Arizona republican., 1922-02-26
| LEGISLATORS
JOIN SCOUTS,
MEET CAMERA
AND ADJOURN
Twenty-One Bills Intro
duced In Lower House
Before Members Sworn
In AS Tenderfoot Scouts

Both houses Of the legislature met
yesterday partly for the purpose OF
taking a good start toward adjourn
ment to tomorrow morning and part
" to have the pictures of the mem
bers took in the act OF emerging
from the chrysalis or grub state OF
legislator TO the butterfly existence
Of a Boy Scout.
And while in session the house took
occasion to introduce 21 new bills
most of them OF a repeating or
amcndatory character Many offices
are proposed to be wiped out by these
bills and in others appropriations are
shorn away.
All Of these bills except two were
introduced by Republican members
Of the house "by request" and there
fore it is assumed that for the most
part they are intended only to clear
the decks for the program Of the gov
ernor in the business OF bringing
about economic reforms.
But two bills by Mr.. Wylie OF Pima
county have a palmer purpose. One
OF them would repeal the act creating
the Arizona resources board and the
other would eliminate the office OF
state water commissioner.
One lot of four bills brought in by
Mr.. Udall Of Apache county proposes
the abolition OF the act creating the
child welfare board; another increas-
es the authority or the governor in
perfecting the budget system: an
other amends the statutes with refer
ence to the preparation and printing
of official reports and the fourth
wipes out an ancient statute author
izing the state TO advance a sum or
money not exceeding $4,000 TO
counties for the purpose of construct
ing one or more bridges.
Pishon Has Four Bills
Four bills were introduced by Mr..
Pishon. One OF them repeals the four
sections Of the revised statutes re-
lating TO continuing appropriations
for the office of the attorney gen
eral; another repeals the continuing
appropriations for the employment or
a secretary, one or more clerks and
other attaches in the office OF the
state tax commission. It also rcpeale
the last section OF Chapter ] under
| the title permitting annual appropri-
ations for the commission Another
bill amends the present law providing
for the education Of the deaf, dumb
and blind, and still another the stat
ute relating to fees for filing papers.
WI AidN utS Ol I-lIld lllrOUucCQ
four bills the first repeating the con-
tiuing appropriation for carrying out
provisions OF the pure food section:
another repeating the act creating
free employment offices: another the
state normal and high school cadet
! legislation and still another, the act
enabling the state TO cooperate with
the bureau of animal industry or the
department Of agriculture in COM
batting tuberculosis in cattle.
Likewise four bills were brought In
by Mr.. Schupp. two or them relating
10 the employment OF necessary en-
ployes by the corporation commits
sion; one repeating the act. permit
ting cooperation with the govern
ment in vocational rehabilitation and
another repeating the act creating
the office OF immigration commits.
sioner. There was already bill for
that purpose.
Cave Creek Control Fund
A bin by Mr.. Rickerson amends tNa
law governing the state fair but
makes no financial provision for the
fair. But it appears TO be the idea
to leave that and provision for all
other institutions and offices to the
legislature in the making up OF the
general appropriation bill.
Mr. Baxter OF this county intro
duced a bill authorizing the board
of supervisors OF Maricopa county
to transfer $125,000 from the county
highway fund To the Cave Creek con-
troll fund, the former fund TO be re-
imbursed from the collection OF
taxes next year.
The only other business OF the
house, aside from routine. was TO re-
ceive Senate Bill 4. the Eddy bill re-
lating to the payment OF irrigation
| district taxes. 1t was given its first
reading
There was even less business in
the senate. Beside the reference OF
Senate Bill 6. relating to the consoli-
dation of irrigation and drainage
districts to the committee on style,
revision and compilation two bills
were introduced. One by Mr.. Elliott
looks to the making OF members OF
boards of supervisors elective at tie
same time instead of two one year
and one the succeeding year as at
present
Another bill by the committee on
appropriations and finance relating
to co operation with the federal gov
ernment in agricultural extension
work provides that any county may
spend dollar for dollar with the UNI
versity 10 an amount not exceeding
$4,000 for any one county in a year.
Both houses adjourned a little after
one o'clock and went out 10 t'c lawn
in front OF the capitol building to lie
sworn in as tenderfoot boy scouts.
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