Tombstone epitaph., 1922-04-02
FOR AMENDMENTS
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eLeCItoN OAV oeCOMGS LAW
 PHOENIX, March Ex-Governor Campbell today signed senate bill ss. providing for a special election at the time Of the next state primary for the purpose of voting on the pro- posed amendments to the Arizona constitution.
 Developments in the legislature to- day were
 Second reading of the financial code. requiring nearly all day and part of the night.
 Introduction in the senate of bill requiring persons or corporations using the public highways for profit to pay dividend equal to 20 per cent of their total receipts, the money thus derived to be turned into the state treasury
 Passage of house bill II. providing cdrrent and contingent expenses of the legislative session for l5 more days.
 Consideration by the house of the banking code.
 Highway Tax Proposed
 In the highway tax bill. introduced by Senators Wilkinson and Elliott. is a provision requiring companies using the highways to pay monthly to the state treasurer 20 per cent of their gross receipts. Revenue from this source would be divided between the state and the counties. the state en- gineer to determine the distance the lines run over state highways and the distance over county highways. The tax will be divided on that ratio. Penalties are provided for violations Of the bills provisions.
 When the financial code was taken up in the senate for second reading, several amendments were presented by Senator Elliott. in charge of the bill. These amendments all related to clauses of the code affecting the public school fund, the University of Arizona appropriation and the state highway department and are designed to meet objections offered by those affected and at the same time to pre- serve the structure of the code.
 The State Teachers associations legislative committee had demanded that the code contain continuing appropriation of not less than s25 per capita for the state. school fund. Mir. Elilott's amendment does not con tain the appropriation. bu. authori- zes the legislature to make such all annual appropriation
 Another amendment makes similar provision for the annual levy for tne support of the university.
 Senator Elliott later presented amendments to paragraphs Jf the code relating to the state highway department. He said they were pre- pared after a conference with State Engineer Maddock and were intended to overcome criticism which the state engineer had offered 10 the bill Sec tions concerning new construction amended.
 Senator Lines moved reconsider a;ion of the vote on house bill 10, re- pealing an act creating the office of immigration commissioner. His mo- tion was defeated by a party vote.
 House bill T, substitute for house bill 2. the Kimball amendment. was introduced in the house and passed under suspension of the rules. It was sent to the senate, where it was advanced to second reading. but later was sent to the committee on state, county and city affairs with the un- derstanding that it would be report ed tomorrow.
 The senate agreed to Senator Scott's bill to amend the corpora tion laws to exempt from it's require ments corporations formed under the war finance corporation act
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