Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-03-07
.ndenca of ths CITIZEN.


 Fie.tss s- Bank Commissioner County [ Courts-The New salsTies-RaIIroad Bills
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 Regular Correspondence of the CITIZEN.
 PREscoIr, Feb. 2S, 1885. It is generally conceded that the legislature will adjourn on the l2ih of March, which leaves only ten more working days Iu which vast volume of accumulated legislation must be dis poe ed of. Tte House is fully a week ahead of the Council in its business. and when the time for adjournment arrives its closing hours will not witness tue bur-y and rush usual in legislative bod ies. No new bushes will be received after March 7th, excepting the appro- priRt.on hull.
 The removal of the capital will prob ably come up in the Council on Monday, and test made of that all absorbing question. LeatherwoOd is sanguine of success, but that able statesman may be mistaken in the number of visible noses, like many others have been. The Insane Asylum bill, Is still peacefully sleeping by the waysIde. waiting for the capital bill, which 1t hopes to help along and, in its turn, be safely con- veyed in the safe harbor.
 The bill abOlIshIng Mexican Fiestas has passed the Council. PInal and Apache unties being exempted from Its provisions. As the feast has lost all its distinctive 6ni characteristic relig Ious features, the present bill but puts an end 10 the teasou of debsuchery an- nually carried on in many of the towns in the Territory.
 The bill making the Territorial Audi tor ex-Ofiicio Bank Commissioner has passed the House and is DOW before the Council. IL IS a bill worthy of enact ment m the interest of Ihe vast volume of depositOrs who still retain lIttle faith in those useful but very uncertain institutions. If he bill becomes law it will add Sl.00O per year to the emolu- ments of the aud tor.
 An inferior curt for QUiiD;Oa has been petItioned f,r by the D, opls of that growing camp, nd It was followed by the introduction Os bill in response to such prayer.
 County courts are among the certain ties of the present session. The bIl. provides for County Judge at an an nusl salary of S3,U0O. with clerk, who shall be ex- officiu clerk of the Board of Supervisors, st $l,2u0 per yer. The Governor will not make appointments until the next election.
 Tue fee bill will probably pass after the salary bill Is enacted. There will be no practical change from the printed bJll as sent you. She salary bill gives tO Pima county officials Us follows: Sheriff, S7, ,jO0 and necessary mileage at 2D cents per mIl-; Treasurer, g. JU0; [ District Attorney, SS,OJO; Recorder, s. 900; Probate Judge, S2.UOO; Clerk of the Court, Sl ,2DO; Assessor, Sl.jpO. In the face Of former liberal fees ths sweeping reduction will cause the mental con struction of numerous large damus III official circles, tO tue delight of those who foot the bills.
 Porter Is working hard to get a bill through giving aid from MsrcoVa county tO a railroad from Phenix tu Mar icoUa m the sum ot S2jO.Oj0. payable n S0 years and bearing per cent interest. PhenIx undoubtedly wants a raIlrOad connection with the out lds world. but there is a possibility of Its having to pay too dear for its locomotive whistle, ami the bIll IS particularly unfortunate iu not leaving the proposition tO a vote Of the peop!e-a plan that would seem to embu udy proper spirit of fairness.
 The bullion tax bIli will Come up early next week for action. In it's pre- eut state 1t requires the payment Of IT per cent. upon the net production of ths' mines. So far as Pima county k con cerned tax of this kind would prOvid. but very small revenue Co tue c uuty, as Its mines are still only prospects, in a great measure. It Is nIce question t) determine wh, ther this burden Is just and proper. There can be no dOuLt of the correctness of the principle ot tax ing the production of mines equally with the product of the manufac ur,r or "f the soil, yet m many eases a real had ship Is possible to bn il duStry that needs fostering until 1t IS in more flourish ing condition.
 The weather here is lovely; the days are bright and warm, but the nights still bring frosts. The snow still fingers on tue mountain sides, seemingly pre pared to participate in prospe ;tIve frigid day when Prescott gets left on the capital. B.