Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-03-14
THE CAPITOL.
Tempest in Teap"t-The Council at work-At Sixes and sevenS-New Salary BiIi,-BuIIion Tax in n Bad Way.

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 work-At sixes and ssvenS-New salary
 BiIis-BuIIion Tax In a Bad Way.
 Regular Correspondent of the Citizen.
 PRESCOTT, March 3, 1885.
 There was dire confuslon in the PhenIx circle of sojourners, yesterday afternoon, upon the discovery m the Council that the Insane Asylum bill was missing from the desk of the mem Der in whose possession it had been given. He had left the important dOcu- Inent hIs desk fJ-a tey brief moments and on his return from a conversation with fellow member, it was gone. The bill had suffered many amendments and no copy of 1t was in existence. It vas lost or. more hkely stolen. Judge Porter was in n state of beWilderel anxiety for time and late last night Le gave up hope of finding the bill and set his clerk at work upon producing as near a copy as possible for re-intrOduction and pas sage through the House. That was his only remedy. The bill was all ready this morning, and just as Mir. Porter was about to arise for the purpose uf intro duclrg 1t, he was informed that the bill WAS found; 1t had simply been mlslald. only that and nothing more. The bill was made the special order for tO-mOr- row, at ID ID.
 The Pheulx and Maricopa railroad bill was railrOaded through the Council today, meeting with only one opposing vote.
 Aram's bill relating to the location and registration Of inning claims, Was indefinitely postponed ID the Council. This Is a curious country. The ambi- tiOus striplIng villages are seeking to put on municipal garments, while oth- CTS, after wearing them for some time. want tO disrobe. The bIll IncOrpOr4- tInE. or rather re-lncOrpOratiug the clty of Phenix was introduced to-day and It was almost immediately followed by an other to dlsincorPorate the city of Tombstone. This IS pretty fair illus tratiOn ot the unanImiiy of sentiment m the Legislature.
 The salary bill WAS wrecked upon the shoals of dIs ensiJn, m committee, and each county delegation concluded to ln- troduce separete pills. That for Pima was the same as that given in my iasi | letter. exec ptins hat the District ArtOr- ney was raised to S3,6DO and the Trea-- urer to S3,pu0. The Iavauai delegation also introduced ani secured the imme- diate passage, under suspension Ct the rules, of their salary bill.
 | he Yavapai county division, which takes Tonto Basin into Gila county. came up to day and, after long dl-- cussiOU. it was mate the special order for p. n. tomorrow.
 The Bullion Tax hIll was today con sidered m committee of the whole. It was supported by Mes-Es. RugIleS, Wdrdwell and Percy. and was opposed by Messrs. Rollins, Franklin, Purty aI Watkins. The committee finally, by Vote of r. to 10, reported 1t back with a recomms' dalton hat It be indefinitely pos poned. An eflert to indefinitely postpone the bill was then made and lost by tie vote, and the House Gd- Iourned. QuIte a number Of ladies We're present during the debate and they seemed to enjoy the flights of oratory that were indulged m.
 The Attorney General has given as bis opinion that the Legislature can sit until the 22d inst, as the session was not strIctly begun until both Houses were organized and ready for action. However. It Is pretty generally bellevei to fixed determination to adjourn on the l2th. or at best on the l4ih.
 The bill to prohibit Mexican FIestas was killed yesterday in the House, and the stirring strains of the "rawhIde" band may yet arsin be heard beneatt the refreshing shade of the umbraginus cOttonwOOds m Levin's Park E.