Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-02-18
IN THE COUNCIL

42, feiatiuS to ooaius ot suPS'f f1So'S' '"' flying all agreements, rebate, etc, hereto fore made by such bodies.
 Doran introduced Council Bill No. A, increasing the duties of county school superin,endents and grading their salaries.
 Zulick introduced Council Bill No. 46, establishing the age of school census children as between : and IS.
 Doran introduced. by request, Coun- cil Bill No. 4s, providing a militia code for the territory. It makes service com pulsory for all males between the ages Of IS and 4s for at least one month year, exemption being made ID favor of those having conscientious scruples againt bearing arms. such persons, however, paylng for such exemption the yearly sum of Sao.
 Brady introduced Council Bill No. A regulating trial of causesbeiore juries providing that in civil cases concur renee of two-thirds the jurors shall be sufficient.
 Council bill was read .hird time as ! amended by committee. It changes the
 salary of attorney general to $I,ooo year and stipulates that the appoin,ee shall have been resident of the terri tory for at least one year. Carried by the following vote. Ayes-Doran, Frank, Herndon, Peter, Simpson. Thur ! mond, vickers; Hughes-S. Noes | Baldwin, Brady, Dennis, Zulics-4. Council bill 46, introduced by Mir. Zulick, fixing the age of school children l was reported from the committee on edu- cation favorably. Mir. Herndon moved it's indefinite postponement, believing the minimum age of , fixed by the bill to be at least one year too late. MT ZuIick argued that seven years was the least age which children should be sent l to school. The motion to indefinitely postpone was lost and the bill went to third reading.
 Council bill IS. introduced by Mir. Herndon. prescribing additional duties to the several boards of supervisors was reported back from the committee on judiciary with the recommendation that l it do pass The bill was lost by a tie | vote.
 Council,bill as was reported from com 1 mittee on ways and means with ameud- | ments. fixing the price of revised stat-
 utes at S instead of $a, as in the orisi-
 nal. The amendment was adopted, bill
 ordered engrossed to third reading.
 Baldwin introduced Council Bill No. 47, reproducing the legislative dis
 tricts of Arizona. The bill provides for the following apportionment of the members of the legislature among the
 several counties. There shall be four council districts in the territory, each
 having three representatives, divided as follows: Maricopa, Mohave and Yuma; Yavapai, Coconino and Apache; aGra- ham, Piual and Gila; Pima and Cochise
 Each county shall have representation
 in the assembly as follows: Maricopa. | 5; Mohave. I; Yuma, |; Yayapai. 4;
 Coconino. I; Apache, 2; Graham, ?;
 Pinal, I; Gila, I; Pima, 5; Cochise, ,. | The house bill providing for the ex- penses of the investigating committee
 passed and also the bill providing for reimbursing Gila county for over paid
 territorial taxes. l Council Bill No. 3 defining the qual- | ifications of persons to practice law in
 courts of record was read third time
 and passed without opposition. It pro
 vides that all applicants must be first
 examined before the supreme court. l Hughes introduced resolution. de-
 string the governor to return to the | council without bis signature Council l Bill No. II, relative to the residence of the territorial auditor and treasurer.
 l Simpson presented communication from William C. Hazledine, general at torney of the Atlantic & Pacific railroad, relative to the survey of lands within the ! grant of the said railroad, urging me- | morial 10 congress to the end that such
 survey be made.
 yickers introduced counc1 bill 54, an
 act to encourage volunteer firemen, ex- emptinp veteran firemen from jury duty
 and poll tax.
 Hughes introduced council bill SC. ap-
 propriating not over $5,ooo per annum 10 the St. Joseph's orphan home, an in stitution for the care of orphan children. Council bill :, relative to attorney gen. 1 eral. was received back from the house l with amendments. changing the salary l from Sr, ,ooo per annum to 5000. and extending the necessary period of resi- dence to three years. After extended discussion concurrence was refused in the salary amendment by the following vote: Ayes-Brady. Zulick, Hughes 3. Noes-Baldwin, Doran, Dennis, Frank, Herndon, Peter, Thurmond, vickers-S. Not voting, Simpson. Upon the residence clause the amend ment was concurred in. As confer ence committee the president appointed Messrs Brady and Doran.