petition complies with the requirements of this Act and find that the allegations thereof are sustained by the evidence, they shall enter upon their records an order declaring said district dissolved. If the Board of Supervisors find that the petition does not comply with this Act, or that any of the necessary allegations thereof are not sustained by the evidence, they shall dismiss the petition. If an order of dissolution is entered it shall have the effect of terminating all the legal powers and functions of said district. Any funds remaining in the district treasury upon such dissolution shall be disposed of either by being paid over to a drainage district or irrigation district with power of drainage that may have been formed to take the place of such drainage district, or paid back pro rata to the taxpayers who paid in the same, as may be provided by the order of dissolution." Mr. Davis moved the adoption of the report. The motion was agreed to. Substitute Senate Bill No. 10 was referred to the Committee on Style, Revision and Compilation. Mr. Favour moved that Senate Bill No. 29 be further amended as follows: In lines 44 and 45 strike out the words "found running" and insert in lieu thereof "who knowingly or wilfully allows or permits any livestock over which he has control to run". The motion was agreed to and Senate Bill No. 29 was referred to the the Committee on Style, Revision and Compilation. House Bill No. 12 was referred to the Committee on Style, Revision and Compilation. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS * Mr. Donnelly and Mr. Smith introduced Senate Bill No. 70, entitled "An Act for the relief of those persons who suffered financial loss * in consequence of that said order made and promulgated on the 15th day of April, 1924, by the Arizona Commission of Agriculture and Horticulture and the State Entomologist * * relating to the planting and cultivating of cotton in * * the Postvale Project and vicinity," etc. By unanimous consent the Bill was read the first time by number and title, and was laid over for one day. Mr. Davis introduced Senate Bill No. 71, entitled "An Act providing a method by which registered electors absent from their election precincts on election day, or electors who are, by reason of physical disability, unable to go to the polls, may vote," etc. By unanimous consent the Bill was read the first time by number and title, and was laid over for one day. Mr. Davis introduced Senate Bill No. 72, entitled "An Act to Amend Paragraph 2944 * * Revised Statutes, 1913, Civil Code," relating to delivery of ballots at elections. By unanimous consent the Bill was read the first time by number and title, and was laid over for one day. Mr. Davis introduced Senate Bill No. 73, entitled "An Act to provide for the registration of electors," etc. By unanimous consent the Bill was read the first time by number and title, and was laid over for one day. Mr. Cox introduced Senate Bill No. 74, entitled "An Act to amend Sections 3* * Special Session Laws of the Fifth Legislature, 1922," relating to banks. By unanimous consent the Bill was read the first time by number and title, and was laid over for one day. * Mr. Hardy introduced Senate Bill No. 75, entitled "An Act to amend Paragraph 4113 * * Revised Statutes, 1913, Civil Code * relating to deeds of trust." By unanimous consent the Bill was read the first time by number and title, and was laid over for one day. The Committee on Judiciary introduced Senate Bill No. 76, entitled "An Act providing for the duties and obligations of attorneys at law," etc. By unanimous consent the Bill was read the first time by number and title. Mr. Favour moved that the rules be suspended and Senate Bill No. 76 be placed on the Calendar of the Committee of the Whole. The motion was agreed to, and the Bill was placed on the Calendar of the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Lines introduced Senate Bill No. 77, entitled "An Act to amend Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 53, Session Laws, 1921 * * entitled 'An Act to prevent delinquency or dependency among minor children of this State by providing for child welfare boards, * etc., By unanimous consent the Bill was read the first time by number and title, and was laid over for one day. REFERENCE OF BILLS The President made the following reference of bills: House Bill No. 65, relating to persons to be received in the Asylum for the Insane, to the Committee on State Institutions. House Bill No. 55, relating to the relief of Clay Henshaw Bowers, to the Committee on Judiciary. House Bill No. 51, relating to the purchase of text books for high schools by the Board of Education, to the Committee on Education. House Bill No. 54, relating to a provision for an additional division of the Superior Court, to the Committee on Judiciary. House Concurrent Resolution No. 3, relating to the designation of a certain portion of the Arizona Highway as the Jefferson Davis National Highway, to the Committee on Highways and Bridges. Senate Bill No. 68, by Mr. Winsor, relating to a provision for the counting of votes cast at elections, to the Committee on Suffrage and Elections. Senate Bill No. 69, by Mr. Colter, relating to the fixing of the venue of actions for damages for the publication of libel in a newspaper, to the Committee on Judiciary. LAW ENFORCEMENT Mr. Kilcrease, for the Committee on Enrolling and Engrossing, reported as properly engrossed Senate Joint Resolution No. 7, by Mr. Elliott and Mr. Sims, relating to the death of Haze Burch. The Resolution was placed under the order of business Third Reading of Bills. AUTOMATIC BELL RINGERS Mr. Donnelly, for the Committee on Labor and Capital, reported House Bill No. 52, relating to the requirement of railroad companies to equip their locomotives with automatic bell ringers, with the unanimous recommendation that the Bill do pass. Mr. Moore, the Senator from Navajo county, was designated as manager of the Bill. The Bill, accompanied by the report of the Committee on Labor and Capital, was placed on the Calendar of the Committee of the Whole. RAILWAY GRADE CROSSINGS Mr. Donnelly, for the Committee on Labor and Capital, reported Senate Bill No. 45, by Mr. Elliott, relating to prevention of accidents at railway crossings, with the unanimous recommendation that the Bill do pass. Mr. Moore, the Senator from Navajo county, was designated as manager of the Bill. The Bill, accompanied by the report of the Committee on Labor and Capital, was placed on the Calendar of the Committee of the Whole. CONSTITUTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Mr. Kilcrease, for the Committee on Education, reported House Bill No. 42, relating to an act requiring the teaching of the Constitution of the United States in public schools, with the unanimous recommendation that the Bill do pass. Mr. Colter, the Senator from Apache county, was designated as manager of the Bill. The Bill, accompanied by the report of the Committee on Education, wsa placed on the Calendar of the Committee of the Whole. SCHOLARSHIPS IN UIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Mr. Kilcrease, for the Committee on Education, reported House Bill No. 29, relating to scholarships in the State University, with the unanimous recommendation that the Bill do pass. Mr. Donnelly, a Senator from Pima county, was designated as manager of the Bill. The Bill, accompanied by the report of the Committee on Education, wsa placed on the Calendar of the Committee of the Whole. APPORTIONMENT OF SCHOOL FUNDS Mr. Kilcrease, for the Committee on Education, reported Senate Bill No. 51, by Mr. Lines, relating to education and the apportionment of school funds, with the unanimous recommendation that the Bill do pass with the following amendments: In lines 56 and 57 strike out the word "fifteen" and insert in lieu thereof the word "ten". In line 59, following the first comma, insert the following: "and shall add to the amounts so obtained a sum sufficient to pay the cost of transporting pupils in districts where two or more districts have been consolidated, or where one district has been annexed to another". In line 59, following the word "which" insert "sums", and strike out the words "fifteen per centum". Mr. Lines, the Senator from Graham county, was designated as manager of the Bill. The Bill, accompanied by the report of the Committee on Education, was placed on the Calendar of the Committee of the Whole. LAW ENFORCEMENT Senate Joint Resolution No. 7, by Mr. Elliott and Mr. Sims, relating to the death of Haze Burch, was read in full the third time. The roll was called on final passage, and resulted: Ayes 17, not voting 2 as follows: The President announced the signing, in open session, of Senate Joint Resolution No. 7, by Mr. Elliott nad Mr. Sims, relating to the death of Haze Burch. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Mr. Hardy moved that the Senate resolve itself into Committee of the Whole for the consideration of bills on the Calendar. The motion was agreed to, and (at 10 o'clock and thirty-eight minutes, a. m.) the Senate resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, with Mr. Runke in the chair. At 12:00 o'clock, noon, the Committee of the Whole arose. Mr. Davis moved that the Senate stand at recess until 2 o'clock, p. m. The motion was agreed to and (at 12 o'clock and two minutes, p. m.) the Senate stood at recess. AFTERNOON SESSION The President called the Senate to order at 2 o'clock, p. m. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS Mr. Favour introduced Senate Bill No. 78, entitled "An Act authorizing the taxing of costs of motions and demurrers." The Bill was read the first time and was laid over for one day. * Mr. Favour introduced Senate Bill No. 79, entitled "An Act creating a code commission; * * providing for the compilation * * of the * public * * Statutes of the State of Arizona," etc. By unanimous consent the Bill was read the first time by number and title, and was laid over for one day. PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN Mr. Sims, Mr. Wylie, Mr. Kinney and Mr. Lines, a majority of the Committee on State Institutions, reported Senate Bill No. 40, by Mr. Winsor, relating to prohibiting precinct committeemen from serving as state officers for pay, with the recommendation that the Bill do pass with the following amendments: Amend line 5 of the printed bill, by striking out the word "sixty" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "thirty". Amend line 8, by striking out the word "sixty" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "thirty". Amend line 13, by striking out the words "officer, agent or". Amend line 20, by striking out the words "officer, agent or"". Mr. Sims, a Senator from Cochise county, was designated as manager of the Bill. Mr. Davis, a minority of the Committee on State Institutions, submitted a report recommending that the Bill be indefinitely postponed. The Bill, accompanied by the majority and minority reports of the Committee on State Institutions, was placed on the Calendar of the Committee of the Whole. PURITY OF ELECTIONS Mr. Moore, for the Committee on Suffrage and Elections, reported Senate Bill No. 46, by Mr. Winsor, relating to promotion of purity of elections, with the unanimous recommendation that the Bill do pass. Mr. Donnelly, a Senator from Pima county, was designated as manager of the Bill. The Bill, accompanied by the report of the Committee on Suffrage and Elections, was placed on the Calendar of the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Kilcrease moved, (Mr. Sims in the chair) that the Senate adjourn until Monday at 10 o'clock, a. m. The motion was agreed to, and (at 2 o'clock and seven minutes, p. m.) the Senate adjourned until Monday, February 9, 1925, at 10 o'clock, a. m. W. J. GRAHAM, MULFORD WINSOR, President. Secretary. MONDAY, FEBRUARY NINE The Senate met at 10 o'clock, a. m., in conformity with the rules. The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names: Mr. Hardy moved that the reading of the Journal of Saturday, February 7, 1925, be dispensed with. The motion was agreed to and the Journal was approved. MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE Messages from the House of Representatives, by Besse Golze, its Chief Clerk, announced that the House had passed the following House Bills: |