The Arizona copper camp., 1919-03-15
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS IN final
RUSH OF ENACTMENT; Road PLAN
ANDELECT|ON CODE FAIL IN END
Senator Devines Sacaton Florence Power Line Bill and
Miami Superior Highway Bill Pass in Last Night
Session


PHOENIX, March 14.-The Fourth
State Legislature adjourned sine
die shortly after two o'clock this
morning after rushing through to fl
nal passage on the last day of the
session almost 100 bills. Among the
measures which passed during the
last hours of the session, and which
are of great Importance to Pinal
county were the Devine bill provid-
ing $4,000 for the construction of the
Sacaton- Florence power line and the
bill providing 100000 for the Super
ior-Miami highway. Both bills had
passed the senate previously and were
in the house as the session drew to
a close, but they escaped the fate
of scores Of bills that failed to pass
in the rush to get through and ad-
journ.
Although hopes had been entertain
ed that some compromise would be
reached as to a definite program of
state highway construction, all the
chances faded early in the last night
session, when the house passed with
out amendment Senate Bill No. IL
(the old state highway commission
bilD without the emergency cause.
This is the measure already vetoed
once by Governor Campbell, and the
fate of the bill was not in doubt for
a minute after the house action be-
came known The so-called Roberts
bill, which had been amended so as
to make it mandatory upon the coun-
ty boards of supervisors to levy four
mills on the dollar for highway con-
struction, failed of passage on the
third reading in the senate late in the
session, no attempt was made before
adjournment.
The Winsor election code, which
passed the senate over the governors
veto, failed to get through the house,
not even majority being mustered in
its favor in the final vote, which came
about half an hour before adjourn
ment
The vote to pass the bill over the
governors veto in the house was Is
ayes and II noes, nine democrats vot-
ing with the Republicans present.
smeIter Committee Reports
The state smelter investigating
committee, of which Senator Devine
of Pinal county was the chairman,
submitted it's report to the legislature
Thursday afternoon. The report set
forth that owing to the unusual con-
ditions in the metal and smelling in
dustry that the committee had de-
cided that the investigation should be
continued under normal peace con-
ditions, and bill introduced by this
committee providing for a joint legis-
lative committee of six members, three
from each house, passed the legisla-
ture before adjournment
Maddox State Engineer
Late in the night Governor Camp
bell sent to the senate the nominal
ton of Thomas Maddox to be state
engineer, succeeding Fritz Holmquist,
resigned. Action on the nomination
was laid over for one day, which OF
course amounted to taking no action
at all. However, Lieutenant Mad
dock. who served under Governor
Campbell in 1917 will enter upon his
new duties today.
Representative Coleman of Pinal
county fought valiantly but unsuccess-
fully for his Torrens land system OF
title insurance by the state when 1t
came up for final passage in the SEN
ate. On motion of his colleague, Sen
ator Devine, Representative Coleman
was allowed the privileges of the floor
of the senate and spoke briefly but
earnestly for the measure. But the
bill met with opposition on the ground
that the time was too short, that it
had never been before the committee.
of the whole, and motion to place
the bill on final passage failed.
Superior-Miami Cutoff
Passage of the Superior high
way bill, which provides 100000 for
the construction of highway between
Superior and Miami means that work
on the new road will begin in the near
future. Gila county has already start
ed road construction in this direction
and with money available for building
the cutoff through Queen Creek can
yon, Ray and Superior will be placed
in close communication with the Globe
and Miami district The bill, which
was introduced by Senator Claypool
of Gila county, when it became ap-
parent that a comprehensive state
road program would not be enacted,