Arizona republican., 1921-01-26

board should be SeN-Sustaining. Mir. Curlee wanted to know how the exam iners were to determine the quaufica- tions of the auto mechanics. Few of them, he said. were graduates of schools teaching that trade and there fore, though they might be efficient mechanics, they could not be examined for technical knowledge of their qualifications. Mrs Bush suggested another difficulty; there were, for in- stance, Ford mechanics and Buick me- chanics; there. were also ignition ex- perts and other mechanic experts as to other ailments of autos.
 Mir. Curlee added that the operation or such law would so cut down the number of autoamechanics that the few who might be passed would show car owners little mercy. He moved the indefinite postponement of the bill, and that was accomplished by the house later.
 The same fate overlook MT. Jones's bill amending the law relating to the issuance of Worthless checks by strik- ing out of SEe present law the words "Wilfully, With intent to defraud." Ob- lection was raised that the destruction of intent would render the law in operative. To that Judge Phillips re- piled, that the proposed law would make the fraud consist of offering the check. The legislature, he said. could as well make that a crime as 1t could make the sale or giving of alcoholic liquor crime though 1t had not pre- viously been one. But the sentiment of the committee was against it and it was doomed to death which subse- quently was inflicted by the house.
 There were many other bills on the calendar, but as printed copies of them had not been received they went over.
 New Bills In House
 The following new bills were offered:
 House bill 5s, by Mir. Frazier. by re- quest, the Sunday observance measure
 House bill 5s, by Mir. Perry of Gila county. amending the law of marriage and divorce. It changes the law only by giving to clerks of courts authority to perform the marriage service and to exact from the contracting parties an oath as to their eligibility to marry.
 House bill 50, by MT. Pishon, amend ing the fence law, relating to dam ages by stock. It provides, among other things, that one whose property has been damaged by invading stock may call upon a justice of the peace who shall appoint board of three to assess the damage. That having been estab- lished. the claim of the injured person becomes lien upon tho stock.
 House bill 62, by MT. Barry of Cha amending the law relating to the an- nexation of additions to incorporated towns. It extends only to such towns the power that the existing law gives to cities.
 House bill 61, by Miss Boehringer. one of the predatory animal bills.
 House bill 6S, by Mir. Stewart. for the regulation of the practice of the veterinary art.
 By MT. Krebbs, house bill el, nnalxing a minor change of a word in the law relating to articles of incorporation.
 Rouse bill 65. by MT. Phillips, an act for the validation of the Maricopa county highway bond issue of May i7. 1919.
 The house adjourned to 10 o'clock this morning.
 Two Bills In Senate
 The senate held only a morning s.s- sion at which there were two bills in- troduced and other routine business transacted after which the senate went Into tho committee of the whole and at noon adjourned to 10 o'clock this morning.
 One of the bills. senate bill 4T was introduced by Mir. Burton by request It amends the law restricting some "hdl the power or the state Corporation commission over motor car transporta- ton. Under this act, the commission cannot give exclusive franchise to an individual or firm over any state high way. This is an echo of the contro versy which has been going on in the courts between the commission and the Jerome Union Stage line over tho right Of the stage company to operate its vehicles over the new Prescott Jerome highw, y.
 Senate bill 4S, by MT. Scott, making an appropriation of s75.OOO for the grading, repair and maintenance of a highway from Holbrook to the eastern line of Apache county near the town of Lupton in Apache county. This road follows the line of the Santa Fe and has the endorsement of the chambers of commerce of Gallup. Albuqueroue and Los Angeles.