Arizona republican., 1921-03-09

ducting the different departments Of the government under conditions which will require a greater expenditure of money than ever.
 The bill originally made no movi- sion for a state fair; it contained an appropriation of s12,000 for the care of the fair grounds and property anA made no provision for rents, though one provision seemed to relate to fair, for mention was made of receipts from concessions which were to be converted into the general fund. But in the afternoon the committee added an item of S63 0o0 for the holding of a fair.
 1t is regarded as certain that the senate will be disposed greatly to re- ducc the increases made by the com mittee.
 The bill was taken up in the com mIittee as the first order of business and it engrossed the attention of the house during both the morning and afternoon sessions. The committee got off to so bad a start that it appeared that two days would be consumed in it's consideration with the result that the omnibus good roads bill would be smothered. Though there would be plenty of time for it's enactment in the house and though there was a suffi-
  turned to the senate with amendments about the time that body is deciding whether it will accept the changes the house has made. But this apprehen- sion turned out to be groundless.
 Passes School Fund Bill
 The senate plunged into the finalzais- position of bills on assembling in the morning and continued at it with little internission throughout the day The
 
 the final passage of senate bill s, pro- viding for the creation of state school fund. or rather, greatly enlarging the state school fund by providing for a levy to raise S25 per capita of pupils as disclosed by the average attendance of the schools. The bill originally pro- vided for per capita of $30, but that was cut down yesterday on the repre- sentation that the house would prob ably not stand for more than $25, but that an agreement could be reached on i that figure.
 The two anti tobacco bills were lost but by much narrower margins than had been anticipated. Both were intro duced by MT Lines; one of them pro hibited the smoking of tobacco in public places. and the other provided for loca option as to the sale of tobacco. The vote on each bill was 9 to g.
 The public health i'll for the repres- | sion of prostitution was defeated though by a narrow margin. There were two principal objections to it; tho severity of the punishment which it was stated would prevent the enforcement of it, and the ether was the oppor- tunity it afforded for the blacl1mail O hotel and lodging house keepers. Substitute senate bill 95, the inherit ance tax measure, was passed late il the afternoon with little or no opposi- ton.
 Senate PIunges Into Work
 The first bill taken up by the senate in the morning was senate bill 161, il relation to the deposits of publi moneys It provides that noneS shal be deposited in any bank with a capita of less than s10,00o. But the amour deposited in any bank shall not exceed | 40 per cent of the capital stock of tn bank plus its surplus
 Senate bill 167 was passed. Thi proposes the raising of the interest oI state warrants from to s per cent The bill for the establishing of a Unit ed States poultry farm near Glendale and the junk" bill were indcfinitel, postponed in accordance with the rec ommendation of the committee of thu whole the night before.
 House bill 124, amending the law rel ative to expenditures by candidates 1T primary campaigns. This bill wa: passed by the house some weeks ago It was slightly altered from the form in which it was presented, but the pur pose of it was carried out by a provi sion that candidates, though they mus account for their expenditures fo printing, postage and advertising, ma. deduct such expenditures from tn amounts to which they are limited b, flaw.
 House bill SC, for the repression Q prostitution, whose consideration ha been begun in the committee of tn whole on Monday night and was dis continued on account of>the presenc of women in the gallery and agreed t be taken up in executive session a \ 11:3O yesterday morning. At that hou the gallery was cleared and there wa three- quarters of an hour of plai speaking. An agreement had not bee reached at the end of the session, an the subject was resumed in the after . noon. when there was a larger crow l of children in the gallery than th session had yet witnessed. But the re l marks of the members were so veiIs
 as to disguise the matter under cor } sideration, and at the end of it the bi was indefinitely postponed becaus l there was not time to redraft it meet the objections that had been oi fered.
 Countq Seat Removal Bill The only kick in the afternoon ses 7 sion was when the county seat rt
 moval bill was taken up. That bi
 provided that on a petition signed |
 25 per cent of the voters the board ? supervisors of any county shall call a 1, election on q proposition to remove county seat. If 60 per cent of u : voters at such an election declare . favor of removal, it shall be done, ar 5 in that case there cannot be anoth, I removal election in 12 years. But n removal fails the contest may be r, e newed after the expiration of fol
 years.
 0 As many towns as desire may ent, = the contest for the honor os becomir