Arizona republican., 1922-03-17
INHERITANCE
TAX BILL IS
By.
LEGISLATURE
Uneventful Sessions Are
Order of Day Following
Hoover's Address; Three
Bills In House.

Never before has such crowd been
drawn to the capitol building as that
which assembled yesterday to hear
the address of Secretary of Commerce
Herbert c. Hoover before the legisla-
tur in joint session. Though the
speaking had been announced for 10
o'clock, the house gallery began to
fill before o'clock and half hour
before the distinguished guest accom-
panied by Governor Campbell, enter
ed, the space was we'll occupied At
10 o'clock the gallery and the floor
were jamned. Scores stood in the
dreds unable to come within range
OF the speakers voice left the build
ing.
The house held short business
session before the joint session in
which three new bills were intro
duced. one by Mrs. Bush creating a
fund for paying the cost Of transpor-
ing to Arizona the states pro-rata
of road making equipment which the
war department has offered TO dis
tribute among the states.
Another bill for the regulation OF
motor vehicles, making five which
have made their appearance in both
houses, without final action or near
final action having been taken upon
any OF them, though Larsons senate
bill approached the order of thru
reading in the senate yesterday.
"A bill by Judge Phillips would au-
thorize the creation by towns and cit
les OF a revolving fund in order that
the making of public improvements
might be put upon a cash basis. 1t Is
proposed to accomplish this by an
issue of improvement bonds, the pro-
'ceeds of which shall be used TO take
up bonds for Improvement issued
against property and which bonds
have heretofore been sold at a dis
count, a result of which has been an
increased cost Of the improvement.
Prompt Action.
Prompt, even precipitate action.
was taken by the house on Senate
Joint Resolution No. which had been
introduced late the afternoon before
after the departure of the reporters
and which was hurried through by
suspension OF the rules. most of the
members not having grasped the inn
port of ii. The resolution has a bear
ing upon the questions which nave
brought the Colorado river commits
sion to Phoenix. The resolution re-
cites that all the dam sites of the
river lie within or half within the
state of Arizona and that Arizona is
in effect the owner of the river and
entitled to the benefits derived from
it. Therefore, the resolution urges
the representatives of Arizona to de-
mand the greatest possible share of
the benefits which the time comes
for the distribution Of them.
The resolution is understood to
have been of partisan origin and to
have been intended to be a criticism
of Water Commissioner Norviel and
Governor Campbell, though that was
not the understanding of the Repub-
lican members or all OF the Demo-
cratic members of either house at the
time of the vote.
Soon after the dissolution OF the
Joint session the house took an ad-
iournment for the day that the mem
bers might attend the meeting of the
Colorado River Commission.
The most important event OF the
senate session was the passage of the
Larson inheritance tax bill by vote
of 10 to Q. The bill had been held up
at various stages for amendment but
the most important amendment pro-
posed was not made. 1t concerned
the "joint tenacy" clause OF the bill
which was believed to be in conflict
with the community property rights
statute of the state. The various dis
cussions OF clause had been marked
by a good deal of bitterness, which
was not entirely lacking of manifesto
tion during the progress of the roll
call.
The vote was:
Aye-Claypool, Curtin. Goodell,
Larson. Morgan, Saunders. Scott,
Stoddard, Woodward, the president
10.
Nays-Burton, Gull, Eddy, Elliott,
Hedrick, Lines, Macmillan. Schleimer,
Sims-9.
Three Senate Bills.
Three bills were reported out by the
senate committee on style. revision
and compilation. They were the Lar
son motor vehicle bill, the county
classification bill and House Bill 2.
the Kimbal bill, for the amendment
of the Improvement Act. All of them
were read the second time and placed
under the order of third reading to-
day. An effort was made to secure a
suspension Of the rules but it failed
as to the motor vehicle bill and then
the attempt was abandoned.
Among the amendments which had
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