Arizona republican., 1922-03-19
PAVING BILL.
NEEDS ONLY.
GOVERNOR S.
ACCEPTANCE.
House Adopts Measure as
Amended by Senate; No
Radical Changes Made;
Vote Is Unanimous One.

House Bill No 2. the Kimball bill,
an amendment to the Improvement
Act Of 1912, to promote competition in
bidding on street paving, is awaiting
the signature of the governor. The
bill, which has been amended in the
senate so slightly as not to interfere
with the purpose Of it. was returned
to the house yesterday morning. The
motion to concur in the senate amend
ment was offered by Mr.. r.Kimball and
was adopted by the vote Of all the
members present.
Mr.. Kimball explained the.amend-
ments. the most important of which
was the striking out of Section A,
a validating clause, which he said
had been inserted for the purpose of
validating certain proceedings which
had been taken in paving project
in Tucson under the existing law.
That clause, he said, would save to
the people OF a paving district there
about 5000, but the elimination OF 1t
would in no way interfere with the
purpose of the proposed legislation.
No new bills were introduced into
either house and it is probable that
no more will be presented. A solu-
ton was offered in the senate to the
effect that it was the sense of that
body that no bills should be offered.
That, of course, would not be binding
upon any member of either house,
but it is quite certain that no new
bill would be given any considera-
ton.
Session May End
There is now a prospect that the
special session will end with the
present week. The senate has had
the financial code under considera-
tion for parts of three days and has
spent some time on it in the COM
mittee of the whole yesterday morn
ing. Several amendments OF clar-
flying character were offered by MIR.
Elliott, in charge of the bill. and was
said yesterday that it was possible
that the senate committee would dis
pose Of it tomorrow or the day fol-
lowing.
The house has taken no action on
it and an arrangement is said to have
been made under which the house
will not consider it until the senate
has agreed upon it. when Mr.. Elliott
will be invited to present it to the
whole committee of the house. 1t
has been given out, though unoffi-
cially, that the arrangement is so far
reaching as to include a majority sup
port of it in the form in which 1t
shall then appear.
The senate passed the banking code
after several amendments had been
made considerably altering the orig
inal structure. Substitute Senate Bill
No. % and Senate Bin No. 81 breathed
their last in the senate yesterday
the former being defeated and the
latter failing of an attempt to recon
slider the vote by which it had been
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proposed amendment to the consti>
tuition permitting the state under GER
tain restrictions to guaranty the
bonds Of irrigating districts, and NO.
% was a proposed statute to carry
the amendment into effect.
Through misunderstanding 1t was
stated that the bill for the relief of
Roy n. Davidson and John b. Ryan,
appropriating something more than
81, 800 to recoup them for expend-
itures under the legislation creating
workmen's compensation commits
sion had been defeated in the house
Friday after it had been passed by
the senate.
The house had merely failed to
muster sufficient affirmative votes
to carry the emergency clause, but
that was taken off and the bill was
passed
Highway Commission Act
The house yesterday agreed to the
bin amending the county highway
commission act. AS agreed to. the
bill carries out the purpose intended.
1t was amended but still provides for
a. commission OF three members in
stead of five and is said now to be
applicable only to the counties OF
Maricopa and Yavapai where the pro-
ceeds OF highway bond issues are to
be expended.
In the senate memorial was In
troduced and adopted, directed to the
President and congress, urging the
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