The Holbrook news., 1921-03-11
DOINCS OF THE
 LEGISLATORS

. 4AJofS VIII aQOpL the O1daA PAOCCA- nre of it's predecessors since 1864 aud turn back the clock Thursday night in an effort to get the ap- pfupriation bill through within the sixty day period to which the ses- sion is limited. The bill now before the house is the product of many sessions of the appropriation com mittees of both senate and house, but 1t is believed it will have much amendment before it gets through. According to Gov. campbelfs esti- : mates, the l92O-2l biennial period in Arizona saw collection for state purposes of about $12,000,000, of which twp thirds went for education or for educational housing. He made recommendation of appropriations ag- gregating about half the sum of the two years before.
 . Nov comes the house committee with further cut of $1, ,250,00O to e $A,62S, ,2o8. This is all along the line : though there may be special note of the siashing of the state fair ap- : pfopriation of $74,OoO down to s12, 900 apparently intended to merely keep fhe grounds in order and eliminating fairs for a couple of years. The atate historians office appears to have been eliminated.
 Among the major items of the bill are: Governors office, $57,900; cor $ poratiOn commission, $1O2, TAO; horti- : cultural commission, $S4,000; attor- Rey general, $46,OOe; auditor, $S4,S50; { bank examiner, S2S, ,360S livestock san- itary board, $25.1OO; secretary of : state, $75.60o; land department, $99,- 500; mine inspector, $36, 200; supreme court, S6Q80O; board of state insti- tutions, $65,oOo, with added $6O,OO0 for upkeep of capitol grounds; board Of health, $41, 800; water commission CT, &3aO00; national guard, $76,O0o; tax commission, S5I,400; insane asylum, $25S,000; northern Arizona normal school, $2s4,00o; pioneers home, $4o,0oo; state prison, $331, ,O50. Industrial school. $1I0.ooO; uni versfty operation, $553,12S; mainte- nance, $l57,2o0; deaf and dumb : school, &7200o; agricultural work, S2I0. 800; printing. $18.O00; common aehool fund, S750,OOo.
 The last item should be under 5 stood as carrying only an equalizing amount, supplemental to the county : provision for education. The sum is bali that of last years appropriation leaVing more for the counties to ap- spropriate directly.
 Sg Though the state treasurer has on band more than $1O0,oo0, most of the state funds are exhausted and most q the state employees are receiving warrants for which there is no mon- ey, though the state will pay per cent interest on each after regis tfation. The banks will not take the paper at that interest rate and aPpear to be uninterested in even Ckehdng the cheeks at a discount. The last fund to suffer depletion Vas the general, this affecting the Ngisiators, who now may be brought td appreciation of what the governor kAs trying to do when he sent up a bin for raising about S1,5oo,0Oo on tHss basis of the state credit
 The blame for the stste's deficit is placed on the system of payment of taxes in two installments. The sec ond payment will not be due till April and the state will not get its share for a month after that. The delinquent list on the first payment was the largest this year that has been known since statehood.
 The national vehicle law appears to have slight show of passage, main ly because of it's length and charge that 1t is a law for the officer and not for the public. At the same time there is admission that some legis- . lation is necessary to secure safety on the highways, especially with respect to vehicles of any class that go without lights, and to the un- dimmed headlight.
 The bin permitting municipalities or counties to vote on the question of suppression of the sale of tobac- co found nine senators favoring, this being just one short of a majority. The majority played horse with the measure, loading it with several de- risive amendments. It was shown that the sale of tobacco has been cut out in nearly all Navajo county towns, by common consent. The effort to cut out boxing, as being merely prizefghting, has failed, this with opposition from the American Legion, members of which had some influence in passing the boxing bill two years ego.
 4 couple o6 11th hour efforts to in- crease official compensation are con- ta1nsd in bills that would raise the legislators pay from S7 to @20 day and that would give the state officers 02O00 each to defray the expense of moving to the capital, this being one way for raising salaries 5000 a year in each case.
 Senator Claypool has asked pass