The Holbrook news., 1921-03-04
WHAT'S DOING IN
 THE LEGISLATURE

Senators Burton, republican, of
 Yavapai, introduced a referendum
 bill in the senate Tuesday to abolish
 the Arizona corporation commission.
 The bill, Known as s. B. No. 15O,
 repeals everything in the constitu-
 tion relative to the corporation com
 mission and places with the secre-
 tary of state all powers and duties
 of the evisting commission.
 Supporters of the bill say should the people vote in favor of this bill
 an enormous amount would be saved to the state as the corporation com
 mission, they charge, is "the most expensive and most useless of the commissions"
 After the bill had been introduced an effort was made to rush it through but after a protest from Senator Sims, democrat, Cochise, it took the regular course and will come up for second reading We'd nesday.
 A motion carried to strike from house bill No. 47 the word lobbyist. The action leading up to this motion threw the senate into a spree of laughter. The bill seeks to increase the license of travelling merchants. hawkers, vendors, peddlers and so forth. When the bill got into the senate committee of the whole last -r,oo1- o ,,o+;o. oarriaJ fo ipc1uda the word lobbyists" in the bill whenever speddler> and we idor are mentioned. President Wilkinson asked that the amendments be read. The clerk read: Travelling mer- chants, hockers, vendors, lobbyists, peddlers in automobiles, mule vehic les, bicycles, tricycles or with loads on their backs, shall pay license of $500.
 The governor informed the senate and house he had signed joint resor lution No. l, providing for commit tee from the two branches to select a site for a delinquent girls home, after March 10.
 The senate indefinitely postponed H. B. No4 63 providing for a board of veterinary surgery.
 s. B. No 38 concerning title in- surance was passed to third reading after several sentences were stricken out The sentences President Wilk- inson said, were not as good as the existing law which they sought to amend.
 Representative Hall, of Pinal, in- troduced house joint memorial No. urging congress to hasten action and make appropriation for the con struction of the San Carlos storage dam which would lead to the rec Iamation of 10000 acres and pro- vide homes for 10000 families in the Casa Grande valley and create 25,OOO horse power of electrical en- ergy. It was adopted unanimously.
 Representative Neal of Mohave, introduced house joint memorial No. 5 addressed to Ashurst and Cameron asking that efforts be made to give the Santa Fe other lands in lieu of lands owned by it in T15-16-1615 N of R upon which squatters are now homesteaded. The railroad is will ing to make a trade, says the mem. orial.
 The governor informed the house he had signed H. B. No. 73 appropri- ating sum to print 800 copies of session laws of former legislatures, and house joint memorial asking for the building of roads through Ind ian reservations.
 The house judiciary committee rec comended defeat for H. B. No. 155 to create public health department with a high priced commissioner. This committee recommended passage for the national guard bill, legiti- mate children's bill and bill to amend concerning bastardy, compulsory edu- cation bill and bill to create coop erative marketing associations.
 A request was made by Represent ative Mccullough of the labor com mittee that the committee be dis charged in the matter of H. B. No. 128 the old Kinney bill, which pro vides that no person who cannot speak English shall engage in haz- ardous occupations. After a dis ; cussion and motion to discharge that was not seconded, no action was taken. The bill later may reach the committee of the whole for final ( The majority report on the bill was that ''it do not pass"