Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-02-20
THE LEGISLATURE
How Gu! Law Makers are Getting Down to
 Business at lhe Capital.
List Of Bills Introduced and Other DOlRgS
 Of Importance.
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PHESIx, Feb. lS-fha amendment offered yesterday to Hunts bill, tax ing sleeping car companies, proyid- ing for taxation of ears instead of taxing their income, was knocked out by the committee, and the bill was reported layorably to the House this morning as originally intro duced.
 Hull's bill, providing for the eK- emp.ion from taxation to unpatented mining claims and to ore on the dumps of mining claims, and proyid- ing for a tax ou bullion and matte, was recommended to be indefinitely postponed, and substitute intro duced by the committee on Mines and Mining. The substitute exempts unpatented claims and all products of mines from taxation.
 The mining bill was reported fayorably by the committee.
 The bill in reference to the dispo- sition of unclaimed property held by common carriers and others, was defeated in the House by a vote of 10 to lS; Hunt changed his vote from ave to nay, and gave notice that he would move to reconsider the vote tomorrow, and the bill may yet pass with slight amend ments.
 4 joint resolution has been passed by the council, providing for inyes- tigating the differences between Secretary Bruce and the Tucson Star. \ similar bill introduced in the House was lald over until to- morrow.
 PHENlx, Feb. l4.-Oue of the Sun day laws passed the House to-day by a vote of sixteen to seven. An. other one, covering the same ques- ton, is now in the hands of a com mittee.
 The following is the text of one bill covering the Sunday rest ques ton above referred to. lts author is Marshall. oi Maricopa.-ED.
 An Act prohibiting the carrying on of certain business within the limits of the Territory of Arizona on Sundays.
 SECTION l. Every person who keeps open on Sunday within the Territory of Arizona, any store, gorkshop. bar, saloon, banking house or any ether place where business of 8 secular nature Is transacted, for the purpose of trans acting any business therein, or who shall transact any business therein, is guilty of 8 misdemeanor, and ! upon conviction thereof. shall be fined in a sum of not less than fifty | dollars and not 10 exceed three 1 hundred dollars, or shall be i'm prisoned in the county jail not less ] than ten days aud not more than sixty days, or shall be subject to | both such fine and imprisonment.
 SEC 2 The provisions of the | preceding section do not apply Co 1 persons who on Sunday keep open l hotels, boarding houses, barber shops, bath rooms, markets. restua- rants, livery stables or retail drug | stores for the Legitimate business of each, or such manufacturing indus tries as are usually kept in continued operation.
 SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect | and be ID force from aud after thirty | days after its passage.
 The House this morning refused to adopt Fnley's ioist resolution providing for the appointment of committee to investigate the charges preferred against Secretary Bruce by the Tucson Star, on account of a similar resolution having been adopted by the Council The gen ersl expression of opinion of the members indicate that the Council | resolution will be lost in the House, as they do not seem inclined to mix up in a quarrel in which they are not interested.
 By unanimous vote this morning, | the vote whereby the bill providing for the disposition of unclaimed property was defeated yesterday, was reeonsidered, and the bill was referred to committee of the whole, to be considered at 2 o'clock next Monday.
 The bill appropriating three thousand dollars for the education of the deaf, dumb and blind passed the House to-day. There were only two dissenting votes.
 Action was taken on other bills as follows:
 Exempting smelters from taxa ton; lost by vote of l9 to f.
 Amending the road law, increasing poll tax to three dollars; lost. Amending the law conforming private property for public use: passed. An Act prohibiting the importing pr maintaining of an armed body of men in the Territory passed with only two negative votes.
 The bill providing for the pay nent of attorney for defending ndigent poor accused of crime, passed by vote of l4 to9.
 Barnes Navajo county bill was .n committee of the whole this afternoon. ( PHENIx, Feb. 15,-Both houses held ! short session today and members s vent to Tempe to look over the [ Normal school. ' TT