Arizona republican., 1921-02-08
LINE UP AGAINST. UMN|bUS BILL IS H|NTEOIN SENATE.
After Defeating Minority
 Report By Closest Vote,
 Measure Is Referred To Committee Of The Whole


 as superficially considered a lineup m the senate on highway legislation in vote on a motion to adopt the min N1ty report on the o-called omnibus hfll- This is the bill in which are con solidated the various bills which had been brought into the senate asking for special road appropriations. In in cluding them most of the appropria tons asked for in the original bill were scaled down until the total aggregated s975.o0O
 There was a majority report from the appropriations committee reducing the total to $500,000 and recommend- ing the cutting down of the 10-cent levy. continuing appropriation, to D cents It was explained that the lat ter would raise a sum sufficient to meet the immediate needs of the state highway department. This report was signed by six of the seven members of the committee. There was an accom- panying minority report urging the passage of the bill in it's original form, signed by Chairman Larson Of the committee. who thereupon moved that the minority report be accepted The motion was defeated by a vote of to as follows:
 Ayes-Claypool. Curtin. Eddy Lar son. McMillan. Saunders, Schlelmer and Scott.
 Nays-Burton. Gooden. Hedrick, Lanes. AlOTEdn, SlDS. Noou ward and Wilkinson. Two members weer absent.
 It was stated that at least two of the negative votes were cast by mem bcrs favorable to the omnibus bill Tn the shape in which it had been intro duced but that they were averse 70 such a summary disposition of the ma jority report and it was stated that the bill. though it might be somewhat reduced, would go through the senate nearly in its original form.
 After this vote no action was taken on the committee report and the pill took the usual course, reference to the whole committee.
 Only a Morning Session
 The senate was in session only in the morning and a little before noon took a recess until o'clock to pre- pare for the joint session to feceNe the special message of the governor on the subject of the reorganlzation or the state government
 The senate received a copy of joint resolution from the legislature of Utan urging the construction of the Arrow head trail.
 Several new bills were introduced as follows: .. Senate bill s2, by Mir. Lines, prohib- fling the use of tobacco in public places other than smoking rooms. This would prohibit smoking in the Hobbies of hotels and all other places except those especially set apart TOT that purpose ..... o, education. raising a state educatlonai fund of s30 for each pupil as ascer- tained by the average attendance iniS hill differs from one defeated in the house only in the respect that the pasis of the latter was the school census. Senate bill s4, by MT. Burton. max ing an appropriation of s10.o0o for the Northern Arizona fair, S5O0o for each of the next two years.
 Senate bill s5, by Mir. Curtin, pro yidsng a workmen's compensation law modelled after the Nevada law wnlcn 1t is said, has the approval or poul mine owners and workingmen.
 Senate bill s6, by MT. Woodward relating to the forfeiture of the inter ests of a purchaser of real estate uil der a contract conveyance.
 Senate bill ST, by MT. Woodward, re lating to foreclosure.
 communication to the nouse signed by a large number of engineer of Jerome urged the passage or the pn pn providing for the registration ana II censing of engineers, assayers ana ian surveyors. A message was receise ,.e from the governor stating that ne ha signed the O'Callaghan memorial.
 New Bills in House
 The following new bills were intro
 
 duced in the house:
 House bill S9, by Mir. krebbs, pro viding for the relief of l.. Earl Matte son. who claims a. balance due nm z sI4gS6O as state apiarist. There IS ] the senate a bill appropriating some thing more than 5000 due Peder Ben son for the same services covering tn same period
 House bill 100. by Mir. kinne! amending the general libel law with
 nF ing provisions of the law. It add among the crimes of libel, that Of de flaming the character of persons DC longing to any religious sect reflec' ing upon their regulations for patrlo ism. The penalty for the violation the law is fixed at maximum me 5000, though the present law impose maximum fine of 5000 Tor oth' forms of criminal libel.
 House bill 101. by MT. Stewart, r' quiring that mines operating under U supervision of the state mine inspect' and working more than six men sha notify the Inspector of the beginnir or the suspension of operations in su' mines.
 The following bills were passed ( third reading:
 Passed on Third Reading
 House bill 65 validating the Mar eopa county s4000, 900 bond issue.
 House bill 55. changing the da when boards of supervisors shall pr ceed to the division of counties in supervisorial districts
 House bill Ss, for the suppression prostitution. passed by vote of fo 12 Some objection was raised tt because of the drastic character the proceedings which. if effectual enforced would put a stop to that c fense. It provides. among other thint for the admission of evidence whi has not hitherto been considered sufficiently convincing of the guilt ones so charged.
 Senate bill A, authorizing boards supe~visors to offer a bounty for t destruction of predatory animals. similar house bill had been defeat last Thursday under a misapprehe sion that under its terms the payne of the bounties was obligatory.
 House bill IS, increasing the pena for poisoning dogs, would have pass but at the last moment an error W asscovered in the engrossed copy a the measure was then re-referred.
 House bill 3s was called for tn reading. This is measure defini