Arizona republican., 1921-02-26
5-CENT TAX LEVY lS RE AIMED IN
 OMN|BUS' BILL
After Heated Controversy ' Tn 1T Senate Opponents Fail To Strike Out Stoddard
 Amendment-Many New
 Bills

'ne continuing tax levy for the state roau rund to cents on each $100; or rather, establishing such levy and repeating the act creating the contin- nlng fund raised by a 10-cent levy.
 The bill was reported back to the senate in the afternoon from the com nilttec on style, revision and compila- uon and was called up in the order of second reading. In the course of the reading Dr. Sims offered an amend ment to strike out the clause permit ting the transfer of funds from one project to another to match federal ald. the money from the project from which 1t was borrowed to be returned when federal aid funds should be re- ceived
 The advocates of the bill conteuded that the object of. the clause was not understood and that the absence of it would handicap almost fatally the work of the state engineer. The mo- ton to strike was defeated by vote Of II to '. but little later Mir. Wood ward of Gila. who had voted against the motion. stated that he had not un- uerstood the effect of it and desired to reconsider the vote by which the mo- tion had been defeated in order that he might be placed right in the record. The same end was reached in am other way an another motion by MT. Woodward to strike out the clause.
  q Test of Strength Come But 1t developed that so far there had not been a true test of strength. That came on motion to strike out The Stoddard amendment. The prin- cipa1 argument in favor of the motion was made by Mir. Eddy, who attacked the constitutionality of the amend ment in that it included two appropri- ations in the same bill: that is, the sum of S1,0500 900, appropriated for the various projects, and the sum that would be raised by a 5-cent levy Mir. Eddy read California decision in support of his position. Mir. Saunders said that he had consulted attorneys and they had told bim that the in clusion of the 5-cent levy clause did not constltute~an appropriation within the meaning of the constitution. MT. Elliott took the same view. He said that almost any law the legislature --anight enact was subject to attack: Legislators should not usurp the func- lions of the supreme court. but should content themselves with the passage of laws that seemed wise to them.
 The motion to strike out the Stod- dard amendment was defeated by the following vote;
 Ayes--claypool, Eddy, Larson and
 Nays--CulI. Curtin. Elliott. Goodeu Hedrick. MacMillan. Morgan. Saun- ders. Schleimer. Scott, Sims, Stoddard Woodward and the president-14.
 Following this vote, the bill was sent to the enrolling and expressing com mittee.
 Signs of Storm
 Notwithstanding the floating of the white flag from it's staff on the federal building. the senate session opened yesterday morning with signs of al storm. The notes of the chaplain's prayer had hardly died away when MT Sims inquired concerning the status of senate bill 126. That is Dill introduced the day before at the request of the governor. providing for the funding of outstanding warrants by the issuance of tax anticipating bonds. After its first reading the bill had been sent to the committee on enrolled and engrossed bills There was no dissent at the time. Mir Sims assumed that from its new position it would take the regular course and be returned from the committee to the order of third reading.
 President Wilkinson explained that the reason the bill had been sent to this committee was that the usual committee was overwhelmed with work. He said there was no purpose 10 hurry the bill through.
 MT. Sims said that he desired to amend the bill and that if an attempt should be made to railroad the bin, somsthing would be started. The president replied that the language of the senator from Cochise was not war ranted and he again stated that it was not understood that the bill should take short cut. Mir Sims professed to be satisfied with the explanation and assurance. |
 New Bills ir, Senate
 Several new bills were introduced in the senate in the course of the day. one of them offered by the committee on county and county affairs. being a county seat removal bill. amending fhe present law which makes the removal of county seats an almost impossible task On the face of it. this seems 10 be Cochise county seat removal bill. It provides for the calling of an election only one in IF years, on the subject of county seat removal On petition signed by , per cent of the voters, the name of any town incor- porated or unincorporated may be put upon the ballot. In case 40 per cent of the voters voting at such an cleo ton declare against removal that is the end of the matter But if 60 per cent of the voters designate any town. that shall be the county seat
 The governing body of any town Ivhose name shall go on the ballot Saust designate one or more sites fo,. "a courthouse and the prices of then. The board of supervisors shall select the site in the town which has been chosen.
 In preliminary clause to the emer- rency clause reference is made to in accessible" county seats. whereby if iStsupposed that Tombstone is meant. The fact that an unincorporated town may enter the lists suggests that the town of Warren was had in mind by the framers of the bill as possible county seat.
 Other New Bills
 Other new bills were:
 senate bill 143, by Mir. Lines, amend ing the law relating 10 certified ac- countants.
 Senate bill 142, by Mir. MacMillin amending the law relative 10 the in vestment of funds derived from the
 Ie and leasing of state lands.
 Sonate Joint Resolution No. 4. by .he counittee on roads. urging the cn .,ctment of the Sells bill for the con tiruation of federal aid and express t1s, annreciation of the work of Rep -eSentative Hayden in securing the ,ossape of the bill in the house anc t,,-e,int5 action by Senators smith ano tsL,,rs+ In the senate.
 Serate Joint Memorial No. T. by the
 ,5 roads committee. urging the ere -tio1 of a method of financing a toao
 ,teyo for Indian reservations 10 con EaHANitA .fc~f.rraNE