Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-02-25
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PACIFIC COAST.
Special to the CITIZEN.

1CMA, Feb. l6.-Ihe subcommittee O the Legislature which has been hert . trying to get at the bottom Of the man
 sgement of the Territorial prison, anC . investigating the Ehrenburg road con
 cluded their labors to-day. They elici B ted but little that was new. They found
 that the commission had transacted the business as individuals rather than as |
 board and have left but little record Oi what they have done. The ex-Secretary
 of the Board, H. N Alexander, has
 transacted most of she business as an in-
 dividual and refused 10 account to any
 one for his prIvate affairs and the com mittee was poWerless. Those with whom
 the business was done say that they had no dealings with the prison commission
 or the Territory of Arizona, and refuse
 to reveal their transactions with private
 individuals. Commissioner Frank and
 Councilman Knapp visited Perry, Wood worth & O., of Los Angeles, from whom
 most of the purchases were made, but
 they refused tO give access to the books
 or throw any light upon the tangled
 web of the manner in which their .pur-
 chases were made. Judge Msbbett al
 so refused to testify in regard tomatters
 within his knowledge
 They found, it is understood. that the
 United States Government had paid for
 care of prisoners about 5000 in checks payable to H. N Alexander, secretary Of
 the Prison Board, which were endorsed
 by him and the proceeds placed to his individual credit in the bank. There
 appears tO be no official record of what
 use was made of this fund There IS al- SO no official record of tine disposition of Sl3000 worth of the bonds authorized by the Last Legislature for building pur- poses. That is, the business was not ! transacted by the Board ID session with minutes and records Of its proceedings.
 The investigation in the Ehrenburg | road matter was more satisfactory. The | road commissioners furnished the com mittee with every facility and desired them to personally inspect the road | This they were unable to do. but took considerable testimony in relation there | to.
 The subcommittee, composed Of Councilman Knapp and Representatives Graves and Duncan, seemed actuated | by desire to obtain reliable informa- ton, regardless of whom it might effect. They left this evening for Prescott to report to the full committee the facts they had ascertained which will assist the committee in making their report.
 The report of the committee and the Legislature in the premises will be watched with interest by all parties here.
 PREscoTT, Feb. 17.-In the House the bill allowing appeal from justices court to another in the same precinct was killed.
 The bill to incorporate the clty of Prescott passed.
 The bill fixing the license of dance houses was indefinitely postponed.
 The bill creating Territorial library for the prison reached third reading. It appropriates two hundred dollars first year and ono hundred each year there after, to be under the control of the con- missioners.,
 Petitions were received from COchise asking that the debt be funded. The floating debt is enc hundred and siI thousand dollars; the court house bond | ed debt, fifty thousand; school building debt, fifteen thousand. Warrants worth l from fifty to sixty cents
 PREscoTT, Feb. -House-The act 1 authorizing the District Court to change names of persons, passed. This con tained section to change the name of corporations but it was stricken out. The l act authorizing the Treasurer to redeem certain Territorial bonds reached the third reading. Some thirty thousand dollars Is now lying idle in the sinking fund and at the suggestion. of Governor Iritle the bill was introduced. The bill repeating the act to encourage sinking artesian wells was reported unfavOrably bill by the committee and was inde- l fnitsly postponed. The bill to organize l the Militia of Arizona was before the | House this morning. Judge Anderson | moved to increase the number of officers l and decrease the number of privates. l General Wardwell, a Democrat, claims | that there IS too much patriotism iu the l bill to please Democrats who will try I and defeat the bill. Wardvell claims 1 that the counties on the border should | have a militia. Wsrdwell appealed 10 | the Republicans to stand solid on the | bill and that if the Democrats 20 back | on him, he will be found voting with the l Republicans hereafter. True faith and | allegance will be added. Wicks spOk | favorable, provided the expense was not too great, claiming that 1t would | protect our border. Tue bill will be dis | cussed in COmmlttee of the Whole to- | morrow. The Democrats cannot afford I to antagonize Wardwell on the bill. It | is predicted that the bill will pass slightly amended.
 COuncil-D Davis introduced a bill re- 1 lating to the office of the Territorial Aud itor.
 BOlan bill authorizing the Board of | Supervisors of Cochise county to issue | Sl0,OOO in county bonds to pay for conn., ty warrants already issued
 Hughes opium bill passed.
 Lemon introduced a bill regulating l the percentage of county treasurers and | collectors; bill to confer additional pow CTS upon the common council of the city of Phenix.
 The bill to secure liens to mechanics, laborers and others, was passed
 An animated discussion took place iD the Council on the appointment of the varlous Counties based on the last vote.
 The Yayspai delegation fighting the bill and knowing that fair apportion- ment takes the power obtained through fraud from them. Any measure where by the! are weakened whether by fraud or otherwise they oppose. Judge Davis made an able speech ID favor of the bill. This section will hold advantage grOund gained at all hazards.
 Ike bill to punish minors for gamb- ling was indefinitely postponed
 The act fixing the time holding Court in Second district in Gila, the first Mon- day in March and fOurtb Monday in