Arizona weekly miner., 1877-02-02
TELEGR APHIC.
SPECIAL TO THE MINER.

] afA A~ ' T sAA IL T Nf T IT s~ . fA As e~as . rUC>oN. \. r.. Jan. -. ! Mir. President The undersigned of tho ! Committee on Finance to whom was r,fcr- red C H No l3. an act authorizing n loan on tho faith and credit of the Territory. and to ! provide for continuing work ou the crec- ! ton of the Territorial prison, respectfully ! make the following minority report thereon: Al the timc of the location of the Terri | torial prison. the title to the lands upon which the buildings of the prison arc now 1 situate, was vested in and belonged to the | village of Yuma, hut was subsequently, con ! Veycd to the Territory for the purpose of a Territorial pr on. conditional that when not ! >o occupied the lands ant all the improve { mcntS should revert to and again become | ;hc property of Said village; and as Nour ! Committee is advised. such k the present ! condition of the title. The appropriation l asked for in tho hill is to be expended in ! continuing the construction of buildings ! upon these landS, and in the even, of the l removal of the prison to any point m tho ] Territory which may hC dermed more cen ! tral or eligible as tho Territory iucrCa-c> m wealth and population, and better able to : bear the burdens of taxation for this pur- : pose. all the money already granted and eN- . pended. as well as the amount now asked for, will hc lost to the Territory. and then, too. hv the report oi the Territorial Board uf
 
 that there K sufficient accommodation for all prisoners that arc likely to hc confined m thc prison during the next three voar,, and ! in cnn>CyuCnCr no immediate ncCc~StN for ! mcrca~lnC our indebtedness. In view Of these facts. your Committee .rcconmcnd that the bill do not pass; all of which is ! respectfully submitted.
 A. l.. MuEIIEE.
 of Committee of Finance.
 The following reports on Railroad bill may be interesting. Mir. Goodwin, chair man of Committee on Territorial Affairs. made the following report:
 ] Mir. prrsidcut-A majority of your Com miItec on Territorial Atiair>, to whom was 1 referred II R No i. au act to secure thc con : s,ruriion and operation of certain Railroad and Telegraph lines. and to provide for other matters relating thereto, respectfully ! >tatC that they have had the same under coh>alcration. and ask leave to report the 1 bill back aud rccommend lis passage with the following am6ndglents:
 lSt. Amend eleventh subdivision of Sec l tion S. hv striking out all ahcr the words ! provided" where it first occurs m said Suh- division. and inserting that tt shall bc un- lawful for said corporation to charge more than ten cents per mile for each passenger, and fifteen cents per mile for each ion by ! weight or measurement of frUight trans ported on its road, provided further that. m no ease shall said corporation he required to rcoeiye less than twenty-five cents for any distance.
 3d. Amend the fourteenth subdivision of Section i, hv inserting after the N ord "haNo in line two. the following: power to mort gage itS corporate property and franchise with tls, Territory: and strike out Section a and insert in the place thereof the following ''>S,tiou D. To aid and encourage Said corpo- rttIa,. in the construction of said railroads and tccsrali.s al the property of every n lt tstha -ufu ufaN belong to said corporation shat t0 exempt from taxation of every kind and dcSCrpiioil until such railroads are built 90 a> Co form continuous lines of railroad across the Continent prov iiad such exemption shall not continue for moro than six years from the passage of this Act"
 r. II. GOODWIN.
 Chairman of Committee.
 Iatcr:-The Council. by the vo:cS oi Ncs>rs. Hughes. Reloudo. Goodwin, Rug clcS and Mir President. have passed the for.uoing amendments to House railroa hiIl. whic,. as sIow about a. objectionable as when it first came Up. Its oupoSerS m the House hope to be able to dress II G4Wu tp- morrow.
 | TucSon. Jan, GO-Iu the matter of Nm. II. Usrdv'S application for writ of ceItiorar' the supreme Cour, held that even if the sec reiarN had exercised judicial power and had oxccS,lcd his jurisdiction. still the law would moi ltNfttN N 10 OiAltI ltll> NfA i~NA'7i A tiif petitioner had other legal remedies, and in tlts instance the pctitiononcr mas ample remedy I, appealing to Congress. The l Court however. t9Ss occasion tn say. upon q careful cxan4iuatioD oi id0 law under ] which ilu sccrctsrv acted. tbat Il Vas Rfri lear go ihuni, sud that they wcne oi npapt- ! ,,,o,,s on onln!on that lts secretary canVaSScd ,,,..,,.. ,.,rro.,.lv aud scaGFqiRg to law.
 The following was recriNVu HS''' llls "p'- ornor: ! Act to nuseud an Ac! prescribing the duties of tho Board oi Supervisors in the several Counties of this Territory, approved Feb'N .IS7S:' also An Act chHheiSg the name oi Johanna Rargeman to Johanna i'is"'. aiSo An Act to transfer the County of Marieois. ! from, inc Third Judicial District tO the Sec o,,d I.dicial district of this Territory" Also ti,G following Message:
 "Hon IT. II. Csia4,...oa, >peoker of the Houso
 of Representatives.
 herewith return. without iGy -gproyal. l An Ac, authorizing loan on the faith ailJ ! credit of the Territory. and to provide for the 1 construction of q wagon road from FhpuiXl in MariaoVn county. to Globe City in Pima l county for the following reasons:
 l In my late message {" tlie Legislative As StmblN. | mentioned the necessity Gf ibe construction of waCon-roads in various ! parts of the Territory. and suggested the
 
 appFopriationS for the purpose; but l did ! moi believe thon, nor do l believe now. thu; the people of the Territory gre able 10 bear the burden of taxation requisite tq cary 0p extensive internal improvements, and should approve this bill. l could not, witb consistency. withhold mv signature from ] large number uf equally mcritoriou> enter : priSos should they come LefOra me for ap- approval. The object Df ti.c appropriation : is to bnild a wagon road with GorrtoEi$i . funds. the location of which k nearly sH iG one county. while other counties of the Ter { Iiiorv are building, or preparing io build. ! iiAs roads by subscription or county taxa uOu SLoaid this bill become law. such counties would pot Ssly he called upon to ! levStIilute the ucaus to sCr,Siruct equally costly y.SaGS at their expense. bUt ,t the same iims would De compelled to bear tLotr nro norlion of iiss expense of building unS focal roa !. l cannot believe that the people would accept thiS proposition as just and fair. 1.-the financial condition 0f tLe lprEi- tory were such that all sNH necessary foads could hc built by apprOpriation> rom Inc general fund. then l would with pleasure approve this hili hut it iS plain if such n course was pursued. oppressive taxation must, of necessity, follow, which would