Arizona citizen., 1877-01-13

 pies to each of the Justices of the Su preme Court, the Secretary of the Ter ritory, Auditor and Treasurer.
 ANDREW CRoNLY, chief clerk
 c. B. No. 2, read second time, and on motion of Mir. Moeller was referred to committee on Judiciary.
 c. B. No. s, read second time, and on motion of MT. Hughes referred tc committee on Mines and Mining.
 c. B. No 9, read second time and on motion of MT. Kendall was referred to committee on Judiciary.
 c. B. No. 10, read first time.
 C. B. No. II, read first time
 c. B. No. 12, read first time.
 II. c. R. No. 5, read and concurred in by the Council.
 II. c. R. No. 6, read and concurred Tn by the Council.
 Mir Redondo, on leave, presented pc tition of certain citizens of Yuma county, which was ordered read and is as follows:
 "To the Honorable Legislative As sembly of the Territory of Arizona:
 Your petitioner respectfully repre- sents:
 First: That he was elected to the of fee of district attorney of Yuma coun ty at the general election held on the seventh day of November, 1876.
 Second: That by the laws ofthis Terri tory, as now in force, the said office ha: the following salary and fees and no Oth CT, viz: Salary,-S250 per annum. Fees in trials for murder, when defendant is convicted, $50; otherwise S25. Fol trial under a statute against gaming when defendant is convicted, 500; Oth erwise nothing. On all sums by him collected for his county, five per cent And Tn all other criminal prosecutions, where he secures a conviction, he may have 8 fee of .wenty dollars, fl the defendant pays his fine; otherwise nothing. He may also have fee of S25, in civil cases, when he gets a judgment taxed against the opponent, but these latter must not in any case be charged against the county; see Chap ter 10, Compiled Laws, page 194; also act amendatory thereto, approved De cember 4, 1868, Id, page 19G, also i'd, page 505 section l, fees of attorney gen eral.
 Third: That according to these laws the whole salary and fees of said office do not exceed S400, per annum, about $500 of which Is paid in county warrants worth about 50 or SO cents at time of issue; and that no man having any reasonable degree of fitness for any business Tn life (thOugh not a good lawyer) can give his time and atten- ton to the business of the county for such a miserable pittance, and that any one who so undertakes will be ve- " apt to neglect the duties of the of flee, if he do no worse.
 Fourth: That the law is more liber-  al in allowance to district attorneys in other counties; see laws of 1873, pages T to 73, inclusive; and that the laws are more liberal to all other county of ficers, though none of these need any books except those furnished by cOun- ty and Territory.
 Wherefore your petitioner prays that your Honorable body make law fix ing a reasonable salary and fees for said office, or a salary without fees of any kind.
 And your petitioner will ever pray.
 JAMES REILLY, District Attorney
 We, the undersigned, tax payers of Yuma county, Arizona Territory, do recommend the within pc tition to the attention of the Honorable Assembly of the Territo- ".
 Signed; GEORGE MARTIN, and twen- ty-seven others.
 On motion of Mir. Hughes, the peti ton was referred to Committee on Ju- dietary.
 On motion of Mir. Hughes, the Coun- cil took recess until ? o'clock p. m.