Weekly journal-miner., 1919-01-29

control, which was succeeded bv tn, l commission of state institutions. Int , new board of control is to be com l posed of the governor, secretary O
 state and state auditor, and is tc
 have control of all charitable. pena and reformatory institutions, of the state and the capitol and grounds. The bill eliminates the highway
 department and all educational insti-
 tutions from the supervision of the
 board It provides for a secretary
 to the board at a salary of $3,OOO a
 year.
 In speaking privately of the bill
 this morning, Senator Campbell stat
 ed that he was inclined to think that
 the salary of the secretary should be
 made larger. The idea is that the
 secretary will have direct charge of the Work of the board and his duties
 will be such as to require the serv-
 ices of high priced man.
 This view is shared by other mem bers and it is expected that an
 amendment will be offered fixing the
 salary at $5,OOO or $6,OOO a year.
 My object is to get rid of that
 institution over yonder,' remarked Senator Campbell, nodding his head
 in the general direction of that end of the capitol grounds where the
 present commission is located. "This will be a big job and should be a one-man job with the responsibility placed on him. He should be big enough to shoulder the responsibil- ity and work under it. The question of salary can be fixed to suit the job."
 In the house this morning most of the session of the committee of the whole was devoted to considera- ton of House Bill No. 19, which pro vides that all blasting in shafts and mines where a winze is in operation shall be done by electricity, and not by fuse. Mine Inspector Bolin was called before the house and explain ed the bill and the necessity for it.
 As amended by the committee the bill exempted prospectors and min CTS where not more than one person was employed. The question was raised that this exemption might in- validate the bill and it was referred back to the judiciary committee.
 The Lines bill, providing for amending the constitution so as to apportion the general education fund among the counties of the state on a basis of average daily school attend i ance instead of school population as at present, was passed and signed in open session.
 Among the new bills introduced in the house is one by a member from Gila fixing a license tax of $1O day on employment agents and providing that no license shall be issued for less than 30 days. Government or state employment agencies are ex- empt
 The following bills were introduc- cd in the legislature today:
 Senate Bill No. IS by Young, to create a commission for the care of and to provide homes for and to have general supervision and control of orphans, to be composed of sec -etary of state, state auditor and state treasurer. who shall elect a at a salary of $200 a month, appropriating $15,OO0 for two years. i,
 House Bill No. 35, by Flood, lmends the statutes to provide that erms of all county officers shall be- gin on January following the regu- { ar election.
 House Bill No. 38 provides that s nen who have been honorab1y dis i .harged from the military service of I he United States be given prefer I nee for employment on all public j works, introduced by the committee t ,n militia and defense. C
 House Bill No. 39 from the com 6 nittec on militia and defense, pro t ides for exemption from taxation of l 2,O00 of the property of those who f lave served in the army, navy or a marine corps of the United States, t nd their widows. II
 House Bill No. 40, by Phillips, mends the statutes and provides t hat the estate of a deceased person, C mich inventories less than $2,0OO Il hall be assigned for the benefit of o he widow and children of the de- t eased. '
 House bill No. Al, by Mrs. Mckay, il faces a license fee of $1O day upon S agents and provides n nat no license shall be issued for il eriod of less than 30 days. t,
 Senate Bill No. 21, by Campbell, rovides that in every appeal of a riminal case and in every case b here any county shall be a party p le party appealing shall furnish the tc ounty attorney with a copy of his 4 rief at the time of filing. e, PHOENIX, Jan. 25.-There was C, n unusually large attendance in the fl allery when the house was called to f, rder, probably attracted by the ad O ance announcement that the Co., ii lise delegation would sing the spir- st ed march song, which the members is