Show QUiCKER Km DiVORCE mV R LA lAW CHAMPIONED ON m SENATE IE fl FLOOR Present Pres nt Statute Encourages ages Perjury McCarthy McCarthy McCar- McCar thy Declares A A. snore more convenient divorce lawas law as championed on the floor of at the senate Saturday afternoon on the grounds that it Is the natural rIght of 01 the contracting parties to terminate ter- ter minate the contract and that a short residence requirement would decrease decrease de- de crease the tendency toward perjury whIch the present law Is said to provoke These arguments were advanced during debate on Senator Charles R. R bill providing that persons contemplating divorce must live only three months within the county where the action Is started start start- od ed and one year within the state The Tho present law requIred one years year's residence in the county where the action is started Senator Knox Patterson upheld the Lle rIght of marrIed narried couples to divorce di- di vorce tOrce with the least possIble inconvenience Incon- Incon while Senator Wilson McCarthy McCarthy Mc- Mc Carthy supported the measure on the grounds that the present residence resi- resi dence requIrement unduly encourages encourages ages ages perjury TO THIRD READING The measure was advanced to third reading under suspension ot of the rules and passed by a a. vote of at 13 to 4 Senate bill No by Ryan Ins ing the state board ot of equalization power to raIse or lower the find find- of at any assessment unit also was passed by a vote of at 13 to 4 Senate bills and by Hol- Hol which would require the secretary of state to furnish bonds bonds' In the sum aura or of as collector at f the motor vehicle tax and the collector of at gasoline tax tar were advanced ad- ad to third reading BILLS SIGNED Senate bills and were signed by the president Three house bills 73 73 69 61 and were referred to the sifting commit commit- tee Lee II H. B. B 73 by Badger would exempt pneumatic tired automobile trailers from payment of lIcense tax ax fee fees II H. B. B 69 63 by Miller would establish a sinking fund for the redemption re- re of at school dIstrIct bonds while H. H B B. by KUllan would establish a a. state game refuge corn com 1 |