Weekly Phoenix herald., 1885-01-22
TELEcRAPHIc.
LEGISLATIVE.

Special to the HERALD.]
 PRESCOTT, Jan. 22-House met 8
 9 p. m. yesterday with Speaker Roh
 lins in the chair. =
 Mir. Franklin, (dem.) of Pima, ofs
 fered the following resolution, which
 was adopted:
 RssolUed, That the Chief Clerk of
 this House be instructed to request
 the opinion of he Territorial Attor< ney General as 10 whether it IS law ful or not for this legislature to re- duce or change salaries of county
 officers during the term for which said officers were elected.
 Judge Porter, of Maricopa, gave notice that he would introduce the following bills: "BIlI to Make an Appropriation for the Construction of Suitable Buildings for an Insane Asylum in Salt River Valley and. to Provide for the Maintenance ofIn> sane at that Polnt;'' also Bill for the Consolidation of All Irrigating Canals on the North and South Sides of Salt River;" also "B1ll to Establish a Branch Prison at Fuc- son and to Provide for the Removal of Territorial Prison to that Place."
 Judge Porter also offered the fol> lowing resolution:
 'Resolued by the House, the Coun- cil concurring, that the Chief Clerk of each house be directed to procure for each member fifty copies of such Territorial newspapers as each may select during this session"
 Franklin (Dem.) opposed the res olution, saying that it was extravs- gant waste of Territorial money and | of no ben fit except to newspaper proprietors.
 Ruggles Ind.), of Pinal, made speech in favor of the resolution, and said that newspapers have done more to build up he interests of Ar. izona than any thing else; his con, stituents were readers and he wanted | them to know the truth about this session.
 Risley, of Pima, and Watkins, of Gila, opposed the resolution. The House adjourned.
 The Senate met in secret session and elected the following officers: Sergcant>at-Arms, Patrick Hamil, ton; Chief Clerk, A. E. Fay; Assist ant, R I. Pryke: Journal Clerk, D. $. White. Adjourned.
 The House met u. 10 o'clock with Speaker Rollins in the chair.
 A perfect avalanche of bills were introduced. The following is the title of some of them and the names of their introducers:
 By MT. Risley, of Pima, bill to repeal an act for licenseing commer- cial travellers also bill to suppress vexatious legislation; also bill to esta blish county courts; also bill amending registration laws.
 By Mir. Armstrong, of Maricopa, bill to divide counties into Super> visofs' Districts.
 By BIT. Aiam. of Pima, a bill to hx the fees of District Attorneys; also bill to secure merchandise and | laborers; also a bill providing for the location and registration of mines; also bill to fund the indebt- edness of Pima county.
 By MT. Arm strong, of Maricopa, a bill regulating the freights and fares in Arizona.
 By Mir. Wardwell, of Cochise, a bill making County Rec orders e1- officio clerks of their respective counties; also a bill creating the office of County Assessor also bill to regulate freight and fares in the Territory of Arizona.
 The resolution regarding news> papers was then taken up, and after long debate, 30 copies were allowed to each mem Der, the Chief Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms.
 MT. Franklin, of Pima, gave no, ice that he would introduce bill |