Arizona republican., 1922-04-09
HOUSE ENDS
THREE DAYS
READING Of
BILL
Will Be Finally Passed To-
morrow And Go To The
Senate - Amendments
Add 100000 To Bill
New Measure Aimed AT
Ku KIux Klan

The lower house of the legislature
yesterday finished the reading of the
general appropriation bill in the COM
nlittee of the whole and, as amended,
it was reported to the house for pas
sage and was sent to the committee
on enrolled and engrossed bills. It
will be passed tomorrow morning and
sent to the senate.
1t is by no means finished prod
uct, nor can it any longer be classed
as raw material. The house made
many changes in the original bill,
many of them to leave it in con-
formity to the financial code, for at
the time the bill was prepared the
code had not yet been put into its
final shape and, moreover. it was not
quite certain that there would be a
code.
The bill as it came from the joint
appropriations committee of the two
houses showed a considerable re-
duction below the budget, but the
amendments made in the house in
creasing it's figures are supposed to
have added about 100000 to it. That
it is not expected that the bill viii
pass the senate in it's present form
is indicated by the light and almost
irreverent manner in which certain
changes were made. For instance,
all references to the military depart
ment were stricken out yesterday
afternoon.
That was done at the instance of
Mr.. Wylie of Cochise. as he said, to
make it conform to the spirit of the
times and to let the world know that
the limitation OF armament conf2r-
ence was not the only body on earth
that could take a forward step in the
interest of peace.
Some Sharp Debate
There were several sharp differ
ences OF opinion in the committee at
various points; one in particular
arose during the consideration of the
subdivision relating TO the state fair
OF the appropriation for this insti-
tuition made in the appropriation bill
of the regular session. there was none
used except for the care of the
grounds, the unexpended balance
having been turned back into the gem
eral fund. The pending bill made ap-
preparation only for the salary Of
the custodian, $500, and for repairs,
$4,000.
Speaker Keefe took the lead in
making provision for the holding Of
a fair next fall. He said that in pres
ent conditions he would not favor the
appropriation of an extrayagant sum,
but he believed that a fair ought to
be held. Therefore he moved a direct
appropriation of $4,000 and the turn
ing over to the fair of one-half of
the gate receipts which. based on the
receipts of previous fairs, are esti-
mated at $4,000.
II curiously happened that the chief
opposition 10 the fair came. from
some of the representatives from this
county, but that served TO estop the
usual accusation that the state fair
is a Maricopa county institution.
AS the subdivision relating to the
state highway department was
amended, there is made available the
fund raised by the levy of ne-half
mill which it is estimated will be
$3S7, 500; estimate of the income from
the gasoline tax, $175.000: from the
motor vehicle tax, $200,000; from
federal aid, 1852. 500; from miscellan-
eous sources, 100000 The estimated
amount of the gross requirements is
$1,725,000 The only cash appropria-
tion made in the bin as it came from
the committee was for the salary OF
the state engineer. $4,000, and for his
travelling allowance, $2500.
Only One Change
The only change affecting the
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