Arizona republican., 1922-03-15
Financial Code VIII
SoUe State Large Sum
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eral appropriation bill was brought
into the senate and similarly disposed
of under a suspension OF the rules.
1t carries $4144,793 against almost
$5,000.000 of the bill for the regular
session covering the period now COW
cred by the present bill.
The senate session in the after
noon was almost stormy during the
consideration of the banking code
which the previous day had been
loaded with all OF the amendments
which it was thought it could stand
But hardly had 1t been taken uI
again when other amendments be-
gan to be offered. One that had
been made the day before removing
from the superintendent of banks
the discretion of deciding when to
admit other banks was repealed and
that power was restored. Five min
utes later it was taken away again.
Then other features OF II were at
tackled, always with the same de
gree of success.
Finally the patience of Mr.. Bur-
ton. the sponsor of the bill. was
worn to a frazZle. and he arose and
declared "It is a dirty outrage. Here
is a bill which has been prepared by
the leading bankers of the state,
assisted by the state bank exam
iner. We who know nothing about
it have been amending it without
knowing what we are about until we
have probably destroyed it," Again
Mr.. Bourton repeated: ut is dirty
outrage He added that the word
of members could not be taken and
he continued, "This goes for the
president as we'll" He said that sew
eral of the members had promised
to support the bill and had then
Joined in the slaughter of it.
President wilkinson said that he
would not at that time make re-
ply, but he believed that the gem
tleman from Yavapai in a calmer
moment would regret the sweeping
charge he had made. Later in the
session the president expressed him
self more feelingly
Mr.. Larson's vehicle bill in the
course Of the day suffered much the
same fate as that Of the banking
code.
Several new bills were introduced
in the senate in the morning ses-
sion:
Senate Bill No. As. by Mr. Scott,
for the creation OF irrigation dis
tricts within reclamation projects.
Senate Bill No. 46, by Mr.. Clay
pool, for the abolition OF county
highway commissions.
Senate Bill No. AZ. by Mr.. Curtin,
for the amendment OF livestock
Senate Bill No. 4s. by Mr.. Clay
pool. appropriating $4,000 for the re-
lief of Bridget Murphy, whose hus-
band was killed while employed on
the Miami Superior highway.
Senate Bill No. 4S by Mr.. Burton,
for the abolition OF the tax COM
Senate Bill No. so: another meas
ure for the abolition of the county
highway commissions, and
Senate Bill No. 81. by Mrs. Burton.
proposing amendment to the con-
stitution to wipe out the state cor
poration commission. All OF these
bills under suspensions OF the rules
were Immediately referred.
In the morning session, Senate Bill
No. 81. to repeal old Senate Bill No.
So Of the regular session was passed.
The place of Senate Bill No. So.
which proposed an amendment to the
constitution to enable the state TO
bond itself to the limit of per cent
OF its taxable valuation for making
public improvements has been taken
by Senate Bill No. IA OF the present
session which is now in the hands
of the secretary Of state, to be placed
upon the ballot for submission to
the people.
There was a reconsideration OF the
vote by which Mr.. Stoddard's bill
No. 3S, providing for the submission
of these constitutional amendments
to the people at the primary election,
had failed of securing the necessary
two thirds majority the day before.
This time 1t went through by vote
Of IA to 5.
Two more bills were introduced
into the senate in the afternoon:
Senate Bill No. SO, authorizing the
school boards to contract for street
paving adjacent to school property
Senate Bill No. SO. by Mr.. Lines,
making appropriation for the widow
Of Walter Layton, an employe of the
Industrial school. killed some months
ago by an inmate OF the institution.
A similar bill had been brought
in by Mr.. Lines earlier but was with
drawn when the judiciary commit
tee was of the opinion that it did
not come within the call Of the gov
ernor.
Among the measures considered in
the committee OF the whole in the
afternoon was the county classifi-
cation bill in which the salaries OF