The Coconino sun., 1927-02-11

called sort of love feast was held
in which the governor and Senator
Winsor agreed to forget past differ
ences and to cooperate from hence
forth and fOrevermore in working out
solution of the river problems.
AS to the naming of a commission,
the governor let it be clearly under
stood that he was willing to allow the
Legislature one-half the responsible
ity. But the senate leaders, it APP
pears, were not content with the fifty
fifty arrangement. The bill provid-
ing for the commission was drafted in
the senate to allow the senate to
choose third of the membership, the
house third and the governor a
third.
If the bill goes to the governor in
that form, it will be promptly vetoed.
The governor has said that much,
himself. Cooperation in the mind of
the governor means 5000, nothing
else.
There will be an extra session of
the legislature next October to revise
the code. Two years ago, under bill
passed by the seventh legislature,
Judge Fred G. Struckmeyer of Phoe-
nix was appointed by Governor Hunt
as code commissioner, with instruc-
tions to go over all Arizona laws, as
semble them, and bring them down to
date in compact form. Judge Struck
meyer has been working for two
years on this gigantic task but it isn't
done yet, or it isn't done to the salts
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Early in session a joint committee
was named to outline plan of pro-
cedure. They looked over the work
of Judge Struckmeyer and decided it
needed fixing. To this end they
recommend the appointment of an en-
tirely new code commission of six
members, three to be named by the
president of the senate from the SEN
ate and three to be named by the
speaker of the house from the house
membership.
These commissioners, they recon-
mend, are to spend the next six
months in conference with code ex-
pert and put the laws in such form as
they can be acted upon by the legis-
lature. All of the laws will have to
be reclassified and put in the form Of
bills, they declare.
To cover the expenses of the COM
mission an appropriation of $4,000 is
asked. This will pay the expenses of
the committee until the legislature
meets but when it comes to paying the
costs of publication, additional appro-
priations may be required, it is stated.
BY reducing the rental fee on state
lands from five cents to three cents,
Representative Orme of Maricopa be-
lieves that he can add materially to
the revenue of the state. He has in
troduced bill to this effect and it has
passed the house.
Dairy interests of the Salt River
valley are said to be behind bill TO
change the name of the live stock sam
itary board to the brand inspection
board. 1t is inferred by the wording
of the bill that its authors consider
that too much money is being spent
on the cattlemen and too little for the
dairymen.
Several important legislative meas
ures pertaining to the live stock in
dustry, now pending in the legislature
will be made the subject of a special
conference to be held at Douglas Feb
rEsry 8 and between the live stock
sanitary board and the Arizona Cattle
Growers association. The dates are
those of the annual convention of the
cattlemen.
Representative Coxson, who halls
from Wilcox has introduced bill in
creasing the salaries of the three cor
poration commissioners from $4,000 to
$4,000 year. 1t is this board that
regulates the rates on all public utlll-
ties. The Coxson measure made its
appearance following favorable action
in the house on the bill to increase
the salary of the supreme court
judges to $500. Now all of the state
officers are after higher pay. So in
sistent has become the clamor that in
self defense the speaker has named a
special committee to go into the mat
ter of salary revision and report
recommendations If all salary in
creases are granted it will increase
the state tax rate fully 10 cents, It is
estimated.
Senator Akers is the author of an
elaborate code amending the state
banking law. 1t would create new
commission composed of bankers and
appears to be worded in such a way
as to provide greater protection to
the banks, and theoretically at least
to the depositors. The bill is destined
to stir up considerable turmoil, it Is
freely predicted by members.
When a cloudburst comes along and
destroys state highway, a man driv-
ing into the flood cannot collect dam
ages from the state. This was the
rule laid down by the house appropria-
tions committee in the case of Stanley
Cronin. The bill calling for an ap-
preparation was promptly turned
down by the house on the grounds that
its passage would create dangerous
precedent.
Maricopa and Yavapai counties are
in the game early for special highway
legislation. Maricopa wants to see a
new 25 mile road to summer resort
in the Bradshaw mountains, to take
the curse off protracted summer heat.
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