The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-02-08
The Legislature.

Thanks to Mcssrs. H. Ott and Fred. Henry. we are this week enabled to continue our mar rativc of legislative proceedings will be found in another column. In order to save our readers from having Co devote too much time to Interpreting the proceedings, we give the fylloSing "otthodoX' views of it's para doxcal entanglcmcnts:
 The bill allowing fifteen cents per rale for each legislator, for going to anI rIruning home from the Capital. is now the law of the land Wonder if the US. Government won't pay the mileage
 Arizona City wants to be known as Yuma, and 'you may make a small bet, reader, that the growing place will soon sport new name. Standing, as she does, at the southwestern gate of Arizona, we would prefer to see her stick to the old name; but, you know the saving about the scent of a rose.
 Mr. IIeuning dii we'll in presenting a bill to make the Territory get along with ? per cent of certain taxes collected by and at the expense of th9 counties. Hope the bill will psss.
 The citizens oc MUbsye will seen have the pleasure of indulging in aa.4ihar election, to decide upon a new location for county seat, as a bill for this purpose has passed both houses and been signed by the Governor. The seat of justice for the county was first at Mo- | have City. It was afterwards voted to liar l dyyillc, On the Colorado, where it will remain until ordered to Cerbat, Mineral Park ot Chloride, in Walapai mining district, by a vote of the people.
 Since writing in last MINER, we have learned that NIT. Fred Henry's proposition to permit the board of supervisors of this Cav apai) county, to levy especial tax, means that We ought to nave fire proof recorders office. Well we know we ought, but can we now stand the expense of erecting and equippiDg such building Even if VIC could, would it not be better for ths tsx-paycrs of the county 70 spend little more money and erect 6 boihiing that would at once be sufficiently safe and commoiIous for all tue purposes of a complete court house and iail
 The same gcntleman's bill to give lands to encourage the sinking artesian wells, is well.
 Our Mr. Behan has introduced bill to pro vide for the care and treatment finsane pef. sons, and it Is bill that ought to be needed
 Mir Rowell wants law creating County Courts. They would be expensive Institu- { tiOns, and, just now, We must husband our resources.
 The hill to collect statistics of crime in the Territory ought to pass.
 TlSose pefsons who have recently settled ca ;he Gila, above old Camp Goodwin, want & new county created, to be called {" Pueblo Vicio,' '--slier some old ruins on the east bank of the Gila, and at the head of the large val ley in which they have settled, which, by the way, i~ part uf Mr. Cachises reservation. 1 While the President will have to be consul ted upon this matter, we woad remind all concerned that Pueblo Eiego" would be an odd name for new county. Why not call it Apache County, as nearly every oth- cr important Indian tribe in the Territory has a county named after it.
 The Governor has communicated these fig ures, from the census of 1872 Pima County, 3,Gj2; Yavapai, 3,539: Yuma, l,G43 Mari copa, l,ljG; Mohaye, 1j5. Total in Territo- l ", lu,743.
 1 The Council Committee on printing report ed unfayorabIy on the House resolution to hayo certain printing done by the MINER, and their report was ad ,pted. We wonder One of tbe Yuma delegates had gone through the necessary preliminaries to pro- cure authority 70 is>De $l0,00O worth of bonds for the construction of q court house Mr. Wooscy had moved in the matter of asking the Hon. Secretary of the Interior to build for us penitentiary.
 The petition of citizens of Wickenburg, in this county, asking for ancxation to Mari copa, was, by Mir. Wickenburg, withdrawn.