted down by the housf.
but here again different members said
they had had a change OF heart and yes
% those who switched their votes was
that they had not realized previously
what such bonus would mean 10 the
state and 90 Navajo county, the center
Wlnsor's election code. which already
has passed the senate with amendments. {
appeared In the house yesterday and was
passed along to the committee Of the
whole with the prospect that It viii come
Up within the next day OF two
Differ On Colorado Bridge.
difference OF opinion between the
senate and the house has arisen over the
appropriation for bridge over the Colo
rado river IN Mchave county This an-
preparation made its first appearance IN Z
the house as $4,000; then was raised 20
SIS. 600 and finally % $40 0oo. in which
shape Il passed The senate yesterday !
notified the house that IL had failed 10
concur in the amendments and speaker
Peterson appointed O. committee COM
posed OF Waters. Flood and Richards to
confer with a senate committee on the
measure
The bill IN its amended form eliminates I
the mouth o. the Grand Wash as the
proposed bridge site and leaves 90 the
state engineer and the Mohare county ;
To Regulate NOtaries.
A bin introduced would provide penal I
ties FOR notariss public who continue
acting as such after the expiration Of
their commissions. 1t was explained that ]
the notarial bond expires with the com
mission and that the state has no way
% Furnishing man who PERSISTS in tax |
ing acknowlcdE-neuts after his permit /
has expired one Instance was cited ]
In particular in which a former notary I
had continued 70 act for two years after
his powers had lapsed.
A suggestion was offered that a bill
also be drafted 10 ieEalize acEnowledre-|
ments which had been taken IN that man
ner 50 that innocent land owners might /
not suffer through their titles being I
questioned
Following the request from the state
corporation commission last week that
the legislature investigate that body as ]
a result Of newspaper attacks upon DO. i
a joint resolution was introduced along Z
that line in the senate The resolution I
provides for committee o. six. three j
from the senate and three from the q
house.
To Enlarge Fair Grounds.
A bill was brought into the senate 4
yesterday 10 appropriate sfS.0 90 pur-
chase one-eighth Of a section OF land j
adjoining the state fair grounds az Phoe- 4
nix and add It 70 the fairs land hold
inEs.
Then DcIbrldEe drew picture q IN