Arizona republican., 1893-03-22
o; council bill No. 35, by Mir. Edwards, for the encouragement of railroad build. ing within the territory.
In the House.


 consisted of the reference to the com mittee on appropriations of several bills presented by various territorial officials.
 ] MT. Hunt introduced house blll No. SS, to prohibit prize6ghting within the territory under a penalty of not less 1 than $l ,0O0 nor more than 5000, or mprisonment for not less than one year nor more than three years. Re- ferred to the committee on education and 100 copies ordered printed.
 House bill No. S9, by MT. Field. is an act fixing eight hours as days work in territorial institutions. Referred to the committee on territorial affairs.
 House bills No. 90 and 9l, by Mir. Martin, are of somewhat similar char acter. The first exempts $500 worth of personal property from action for debt and the other provides that home- | stead of the value of S2,000 shall be exempt from execution. Referred to the judiciary committee. House bill No. 92, also introduced by MT. Martin, providing for the repairing of ditches, was referred to the commit tee on agriculture.
 MT. Hurley introduced house bill No 93, regulating the payment of wages. Referred to the committee on territorial affairs.
 House bill No. 76, by MT. Gray gov erning the location and holding of mines was read and referred to the judiciary committee.
 House biil No. 4S, by Mir. Hunt, fix ing the maximum price per acre for water and the keeping of irrigating canals in proper condition was referred to the committee on irrigation.
 The first skirmish in the house oc- cured in the course of the considera- ton of Council bill No. 26 by Mr. Haw- kins, relating to the conditional sale or lease of railroad or street car rolling stock or equipment.
 The fight against this measure was led by Dr. Wright who urged that the effect of the law would be to practically place all railroads in the territory be- yond the reach of execution and charg- ed that the bill had been in troduced at the instance of the Atlantic X Pacific road. Advocates of the bill denied that it's passage could possibly benefit the road, but said that it had been pro- posed for the protection of eastern
  a lengthy discussion it was put upon it's vote Yeas - Behan, Bruce, Burke, Dryden, Gray, Martin, Ross, Baxter-S.
 Before the result was announced, MT. Ross changed his vote and moved re- consideration which was defeated by the same vote.
 Another debate occurred over house bill No. l5, by Mir. Schumacher to levy and collect an occupation tax. The measure Mir. Schumacher explained had been introduced by him at the re- quest of Territorial Auditor Hughes to meet deficit which could be provided against in no other way. After an ef- fort to strangle the bill it was referred to the committee on territorial affairs.
 House bill No. Sl, by MT. Skinner, to amend the marriage law of the terri tory, to render it in consonance with the United States law, in that certi- ficates of the solemnization of the cere- mony shall be returned to the probate court by the clergyman or officer offici- ating, instead of by the persons mar ried, was passed.
 Council bill No. AS, by Mir. Ed- wards, in relation to compensation of attorneys in criminal cases, was read first time and referred to the commit tee on judiciary, as was also commerce bill Fo. 70, by MT. Lowell, concerning fees and salaries.
 Council bill No. 54 by Mir. Lowell, an act in relation to the election of officers in cities and towns here tofora incorporated under a special act of the legislature was committed to the committee on elections. The entire afternoon session was eX- hausted in the consideration of council bill No. 35 by MT. Graham for the in- corporation of towns and villages con taining more than 800 inhabitants. The bill had undergone numerous unim- portant changes in the committee room, but after it's second reading by title two other amendments were made where upon it was given it's third reading which was really it's first and was passed.
 The house adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning.
 Recalls the Grlbbell Murder.
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