Weekly journal-miner., 1919-01-29

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 and the Atlantic ocean this morning,
 when Representative Vyne of Yava-
 pal introduced house concurrent res
 olution No. 1.
 This resolution, after reciting the
 fact that the war has been brought
 to a victorious close by the associat-
 ed power of the free nations of the
 world and that it was above all else
 a war to end war and protect human
 rights, declares that the Arizona
 state legislature favors the establish ment of a league of nations.
 The. resolution sets forth that such a league should aim at promoting the liberty, progress and orderly de- velopment of the world and clinch the victory won at such terrible sac rifice.
 It is also provided that copies of fine resolution be sent to President Wilson and the presiding officer of NdNh DAdilNA UT NOlSIGSS.
 The first road measure of the ses- sion came. up in the house today in the form of a bill, introduced by Eddy of Yuma, providing for the creation of state highway board, state highway commission and for state highway engineer, and such as- sistants as he may need and also to establish a system of highways to be known as state routes. The bill also provides for the creation of a state highway fund
 The state highway board, under the bill, is to consist of the govern or, secretary of state, auditor, treas urer and attorney general This board is to meet at tine call of the governor and appoint a state high way commission to consist Of three members, whose terms shall be two. four and six years, selected by lot, after which the terms are to be for. six years This commission is to se lect the state engineer, who is to receive a salary of $6,OOO a year and all necessary travelling expenses.
 House bill No. A, introduced by Lines by request The Peterson bill is intended to take the election of I the superintendent of education away 1 from the people and place it in the hands of the state board of educa- ton. The Lines bill leaves the su- perintendent and tne state board of education about where they are now.
 House bill No. 25, by Peterson by request, provides for county 7 school boards instead of district ' boards i
 House bill No. Y, introduced by t Lillywhite, provides garage keeper S or mechanic may file lien on any s motor vehicle, upon which he has claim for storage, rent or work. U
 House bill No. IS, introduced by v Galbraith, specifics how an architect may be employed for supervising e construction of public buildings.
 House bill No. 19, by Walters. re- . lates to mines and provides that blast Il ing must be done by electricity. Vio- I lation provides jail sentence with out fine. V
 House bill No. 20, by Vyns, amends constitution as to taxation and ex- i empts public debts as evidenced by c bonds of Arizona, its counties and f municipalities from taxation. |
 House bill No. 21 from the appro- | priation committee, appropriates S1,- 500 for clerk hire fund for the gov ? ernor and $3,000 for the governors contingent fund. This is in response ' to the request of the governor. h
 House bill No. 2, by Haywood provides that fraternaI insurance P companies be permitted to insure i members between the ages of two n and sixty years. t PHOENlA, Jan. 22.-The lower house of the legislature today adopt t ed under suspension of rules a res | Olution of sympathy for the parents C of Frank Luke, the Phoenix ace and destroyer of German balloons, in his in death which occurred on the west n ern front on September 28. = Among the more important meas ures introduced in the upper house d were the bill appropriatinG a, 500 for n tine Northern Arizona Fair, and a t bill authorizing county boards of su y pervisors to levy taxes for fund l to meet the expense of epidemics.
 A house bill was introduced r. the employers liability i, law limiting the fees of attorneys for f, the plaintiffs in personal injury cases :, to 25 per cent. of the amousts that u may be recovered.
 The bill amending the state school IT fund law so that the fund may be dis p tributed among the counties on D basis of the average attendance of Ip pupils instead of on the school cen sus, was favorably reported by the n