Arizona republican., 1919-01-29

Perkins, Phillips, Richards, Sullivan, Wylie-2l.
 Nays-Burk, Delbridge. Eddy Fran cis, Flood, Hayward, Mckay, ONeill Sealey, Stark, Nyne, Waters, Westover -13
 In the absence of Speaker Peterson, when the house convened after a recess ot three days MT. Lines took the chair. explaining that he had been delegated to do so by the speaker He added that he could not hold the place after an adjournment when, if the speaker had not returned, the house would have to eect one pro tempore.
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 Four new bills were introduced One ! by Mr. Sealey proposes q home for | aged miners, similar 10 House Bill , ! of the Third legislature. One by Mr. i Waters proposes to put detective | agencies and similar agencies for fur nishing guards out of business, in the ! first place by imposing a yearly license 1 of S500 If that should not have the ! desired effect another provision would l do SO That requires that all operatives | of agencies should he registered with | | their addresses and their photographs | should be placed on file so that they ! would be known of all men 1 Wait on Trial "Sinu"
 Unless something is done soon with the Arizona Anthem bill crowds will cease thronging the galleries of the i house. Yesterday was the day when ! the anthem was to be given a trial sing" by d quartette of the Tempe Normal. IL was also the day when the bill was 10 be taken up in the commit tee of the whole after two or three postponements. MT Francis moved further delay. on the ground that the musical organization of the normal is still rehearsing, from which it is in- | ferred that 1t is q difficult and com i plicated piece of music.
 The senate held only d morning ses-
 sion. Among the matters disposed Of
 was the Elliott bill introduced the day
 before, amending the highway com ! mission law for counties, so that 1 Greenlee and other counties so dis
 posed may get quicker action on pro-
 posed improvements. As the law
 stands. 1t would take not less than six
 months to set the machinery in motion
 Greenlee desires to vote bonds in the
 sum of s200, 900 for road improvements.
 On account of the shutting down of
 the shannon mine and the laying off
 or large numbers Of men in the other
 mines of the district it is imperative
 that early action should be taken in
 the matter of furnishing the men em-
 ployment, as well as returning sol
 dlerS. It was therefore proposed that
 the present law be suspended until
 June l. at which time it shall revert
 and again be of force and effect The
 Dill was passed by the senate under 6
 suspension of the rules and sent to the
 house where it was also favorahly and
 summarily disposed of
 New Bills in Senate
 SaNAFal no
 to the senate. One of them hx MT. Hicks proposes the establishment of probate courts in counties the size of NaVapaI. Another by Mir Hicks pro-
 poses to remodel the educational code of the state. It is a Voluminous meas ure Of 70 pages but whatever else it may accomplish it offers no sten to- , , ward taking the schools out of politics. This bill Is supposed to be the work
 Of the educational commission which
 was superseded recently by appoint
 ments by Governor Campbell of which
 Prof. John D. Loper is the head An
 other bill prepared by the present com 2 mission was recently introduced into the house by Speaker Peterson at the l request of Mir. LOper providing for a non partisan board of education to have charge of all educational meas , ures
 Another copy of the Hicks bill was introduced in the house yesterday by 5 MT. Lines, by request.
 MT. Hicks also brought into the
 senate d measure proposing a compila l ton of the probate laws of the state I and the appointment of code com j. missioner.
 s A bill was introduced by MT. Hern- e don proposing to give preference in 0 l employment to returned soldiers and e sailors.
 A bill by MT. Wilkinson provides for s a budget system for state departments -i Recommend Flag Bill E The senate in the committee of the | whole recommended the passage Of the Ii ClaFidge bill to prevent the dissertation s Of the American flag and the bill ap- f propriatng s7,500 for the Northern n Arizona fair. Action on other bills be. | fore the committee was deferred - The house in the afternoon session = passed the bill covering the deficit ot q the law library and was about to pas.
 the Dill making an appropriation t(
 carry the expenses of the governor: 2 office over to the end of the fiscal veal q when it was discovered that the com. q mittee on enrolled and engrossed bill, = had overlooked all amendment to tn, - form of the bill that had been offered Il and adopted
 d Two new bills were introduced in tn,
 afternoon by Mir. Sealey for the con ~ servation of the health of men em rt pleyed about smelters and reduction ID works. The other was by Mrs. West > over. It is q draft of the bill recon r. mended by Secretary of the Interio lee Franklin K. Lane to effect co-opera 'L ton between the states and the fedora '' government in soldier settlement work i, and the bill takes the title of the Ari II; zona Soldier Settlement act. It ere ," ates q soldier settlement board an,
 commissioner
 lo Both houses adjourned to 10 o'cloc p this morning.
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