Arizona republican., 1919-02-27
HOUSE IN FAVOR
 OF THE SOLDIERS ACT.
Little Opposition Is Raised
 To Its Favorable Recom-
 mendation; No Repetition Of Previous Outbursts

mendatlon; No Repetition Of Previous Outbursts There were only subterranean rumb- Iings in the legislature yesterday They oeemed, to indicate another volcanic but it did not come, though the clouds were lit up by flash in the house late in the afternoon when Mir. Galbraith of Maricopa announced that today he would move for 6 Seconsdera tion of the vote by which House Bill 1 50, the state land bill, had been passed | the day before. This motion was un- derstOod to have a bearing on the | pending highway commission bill.
 The most important action of the i house in the course of the day was the | consideration of the soldiers settlement bill and the favorable recommends tion,of it with little opposition. There was none to the aim of the bill but to certain provisions and on account of it's departure from the form Of legis- lation recommended by Secretary Lane of the interior department. Special objection was offered to the appropria- ton clause which provides for a limit
 
 De necessary" out of all other funds not otherwise appropriated. It was stated that that clause, standing as it does. would be an effectual bar to its admission 10 the session laws.
 The original bill was a copy of Sec retary Lanes bill. short, concise form which the secretary declared would be sufficiently elastic to meet conditions in every state The sub stitute bill, the one under considera- tion. is much longer, consisting of 13 printed pages. The original bill. fol- lowing the secretary's draft, provided for an administrative board. to be called the soldiers settlement board. consisting of three members. one Of them to be appointed by the governor the other two to be eX-Officio members the president of the state agricultural college and the state engineer. The ap- pointed members was to be a S5.000-a- year man. The substitute bill puts the administration of the law into the hands of the state land department
 Otherwise the bill generally follows ;he suggestion Of the secretary.
 Dispose of Water Code
 Another matter disposed of by the committee of the whole was the water code whose consideration was begun on Tuesday afternoon only uuimport- ant changes were made, mostly of ve-- 2iage and at the conclusion of the reading it was recommended for pas iage without division.
 House bill 15S was passed in the morning session of the house. That Is the bill put forward by the Cochise delegation to authorize a tax levy for road purposes in excess of the 10 per cent limitation. There was no opposi- ton Co 1t. but after it was passed it was discovered that there was no place for ,he sigma ture of the speaker to say nothing of room at the bottom of any page for those Of the president of the senate and the governor. The bill was copied by the enrolling and engrossing committee and signed without further action.
 The Nyne house joint resolution. after undergoing amendment materially altering the shape. if not the purpose of it. was passed. This resolution was originally directed to boards of super visors. calling their attention to the unsettled state of the copper market and the prospect that large numbers of men, would be thrown out of employ
 
 , not to roam about the country and spend their substance in travelling. but to seek employment through the United States employment offices and other agencies.
 Peace officers were asked to enforce the vagrancy laws with moderation and citizens were asked to cooperate with the authorities in stabilizing con ditions. One amendment stripped the resolution of direct reference to the vagrancy laws, and another advised men already employed to stick to their jobs and refrain from striking.
 Wishes to Address SoIons
 \ communication was received from the Tempe Community club asking that Charles Woolf of Tempe be given tho privilege of the floor to represent the attitude of Tempe toward the Lilly. white county division bill The atti. ;ude is adverse. This bill, it is under stood. looks 10 the division of thi. county. It contains the provision tha' 1T a certain percentage of the people within proposed new county petition tho board of supervisors. the board must submit the question Of forming ; county within the named boundaries to the people living within thos, boundaries. The Tempe people believ, that the boundaries Of the propose, county would include that town an, vicinity and that in an election the, would be hopelessly swamped by tn r1ore populous districts of Mesa an, Chandler.
 There is a possibility that the bil will come up today, though it has no yet been placed upon the calendar.
 The committee of the whole took u the bill making an appropriation fo the payment of the expenses of com hating the influenza in the Northern Arizona Normal school. After state ment by Lloyd B. Christy of the com mission of state institutions, but wh at that time was a resident of Flag staff. the committee recommended tn passage of the bill. The statement O Mir Christy counteracted the man stories that had been set afloat regard ing the eNorbitant charges Of physi clans during the epidemic.
 Other Bills in Committee
 Other bills before the committe were the following:
 Making an appropriation for the cor, struction of a bridge across the Colo rado at Grand Wash. Mohave county Originally. the senate bill carried a appropriation of ,25oo0 to be met b a similar amount by Mohave count, Later it was learned that the bridg would cost more than the first estimaf of it. and the senate increased the ap propriation to s35.o00. It was furthe amended yesterday on the motion C MT. Waters, increasing the appropria tion to s40.O00. The bill was furthe amended by the location of the bridr at any point on the river that migf be determined by the board of super