The Coconino sun., 1927-05-06

Legislature ShoWe that the net reSuls
were the overriding of the governors
veto on five measures passed at the
regular session, the sustaining of his
veto of six bills, and the passage of
thirteen bills that were either new OF
were selected from measures that
failed to pass both houses in the
regular session.
Sustained Vetoes
The bills on which the governor s
veto was sustained follow: House
bill 122, the proposed game code;
Senate bill 81, diminishing the time
required for advertising bonds of
irrigation districts, and providing for
their sale privately;; House bill 1877;
bill $50, abolishing the Huachuca
state game refuge; House bill 70,
the "snooper" bill, appropriating $780,
600 for a legislature examiner of
state offices and departments; House
bill 129, abolishing continuing ap-
preparation to match federal aid for
the office of superintendent of voca-
tional education.
Failure of the Legislature to over
ride the veto of the governor on the
foregoing bills prevented any of them
from becoming laws.
VetOes Overridden
The Legislature vetoed to override
the executive veto on the following:
House bill so, establishing colony
for mentally defective children on
the grounds of the State Teachers
college at Tempe; House bill 80,
authorizing the organization of coun-
ty mutual fire insurance companies,
the farmers insurance bill"; House
bill rs, abolishing the office of State
registrar of motor vehicles, adnninis--
tered by the secretary of state;
House bill Ill, appropriating approx
mately $4,000 for relief of Smart
Gore & Co.; House bill IS, amending
the landlords lien bill to provide for
the termination of leases on the death
or bankruptcy of the lessor.
By overriding the veto of the gov
ernor, all the foregoing became laws.
It is being freely predicted that
the referendum will be invoked
namely the childen's colony bill, the
motor vehicle registration bill, and
the relief bill for Smart, Gore & Co.
Citizens of Tempe, particularly, are
reported to object to the location of
the school for mental detectives on
the grounds of the Teachers College.
Friends of Secretary Of State James
H. Kerby are recommending a ref
erendum on the bill abolishing the
motor vehicle registration office,
which they regard as political
measure.
The New Bills
OF the several new bills, it was
not indicated that. the governor would
veto any of them. New legislation
placed on the governors desk as a
result of the recessed session included
House bill 1873, appropriating $4,000
for the relief of Mrs. Rose Bush,
whose daughter was taken i'll at
Tempe Teachers college IN April,
1926, and who died in the Mesa
hospital shortly afterward.
This measure was voted on un-
favorably in committe of the whole
of the Senate, but was passed when
it came to the final reading.
House bill Is appropriates $4,56O to
pay the personnel of the National
Guard of Arizona for 1926.
New Water Code
Senate bill SO amends the water
code to provide that "no permit shall
be granted to any applicant to build
or construct any dam for the genera
ton of hydroelectric energy or power
on any of the streams within the
state of Arizona where hydroelectrlc
power proposed to be generated is In
excess of $4,000 horsepower, without
the consent by an act of the Legis-
lature of the state of Arizona"
The measure is intended as fur
ther protection of the interests of
Arizona in the Colorado River. Under
the former status the state water
commissioner had practically unlimited
power in the granting of applications
for hydroelectric plants. In fact, the
law made it mandatory upon him to
issue licenses where the applicant
had complied with the statutes.
House bill 191 changes the law
governing the issuance of bonds OF
special improvement districts where
street beterments are contemplated.
It is designed to permit of the paving
of sections of Van Buren street, IN
Phoenix, with particular reference
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postoffice and the Water Users AS
sociation buildings front, against
which property no assessments for
paving can be levied by law.
Sheep Taxes
House bill 81 is a drastic measure
providing for the collection of per-
sonal taxes. 1t is aimed particularly
at placing power in the hands of
county authorities for the collection
of taxes on bands of migratory sheep.
Many thousands of sheep from Utah
are pastured in this state during the
summer months when taxes are
levied, but are withdrawn before the
usual time for payment of taxes ar
rives.
The bill gives county assessors
authority to collect personal taxes
imnediately after the property is
assessed in cases where the owner
does not possess real property in the
county of value equal to the amount