Arizona republican., 1921-03-19

good Be that as it may, one most beneficial feature of the bill, and one that should have great weight with the
 taxpaying public. is the matching py federal appropris. tion of all sums set aside for the building of roads.
 T have been informed by promin- ent engineer and road builder that for
 every dollar we appropriate for road
 building this year the federal govern
 ment will match it on ratio of four
 and one-half or five to one. Our con
 clusion is that the Omnibus Road
 Bill'' is good business, getting us about
 $6 900 900 worth of road construction
 at an expenditure of a million and
 half.
 House bill ITO makes a very radical
 departure from our present civil and
 moral codes on the subject It is not,
 in my opinion. the question of whether
 my child and your child. born into this world with all the rights of God and country should be put on a par with
 the baser born, the child of natural parents, so- called, as it is, to give every little unfortunate beginning life with no will or wish in his begetting, something
 like an even break. The bill provides that every child of natural parents
 born in this state shall be declared legitimate with all the rights of birth. education and right to inherit from it's 1 natural parents that children born in l lawful wedloc< are entitled to.
 l Senate bill No. 96 aims at a solution of the divorce evil and in my judG-
 ment will do much to deter hasty dl- vorces It amends the existing law to read as follows: No suit for divorce
 shall be tried until six months after
 service of summons has been com pleted'
 "The national conference of commis- l sioners ~on uniform state laws is an or ganization of lawyers representing
 every state in the union and the in 1 sular possessions. The object of the commission is to make uniform the 1 laws of the states, and great benefits
 have been achieved along those lines especially in making uniform the various commercial laws. Arizona has
 already adopted the Uniform Fraudu-
 lent Conveyance Act, the Conditions
 Sales Act, the Negotiable Instrument: Lava the Uniform Flag Act, and th' , Uniform Sales Act. At the recent ses-
 sion four more acts were adopted. al
 laws of unquestioned merit. Senat, bill No Is, the Proof of Statutes Act
 simplifying the manner in which th'
 authenticity of laws may be proven II court Senate bill No. 12, the Foreigr Dispositions Act, providing the manner ) in which dispositions needed in othel states or foreign jurisdictions may b. secured in this state. Senate bill No 13 the Uniform Warehouse Receipts 5 Act and senate bill No. 15, the Uniform Bills of Lading Act.
 While my review is very incom
 plete, in fact, covers but a very few of the laws enacted by the fifth stat legislature, it will give you an idea o the volume and character of the worl undertaken. AS a person in position ) to know and judge, have no hesitanc. in stating that for sound constructiv' 7 legislation, the fifth state legislature 7 recently adjourned, has accomplishet l more than any of it's predecessors sine
 statehood. Had nothing else been ac 1 complished but the enactment of sen ate bill No. 90, the Arizona Land Set clement, or Soldiers Settlement Act senate bill No. 63, the constitutions t amendment providing for an increas of the bonded indebtedness of the stat , for the purpose of road construction house bill No. 139, to promote the re l clamation of arabic and irrigable lard 3 and providing for the issuance of stat 1 per cent bonds In lieu of irrigation 5 companies per cent bonds; and hous . bill No. S3, a constitutional amend ment of similar import. the fifth woiil be entitled to the grand prize fer pro viding a means of putting more none in circulation, of giving employmen to more men, and of developing tn state to 8 greater extent and addin more taxable wealth to the assessmen rolls than any of its predecessors with in the memory of even the oldest in habitant.' Let us hope that each con stitutional amendment carries Nicholas Ricardi, district vocationa officer for California, Arizona an l Nevada, was a guest of the club yes terday. MT. Ricardi spoke at shor length on what had been accomplishe by the government in helping the dis abled ex-soldier to reestablish himsel in the world. Calling attention to tn bill just passed by the Arizona legis lature, MT. Ricardi declared that th legislation providing means whereb the soldiers may become land owner I is the most far-reaching in results ( \ any other legislation.
 | Fred P. Cruice wa~ chairman of tn ' meeting.
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