The weekly Arizona miner., 1881-02-18
COUNCIL.
ThursdaY-Fortieth Day.

Thursdav-Fortieth Day.
 Council met pursuant to adjournment q II a. m.
 President Masterson in the chair. Roll called. Present all the members, ex cept Darlington.
 Minutes of previous day read and sp proved.
 The following message was received from the House.
 House of Representatives, Prescott. Feb Is, 1881 l Mr. President-The House has passed H B No S4, supplemental to An Act entitled An Act to create the County of Gila out oi the counties of Pinal and Maricopa."
 Also II E No 54. :'An Act to provide fol the transla ton of the Act of the Probate and Justice Courts into Spanish"
 RICHARD RULE. Chief Clerk.
 H 5 No 94. An Act supplemental to An Act entitle,l An Act tn create the county of Gila from portions of Pinal and Maricopa, " read a lst time, rules suspended, read a 2nd time by title and referred to the Judiciar y Committee.
 Message received from the Governor:
 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
 PREsCoTT, Feb IS, 1881. To THE TERRITORIAL COUNCIL:
 have the honor to inform the Council that l have approved the following Acts of the AsseI ubly:
 Council Blil No 19, entitled An Act to amend Sec of An Act to provide for the incorporation of religious, social and benevo- lent societ ties, approved Feb. IA. 1873.
 | . g. Al sI..-. the county of Apache to issue bonds to raise money for court house and jail purposes"
 C E No 16, entitled "An Act to repeal Sec 5Ii of Chapter 48, Compiled Laws of the Te rritoTy of Arizona, of proceedings Tn civil .:ases
 H E No 65. entitled An Act to reduce the diary of the District Attorney of alo- have County.
 II M Nc |. asking for the removal of cer- tain Pima Indians from Salt River, III the county of Maricopa, Territory of Arizona"
 CB No 49, entitled An Act authorizing loan on the faith and credit of the Terri tory of Arizona, and to pr vide for the con structIOn and improvement of wag road from una by the way of Castle Dome dining District to Silver Mining District to Ehren berg, Yuma County. The third section of this Act Is exceptionable Tn that the pre- scribe rate at which the bonds may be sold Is much too low, and the fifth section IS ex- ceptip pnabe for the reason that 1t nomlnates and appoints the commissioners provided for by the Bill Notwithstanding these ob- jections have approved the Act upon the unde rstandlng that its promoters m the Leg isiat1re will introduced a supplemental bll having for its object toremedythe objection able features of the present one.
 H E No II, bill for the translation of the Probate and Justices acts of Arizona Territory into the spanish language; read a 1st time; rules suspended, read a second time by title and referred to the committee on Territorial affairs.
 Stevens moved t, reconsider the vote by which il E e was ordered printed. The motion was lost by the following vote:
 Ayes-5. Nays-6.
 Stevens offered the following resolution, and moved its adoption:
 Resolved, That the printing committee be and are hereby directed to take such steps as are necessary to insure the printing of House Bill No G, SD that 1t can be re- turned to this House tomorrow.
 Baker moved a roll-call of the Council.
 Roll called Present-AndersOn, Baker, Earth. Cornwall Fickas, Hereford, Meade, Rollins, Stevens, Thomas and Mir. Presi- dent.
 Absent DorriDgtnn.
 The Sargent-at-ArTHs was instructed to bring i'll the absent member.
 S;lrgent-at-Arns withdrew and subse- quentlv returned with the absent member. On motion of Anderson, the written re- port required from the Sargent-at-Arus was with.
 Upon the motion to adopt the resolution offered by Mir Stevens. relative to the print ing of H B e, the vote was as follows: Ays-G, Nays-6
 The resolution was declared lost.
 Thomas offered the following resolution: