Arizona state miner., 1927-03-12

expire June 80, and rather than lose
THIS money, the legislature and the
governor are expected to approve the
bill
Aside from these special measures
there is but slight hope for any spec
1al appropriations for roads and
bridges, with the exception of emer-
gency measures, appropriating small
amounts for the repair of the state
bridges at Coldwater on the Aqua
Fr1a and at Wickenburg on the Has
sayampa, washed out by recent floods.
River Commission Assured
The Colorado River commission bill.
with which the legislature has been
struggling ever since the opening of
the session has been made a law at
last, the governor signing the bill last
Monday. The bill provides for the
creatlon OF permanent commission of
eight members to encourage develop
ment of the Colorado river. and TO
represent the state of Arizona in con-
ferences with the representatives of
other basin states. The governor. the
president of the senate and the speak
er OF the house are named as commits
s1oners, the governor appointing three
others, the president Of the senate one
senator and the speaker of the house
one representative
Coxon led a valiant fight to retain
the state school for girls for the Will
COX district but found opposition from
the powerful Maricopa county dele
cation too strong for him, and as a.
result the school will go to Mesa.
by all means the school should be
located somewhere in civilization"
declared Allen of Maricopa, meaning
perhaps that Mesa was the only civil
lied town in Tie state.
Coxon was quick to resent the re-
mark, and for the education of the
gentlemen from Maricopa told a few
OF the things which rebound to the
credit of the Sulphur Springs
valley. He also called attention to the
fact that Cochise county at present
has no state institution and argued
that it was unfair to the merchants
OF his community to take the girls
department, now located at Fort Grant
away from them. "Why the state
doesn't even provide us with highways
in the north part of Cochise county he
asserted. "anda they want to deprive
us of what little advantage there may
be in locating the school near Will
cox"
Maricopa Wins
"The chamber of commerce has
wired me that mere are three sites.
the furthermost being three-quarters
of mile from Wilcox, providing 20
acres of land for the school," con-
cluded Coxon, but his words fell on
deaf ears for the most part, Maricopa
having already decided to place the
Tschool at Mesa.
Williams argued that the school
should be kept in Graham county, and
Harmon suggested that Greenlee coun-
ty also had a site.
In the course of debate Lynch of
Greenlee voiced his contempt for the
system whereunder the sitting com
mlttee decides on what bills shall
come up for consideration. If the
house had followed his suggestion,
he said, they would be holding night
sessions, thus permitting the full dis
cussion of all measures which have
been presented to the legislature.
Gun Toting Bill Vetoed
Attacking the Harmon anti-gun tot
ing bill as an unconstitutional meas
ure, Governor Hunt has vetoed it..
much to the disgust of the author.
Il move we dispense with the reading
of the veto message, said Harmon,
and though he had a majority of the
house members with him, there were
not eonugh votes to secure a suspen-
sion of the rules.
In his veto message the governor
quotes the constitutions of the United
States and Arizona to prove that every
citizen has right to keep and bear
arms in defense of individual rights
and for the perpetuity of free gov
ernment. He also attacks the meas
ure on the grounds that it is one of the
so-calleu uniform laws put out from
the east, in which a body OF lawyers
is attempting to write laws for all of
the 48 states and territories.
For the second time this session the
senate Monday failed to override the
Governors veto. On this occasion
the question was whether the senate
should pass a vetoed message calling
for the appointment of legislative
code commission. A substitute bill
has been prepared, providing that the
printing of the code shall be done in
Arizona, and accepting the work Of the
present code, commissioner, Judge
Fred G. Struckmeyer, The vetoed
bill provided for a review Of that work
by committee of six legislators.
The 60-day session Of the legislature
by law expires on March 10th, and un-
less the governor calls an immediate
special session compensation for the
members ends on that date. The gov
ernor may, if he sees fit, nollly all
members and call special session to
Immediately follow the regular and
it is thought by some of the members
that if the remaining four days of
the session indicate a willingness on
the part of the majority to co operate
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