Arizona citizen., 1875-01-23
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
 THIRTEENTH DAY, Jan. I6.-Met as per adjournment. All present. Mir. BashfOrd asked that the special committee to revise the revenue laws of the Territory be dis charged. and it was so ordered. Mir. Purdy then offered concurrent resolution ask ing that a committee of three from the House and two from the Council be ap- pointed to revise chapter 33 of COmpiled Laws, relating to the revenue laws, which was adopted and Purdy, Brooke and Wood were appointed in pursuance thereof Mr. Head offered ;t concurrent resolution that 800 copies of the reports of the treasurer, auditor, superintendent Of public iliStruc tion and adiutant general be printed in one pamphlet for uSe of the legislative as Sembly and for general distribution. Mr. BashfOrd introduced bill to amend the act creating office of public administrator. Bill relating 10 office of adjutant general read second time and referred to ways and means committee. Bill to reimburs ter ritOrial treasurer for care of weights and measures, was read third time and laid on table for one day. After few readings and references of documents. adjourned.
 FIFTEENTH DAY, Jan. 1S.-Met as per adjournment. All present. Bill relating 10 adJutant generals office was fav0rably reported from ways and means committee with amendments, and was passed as amended by + ayes, and Mir. Oury was absent. Committee on roads and ferries reported unl;lVOrably upon Council memo rlal to Congress asking for right of way to a railway from the line between Sonora and Utah, the report being "baSed upon the fact that the memorial contains too much of an endorsement of simple indi- vidullS of whose credentials the commit tee have no Knowledge" "and subsequently, the memorial was called up and defeated Council bill relating to salary ofterritOrial treasurer read second time and referred to ways and means committee. Bill to reim- purse territorial treasurer for caring for weights and measures waS taken up, and amended by inserting $50 instead Of SlOO and then passed by F ayes and the nays of Messrs. Griffin, Montgomery, Oury, Pur- dy, Stevens and Mr. Speaker-6. Ad- JOurncd.
 SIXTEENTH DAY, Jan. 19-Met Ss per adjournment. All present. Council bill relating to salary of territorial treasurer was tavorably reported by ways and means committee, and was afterwards passed by a unanimous vote of lS The Judiciary committee reported tavorably upon bill to repeal the act creating office of attorney general, and thereafter it passed by full vote of IS ayes same committee reported favorably, without amendment, bill re lating to fees of coroners, and it subse- quently passed by unanimous vote of Is ayes. Mir. O'Neil introduced bill to amend chapter 4S of Compiled Laws, re-
 
 amending act creating office of public ad- miniStratOr, read second time, and on mo- tion of MT. Bashf0rd-the introducer-it was laid Cn the table. Adjourned.
 SEVENTEENTH DAY, Jan. 2O.-Met as per adjournment, All present, Committee on claims favOrahIy reported bill for relief of Lyman A. Smith, which was thereafter passed by full and unanimous vote. This bill appropriates $500 to Smith as a reward for the capture of one of the murderers of Mir. Mccartney of Yuma a few years ago. Bill to amend chapter 4S, of civil proceed ingS, was read twice and referred to judi ciary conEnittee. Council bill to divorce George TodenwOrth from Jesus $. Toden- worth, WAS Indefinitely postponed on the motion of Mir. O'Neil. House bill relating to artesian wells, as amended and passed in the Council, came up and house refused to concur in the amendments, whereupon a conference committee was asked, and MessrS. Kelley and MOeller were appoint ed on part of the House. Adjourned till a. m. tomorrow.
 EIGHTEENTH DAY, Jan. 2l.-Met as per adjournment. All present. A petition was received from citizens of Maricopa county, asking revision of the school law. Mir. IeckendOrf'S bill to reduce and fix the fees Of the clerks of district courts in cases of naturalization papers, passed by unanimous vote of Is ayes, Ad- journed until tomorrow at 2p. m.
 NINETEENTH DAY, Jan. 22-Met as per adjournment. All p esent. Bill fixing time for holding terms of district courts in the several districts, introduced yesterday by MT. Oury, was reported favorably with amendments, by judiciary committee, and was passed by unanimous vote. MT. Oury introduced bill making probate judges elective. House refused to concur in Council amendments to House bill re- 1 lating to incorporation of towns and villa geS, and conference committee appointed with MeSsrS Head and Kelley on part of House. Council bill to create Pinal cOun- ty read twice and referred to committee on counties. Council concurrent resolution extending thanks to C. A. Luke, commis- sioner to Vienna, concurred in. Ad- jOurned.
 THE people of Prescott and vicinity are petitioning the Postmaster General for tri-