Arizona republican., 1921-03-02


 day, when the house thought better of | it. it was recalled and referred to a | committee. In the meantime the char l acter of it was becoming better and | better understood, with the result that 1 after a somewhat heated debate yes l terday it was turned down by a de- cisiVe majority
 The long expected, measure for the abolition of the state corporation com mission was presented yesterday by Mir Burton in the senate in the form of Senate bill 150. It proposes an amend ment to the constitution wiping out the corporation commission and put ting the affairs of that department in- to the hands of the secretary of state as ex-officio corporation commissioner without increase of salary. But the Legislature is directed to make liberal provision for his travelling expenses and a liberal provision for clerical as- sistance The bill also defines broadly the powers of the commissioner. It is not expected, however, that much more will be heard of the measure intro- duced at so late a day in the session. Omnibus Bill Fails to Appear It was expected that the omnibus good roads bill would come before the house in the committee of the whole, but it had not been reported back from the committees to which it had been referred
 When the senate convened a message was received from the governor stat ing that he had approved the joint res olution for the appointment of a com mittee to investigate a site for girls industrial school. A message from the house also informed the senate of the defeat of senate bill 61. the measure | for the regulation of fire insurance lcompanies, whereupon MT. Elliott moved that i've grow indignant" President Wilkinson asked if the mo- ton should be referred to the commit tee on indignation. But the senate re- taliated by the indefinite postpone ment of the house bill creating a board of veterinary medical examiners. The high school segregation bill was sent | to the committee on style and revision and compilation.
 Several new bills were brought into the senate in the course of the day, among them one by MT. C1aypool for the repeal of the laws two years ago creating county highway commissions. The bill is intended as an offset in some respects to senate bill 133. in- troduced last week, proposing the abolition of the commissions. It diff | fers from that in that while the latter makes the abolition of the commissions | the outstanding feature the Claypool
 
 strengthens the machinery for the is suance of highway bonds, something that is purposely neglected in 133. Mir. Claypool also introduced bill prohibiting the practice of law in any of the courts of this state by persons lnot licensed to practice, though they may practice upon themselves. Neither are such persons allowed to solicit business for other practitioners. ], Several relief measures were intro duced in the course of the day and | joint memorial by MT. Curtin urging l congress to pass the Madden golo . bonus bill for the encouragement ol 3 the gold mining industry.
 Senate Enjoys a Little Joke r In the stage of second reading tho 3 senate had a good deal of fun with tht : hawkers and peddlers license Dill ron 2 the house. In the committee of th' s whole the senate had inserted the Wort l"lobbyist" wherever the words "hawk = CT and peddler' appeared. and 1t wa n in that form that the bill came up yes = terday. MT. Burton moved to strik l, out lobbyist on the ground that l d made the measure ridiculous. Afte S some debate that was accompnsned D. - a vote of 10 to g.
 l, The house bill purporting to transfe If to the maintenance and repalr or th # road from Wickenburg to Parker $20,
 
 e toward a bridge across the Colorado e came up and objection was made D Q MT Sims that the bill was not in tn u form in which it had first appeared It He said that there was no such run y. to be transferred and now it was pro " posed to make levy to raise soo,OV le an entirely new approprtauon. Tn . bill was referred for investigation.
 The senate put a large number {
 bills through on third reading. TIT
 bin validating the first issue of Mar
 copa county highway bonds had whf
 may be called a narrow squeak' an
 was twice beaten and twice reconslC
 cred before the necessary naJori' ut was secured On the first ballot
 was beaten by a tie vote; on the set
 ond if received II to 6, but that wf ell insufficient to carry the emergenC m clause. The objection to the bill W; ,s based on a misunderstanding that u
 validation of the bonds obhgates u ed state. Though it was made know
 that the attorney general had rule
 that that would not be an effect d. lvaIidation. some of the members we ~ not disposed to accept that opinio V" MT. Elliott said that though the opil eh ion might be correct, he would oppo Or vaIidation of county bonds on principl IT. If they required valuation It wou
 seem that there had been some i
 regularity in their issuance. Count UT should be taught to observe the law nd Highway Bonds Validated t At the request of one of the senator 7t- Judge Phillips, who had introduc
 the bill into the house, was brought
 to give the history of the measure al -l the circumstances leading up to it's i
 troduction He recited the facts
 the bond issue of a year ago last Ma
 the sale of the bonds and the effort
 the purchasers to evade their contra
 lILoss already had been incurred by t m county, which now desired to put 'e self on firmer ground for an acti
 against the bonding syndicate. On l
 statement of the case another mott = Ito reconsider carried by a vote II to f.
 Other bills passed by the senate .. the course of the day were the hot
 bill providing for county high scho ,. in Apache county; the house soldie - settlement measure; the house amer