Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-25
Expect to Finish Up Work
of Adjourned Session in
Ten Days.
HIGHWAY BILL
Propose $4,000 Appropri-
alton for STEMS Pass
Road.

PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. "a, R-
With prospect of rounding out
legislation included in it's call before
Saturday night, the fourth special
session of the eighth Arizona legis-
lature reconvened today after a 70
day recess, introduced 20 bills, and
sent number of important matters
to committee.
Speaker "A. M. Crawford, Yayapai
stated during open session that he
believed that by suspending the rules
necessary in order to expedite pro-
posed legislation, the house "will
have cleared it's decks by Saturday
night" President Mulford Winsor
Yuma, of the senate, while not so
optimistic, said he believed it pos
sible to finish up the work Of the
fourth special session within 10
days.
A special appropriation of $780,,
600 for highway construction pur-
poses from STEMS Pass on the New
Mexico line east through San Simon,
Bowie, Wilcox, and Cochise, to the
San Pedro river, east of Benson is
provided in house bill II, introduced
by Representative William Coxon, of
Cochise county
John. Or1ne, veteran Maricopa
legislator, introduced the first bill
of the day in the lower house. It
was house bill 4, providing for old
age pensions and making an appro-
priation therefor
The house committee on public
lands introduced measure as house
bill IA intending to provide regu-
latory means for the development
Of the oil industry in Arizona. The
measure would require maximum
royalty of IL 1-2 per cent of gross
products and offers a reductlonal
bonus to the producer of the first
commercial we'll in each county in
the state. Finch, Maricopa, through
misunderstanding, introduced the
same measure as House Bill IL.
Representative M. J. Francis, Mari
copa, introduced house bill 19, pro-
viding for an increase in the calar-
les Of county officers The measure
| is expected to precipitate a stiff
debate when placed before the COM
mittee of the whole house.
! The senate, with two absentees,
Walters, Mohave, and Nelson, Ma
vajo, was content with the intro
duction of three bills, all by the
committee on judiciary.
Important among the trio Of SEN
ate bills was one providing amend
ments to the conditional sales con-
tract statutes in such manner as
| to place automotive stage equipment
under the same rating as rail car
rierS.
Guy Il. Jones, Maricopa, introduc-
ed house bill Is, which seeks to re-
peal that section of the highway
code adopted August II, the open
ling day of the fourth special ses-
sion, that pertains to the collection
of the gasoline tax of four cents
gallon insofar as it concerns ex'
emptions.
The Maricopa solon declared tha
farmers generally are dissatisfied
with the present law, which require
them to pay tax on exemptlonapl'
gasoline at the time OF the purchase
and later appearing with an attl
davit to the highway department
to collect a refund of the tax col
| lection, which applies to farm trac
tors, stationary engines or motor
operating on rails.
M. j. Francis Of Maricopa coun
ty, introduced house bill 20, provld
ing for sanitation regulations by thu
state regarding the installation o
i plumbing fixtures.
Through action of both houses Il
suspending the rules all bills intro
Continued on rage Ten)