Arizona republican., 1893-03-15

measure provides territorial care Tor
persons sick and INDECENT.
Council bill No. %, by Mr.. Nellis, to
protect the interest of live stock grow
ers, was read the second time and re-
ferred to- The live stock committee.
Mr.. Rogers presented house memoir
ial No. 4, addressed to Secretary OF
State Gresham. concerning the bound
airy line between Arizona and Mexico,
and requesting copies Of the original
treaties made between the United
States and Mexico with reference TO
that portion of the boundary. Referred
to the proper committee.
A communication was received from
the territorial auditor advising the
house that he had issued a certificate
of Indebtedness to 7. d. Hammond late
territorial librarian for services rem
dered. Referred to the committee on
appropriations.
The special committee appointed to
consider the Field irrigation bill re-
ported it back with numerous amend
ments whose adoption WIS recon-
mended. tbe amendments were not
read. but are said to have entirely
changed the character OF the measure.
The report OF the committee was ac-
cepted, but no further action was taken
upon ~.
Under the head OF introduction OF
bills Mr., Hunt brought in house bill
No. "a an act for the protection OF
range stock and makes it unlawful for
any person to take up any such stock
without having obtained the conset OF
the owner.
Speaker Baxter presented house bill
No. 20, an act to provide for instruc'
ton in Spanish in certain schools
Under the act the Spanish language
shalt be made part OF the university
curriculum when a department OF
literature shall be established. After
June 80 1895 no student shall be graz
duated from the university without hav-
ing taken Spanish language and litera-
tire in the course and after the same
date no person shall be granted a first
grade certificate from the county
school perintendent who shall not
have passed an examination in Spanish.
The provisions OF this act shall not APP
ply To district schols except those
situated within corporate towns unless
upon petition by persons residing in
such d stricts. The bill was read the
second time, referred to the committee
on education and 100 copies ordered
printed.
House bill No. introduced by Mr..
Gray, is an act relating to the location
OF mining claims.
Mr.. Reilly introduced house bill No.
II, an act to aid the care and improve
ment Of public cemeteries and legalize
APPROPRIATIONS made by board OF super
vlsors for this purpose. Rules sus-
pended read second slime and referred to
the committee on public buildings and
grounds.
The calling up OF house bill No. 10
bp Mr.. Hubbell an act defining the
qualifications Of persons elected or APP
pointed to office was the signal for de-
bate. This bill amends former
statute by providing that persons able
TO read aud write are qualified 10 hold
office within the territory either by cleo
ton or appointment; the amendment
consists in having stricken out the
words "the English language" 1t was
designed at first TO only insert the
words cor Spanish" but the terms
were made broader so as to take In all
languages.
Auo her clause constitutes boards OF
supervisors sole judges of the oualltica-
ton designated. Mr.. Field presented a
substitute transferring to the court the
power vested in boards OF supervisors
bp the original bill.
Mr.. Hunt said in opposition to the
bill that he believed that only one
language should prevail in America and
that should be the English. The pres
ent statute he believed fully covered
the ground and he wound oppose any
effort to repeal it. Mr.. Day took the
same view and referred TO the incon-
yenience which had arisen in Canada
on account OF a dual court language.
Mr.. Marshall spoke at considerable
length in the same tenor.
Mr.. Reilly in support OF the substitute
and incidently in support OF the bill
said that no man could 90 beyound him
in desiring that the English might be
the sole Language of American courts
and officials. The bill however, he un-
derstood had been framed to apply to a
condition of affairs which prevailed Ill
Apache county and perhaps elsewhere
| i'm the territory. There are he said at
least two precincts in Apache county
where Spanish is spoken almost ex-
clusively and in those precincts it
would consequently be impossible to
! fiji the Offices with English speaking
persons. Mr.. Ross was Indifferent as
| 10 what course the bill might take yet
he said the reason and justice OF Mr..
Reilly's argument was apparent.
The substitute was lost and the bill
was re-reterred to the committee on
territorial affairs.
The substitute for Mr.. Mehan's bill
defining grand larceny was laid over ior
one day on account OF the absence by
reason of illness of Messrs Cook and
Brewer, both of whom are adversely In
terested in it.
House bill No. &C, by Mr.. Hurley
tforbidding the maintenance OF houses
of i'll fame within 500 yards OF any
school building, was reported back by
the committee on education with a sub
stitute fixing the distance at not lest
than 800 yards instead OF 500. The bill
and substitute were recommitted to the
committee and the house adjourned
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