Arizona republican., 1922-04-02

pose he suggested a committee con-
sisting of three members from the
house and three from the senate.
Without debate, the amendment was
carried.
There now remained only the state
highway department to be dealt with.
Uncertain as was the attitude of the
house, the friends Of the bill were
plainly disheartened.
Mr., Barry of Gila moved that
there be stricken from the bill para
graphs 6, and 8 of the section OF
the code creating the state highway
revolving fund which. he said he had
been informed, would prevent the
state engineer from carrying out
agreements with the department Of
agriculture and with the counties.
He asked the state engineer who was
present, IL that as the case. Mr..
Maddox replied that in his opinion
that would be the effect of the re-
strictions which the bill attempted
to place upon the highway depart
ment.
Agreements had been made with
the federal government which under
the bill the department would be un-
able to carry out, and certain agree
ments which he had entered into
with the county highway commission
of Maricopa county would be abro-
gated. Mr.. Barry's motion then went
to a vote and was carried.
Also Adopted
Mr.. Frazier renewed a motion he
had made at the beginning OF the
consideration of the bill on Friday for
the striking out of the word here
after" preceding the words author
lied by law" affecting contracts by
state agencies. The state engineer
had explained at the time that the
effect OF that word would be to re-
move the authorization which had
been given him by previous legisla-
tion to enter into agreements with
the government for the maintenance
of highways constructed under. CO.
operative agreement. That amend
ment, too. was adopted.
BY this time many OF the support
ers of the code in the form in which
it had COME from the senate had
ceased to take the trouble to vote, so
that when a little later Mrs. Bush
proposed to re-tnstate a statute that
had been repealed by the code and
to amend another so that money pre-
viously appropriated for bridges
might be turned into the fund for the
acquiring OF equipment from the war
department for the use of the state
highway department, her amendment
was adopted without a division.
Mr.. Jones had previously ques-
toned the advisability Of the state
loading itself with equipment because
it could be bought cheap. But the
state engineer explained the need and
advantage of it and the returns that
had come from the rental Of 1t to
the counties.
The last stroke was ths striking out
of the clause of the code limiting the
imprest fund OF the state highway
| department when it was explained by
! Mr.. Maddox that the retention Of
| that paragraph would frequently
leave the department in an embar-
RAISING position. This amendment
was also offered by MIR. Barry who
| had evidently been selected to lead
! the onslaught on the highway provl-
sions OF the code.
Twice Defeated
| At this point Speaker keefe SAID
| that inasmuch as influences had been
| brought to bear successfully against
the purpose for which the bin had
been framed, with the result that the
heart had been taken out OF it, he
would move for recommendations
| for the indefinite postponement of 1t
| The motion was declared to have
| been lost on q viva voce vote.
Later in the house when the mo-
ton to postpone indefinitely was of
fered, it was defeated on roll call
though Is of the former supporters
of the bill voted aye.
It was the opinion last night OF thC
friends of the code that there wa:
little hope for 1t. There was q pos
sibility, they said, that some of th'
house members had not been fun!
informed of the effect OF their actor
or had not been sufficiently informed
Of the nature OF the bill. They ex
pressed regret that the bill in it.
amended form had not been printed
There had been such a rearrange
ment of the printed bill, new section!
had been added and others had beer
stricken out, so that it had beel
difficult to follow. There was onl!
the faintest hope that something o
value might yet be salvaged.
In the brief routine session of tn
house in the morning there had beer
received a resolution of protest from
the American Legion at Tucson
against the financial code. especial,
with respect to the university provi
sions. There was also received tn
following invitation to the member
! of the house and the senate:
Gentlemen: The San Carlos as
sociation extends a most cordial invi
tation TO all the members of thi
honorable body TO attend the dedica
| ton exercises to be held at the Flor
| ence Diversion Dam on date to b
| selected later but which will be abou
May first. Come and help properl
to dedicate the entering wedge in tn
development of another great inlan
empire in Arizona. Watch the news
papers for the date and the program
Respectfully submitted
20. J. BAUGHN,
Chairman, San Carlos Committee