Arizona republican., 1922-04-07
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AGREED
upon AND GO
To GOVERNOR
Senate And House Concur
In Amendment OF Other
House Committee Acts
Favorably On The Bill
To Protect Depositors

Both the financial code and Substi-
tute House Bill As were advanced to
the governor yesterday afternoon by
the concurrence of the senate in the
house amendments to the former and
the acceptance by the house of the
changes the senate had made in the
latter bill. Senate Bill rs was also
made ready for the governor by the
adoption by the senate of a confer
ence report in which the senate con-
ferees yielded.
There was a muddle in the senate
in the afternoon when the financial
code was returned The house
amendments had been engrossed in
the house and inserted in the loose
leaf' bill. Only three votes, those of
Mr.. Claypool, Mr. Hedrick and Mr..
Larson, were offered against concur
renee. Then the question arose
whether another roll call was neces-
sary or whether there would be a
third reading. A solution was final
ly reached by detaching the leaves
containing the house amendments
which had been engrossed. A roll
call was had on them and the bill was
thus passed.
There was some doubt in the house
as to the fate of Substitute House
Bill 4S. A vote had been taken on
concurrence in the senate amend
ments, and a majority vote was cast
for concurrence. The speaker had
ruled that a majority was sufficient.
Later he reversed that ruling and an
nounced that inasmuch as the bill
carried the emergency clause, there
must be a two-thirds vote for con-
currence. Another vote was ordered.
House Concurs
It seemed rather evident at that
time that the necessary two-thirds
could not be secured and at the sug-
gestion of Mr.. Kimball, the matter
was allowed to go over to the after
noon so that members could have
opportunity to study the bill in its
amended form.
When that order was reached later,
Mr.. Jones, who had opposed concur
renee and who in the morning had
moved that the house do not concur,
though he afterward withdrew the
motion, said that he was not quite
satisfied with the bill. but he had
become convinced that there was so
much good in it that he believed it
should be accepted with whatever
faults it might have. Therefore, he
moved that the house concur. The
10OI1OIl
Messrs. Frazier. M'Grath and Wylie
voting in the negative.
A typographical error had been dis
covered in the bill by this time. 1t
had been in the original bin and an
effort had been made in the senate
to correct it. In that effort another
was made. The house was powerless
at the stage reached yesterday and
the bill was sent to the senate with
a suggestion for correction. But the
senate was as poweriess, and in that
form the bill went to the governor,
The error is said by attorneys,
though, to be nom essential.
An error of some moment was
found in the inheritance tax bill af-
ter its transmission to the governor
who yesterday brought it to the at
tention of the senate with a sugges-
tion for the remedy in the following
communication:
Governors Communication
'eThere has been brought to my at
tention by the attorney general the
fact that the new inheritance tax
law, senate bill No. s, contains a
special repeating clause by reason
whereof all inheritance taxes which
shall have accrued under the exist
ing inheritance tax law will lapse
when the new law goes into effect.
''Inasmuch as this bill has already
received my approval and been filed
with the secretary of state, would
respectfully lay this matter before
you in order that through legislative
action you may proceed to remedy
this situation. which, should it remain
uncorrected, might entail a very
heavy loss to the state. In my opin-
| ion this defect may be corrected
/ through enactment of law continu-
| ing in full force and effect the in
heritance tax lien which vested inder
/ the old law, same TO be in force until
all taxes accrued under the old law
! shall have been paid.
/ "a draft of proposed legislation to
remedy this situation and to protect
| the state against loss, has at my re-
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