Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-03
House Wants Pay In
creased to SIS per Day
CONTINUED from rage one1

| ten into the constitution. Holuh
contended that the provisions were
/ written in under duress. Arguing
| from the premise that if the federal
! government had a right to tax state
land, the state had a right tax
| government lands, Gibbs, of Mari
| copa, ignored Pickett's statement
that the constitutional provisions
Were irrevocable and took pains to
explain that Arizona had no ex-
pectation of winning a suit in the
supreme court unless they were de-
leted.
Pickett had the last word before
| the motion to indefinitely postpone
! the first measure was put when he
declared that under the federal con-
stitution Arizona could not hope to
/ impose a tax on power generated by
/ a governmental dam at Boulder
! canyon,
On a motion by Wisener, Yuma,
/ the second of the two companion
bills was dispatched to the indef-
| initely postponed list.
/ While talk in the corridors of the
capitol turned again to the possi-
Lility of special session of the
| legislature. the house passed on third
| reading two measures which were
considered of more than minor inn
Eortance. They were the second or
| the Wisener, Yuma. purity in cleo
tion bills, prohibiting the levying of
assessments against employees of the
state, county municipality for
! political campaign funds and paying
party committeeman from public
funds. The first third and fourth
of the bills are on Governor Hunts
desk.
Those voting negatively were: Bo-
4 Vile. Yavapai; Decker, Maricopa;
! Harmon, Greenlee; Holub, Maricopa;
IVY, Maricopa; Kennedy, Pima; Kent,
C;ila I4udden, Maricopa; Lynch,
/, Greenlee; Mallon, Marfcopa: McBray-
or, Maricopa; Mccormick, ella; New
ton Maricopa; Old, Pima, and Will
liams, Graham. Tie house had
amended the bill to make a violation
CT the statute felony instead of
lmisdemeanor, but today rejected the
amendment
The other measure was that drawn
by the house ways and means COM
mittee to provide fer the collection
lef delinquent taxes. Amended, it
allows the county attorney six
months in which to institute suit
for the collection of back taxes.
Thereafter the county treasurer is
authorized to place such collections
in the hands of a private attorney
who would be reimbursed on per-
centage basis. Special session talk
centered around the two major bills
now up for consideration that
drawn by the house committee on
highways and bridges and providing
for a complete reorganization of
the state highway department and
the general appropriation bill. Both,
III the present form, are known to
meet with executive disapproval, but
both, and particularly the appropria-
ton bill are subject to drastic re-
vision before they are sent to the
governors desk for signature. 1t
was known that a veto message was
eady for delivery to the legislature
tomorrow. What bill had been dis
approved, the governors office did
ret reveal.
The administration holds to its
original view that the bill submitted
by the state highway department.
early in. the session providing for
a $10,000,O00 bond issue to rehabili-
tate the department finances and
give it. means for carrying out a
program Of road building over a
period of several years, is the logi-
cal measure for enactment into law
Governor Hunt today stated that
there had mot been a single piece
OF constructive legislation this ses-
sion with the single exception of the
removal of the girls Industrial school
from that of the boys-and could
lnot be considered major legislation" "
He did not consider any Of the other
iEills, which had come up to his
Gesk as having any especial merit
be said, Governor Hunt was non,
committal regarding the possibility
4 OF calling a special or extra session
of the legislature before the end OF
the fiscal year, June so.
The governors $4,000 contingent
! fund, providing means for his carry
ing on any activities which he
+ Geems of particular Importance tc
the welfare of the state. furnishes
another bone of contention. Sent
to the house, the appropriations com.
mittee refused to introduce a bill
providing Off the fund. Sent tC
the senate, the proposed bill was
placed in the hands of the president
by the agriculture and forestry corn
mittee with the recommendation tha
i! be referred to the committee or
: appropriations. Senator Jones, o.
Maricopa. said that if no action wer'
taken, he would move for its in
cIusion in the general appropriation
: bill.
The disagreement over an appro
e priation for the department of voca
tional education became eviden
S again when in the senate the Mari!
copa senator charged that a bill
Y proposing to repeal the statute en-
e acted in 1917, allowing that de
t rartment continuing appropria
d tion, was an effort to Get even wit
n somebody for doing something the
: Gidnt want them to do" The bill
: was approved for passage in com
0 mittee of the whole by a vote 0
n 8 to 8.
In return it was contended tina
the continuing appropriation statut
= violated the Elliott financial cod