The Coconino sun., 1923-03-16
ARIZONA STATESMEN
CLOSE SESSION AT
MIDNIGHT SATURDAY

With a rising vote of thanks to the
speaker of the house, the clerks, at
taches, secretaries and others who had
given their services during the session,
the members of the lower branch of
the sixth Arizona legislature at five
minutes after IL o'clock Saturday
night brought the session to a close.
Four minutes later the senate, having
followed the same procedure, ended its
session and representatives and SEN
ators were ready to return to their
homes.
Not much action was taken in eth
er house during the morning session,
but during the afternoon and until the
time of closing, in the senate in par
ticular, there was plenty of action and
the general appropriations bill the
highway bill, the tax levy bill and a
number of others of less Importance
were passed.
When the smoke of the last few
hours of the session had cleared and
final action had been taken on the
measures of Importance that were left
for the last moment consideration, it
was found that three-cent tax had
been levied on each gallon of gasoline
purchase, while the house had cut in
half the proposed additional levy sane
toned by the senate for a one-mill
per passenger seat per mile tax on
stage lines and a four-mill per ton
capacity per mile tax on trucks. The
state fair appropriation had been al
lowed to stand at $115,240 for the BIZ
ennium, but the appropriation for the
hIn-<f Inss AnsSyr %-AN Co.. L.
in the shuttle and only 81 900 for each
county for the purpose of holding a
fair had been provided for.
The Flagstaff Normal school was
left with $214,000 and the Tempe Nor
NAL with 1891, 900. This was a cut
of about $4,000, mostly the item of
salaries.
The senate won in the appropriation |
for the office of state water commits
sioner, $4,000, all that had been ask
ed for.
The conferees had agreed upon an !
appropriation of 81, 200 for the agri-
cultural and horticultural commission |
which had been marked for mutilation
in the senate bill, though that was less
than had been asked for. The house /
accepted the senate's provision of
$4,000 for the child welfare board,
and the senate views with respect to
the needs of the livestock sanitary
board prevailed.
After recess, called early in the af-
ternoon, the senate reconvened at 8
O'Clock Saturday night and listened to
the third reading of the general ap-
preparation measure, lasting for an
hour. and half, and the work of the
members of the session was about
concluded.
In the time the members of the
house awaited the engrossing of the
highway bill, which is expected to
raise an amount of approximately ST.
100000 to be used as an emergency
fund to meet the cost of special con-
struction projects, several bills that
had been brought over from the SEN
ate were passed. Among them were
the Flagstaff park bill, the weekly
pay day bill, referred measure and
the bill for the relief of the game
warden.
The house also passed, as last min
ute measures, a relief bill for Fred
and Mary Patten in the sum of $40O;
q relief bill for C. A. Archibald in
The sum of $500; senate bill No. 158,
Known as the tax levy bill, and house
resolution No. Is, recommending fur
5her investigation of the Lyman dam
question.
A resolution by Mrs. Bush of Yu-
ma, expressing appreciation of mem
5ers of the legislature to the press of
he state for the fair and impartial
treatment, passed unanimously. +
AS the closing minutes of the ses-
sion approached, Mrs. Bush rose in
orief address and expressed the ap-
of the women members of
he house for the indulgence of their
male colleagues during the session.