Arizona republican., 1895-03-09
The Council.

Tn the council yesterday morning Mir. Doran gave notice of introduction of a bill to regulate the manner of ad vertising for supplies for the varioas institutions of the territory, also of a bill to amend the penal code.
 A message was received from the governor that he had signed conncil bill No. fl, by Mr. Doran, providing for the territorial defense ahd to prevent insurrection.
 Council bill No. 69. by MT. Packard, for the relief of J. A. McRae, of St. David, was placed on final passage. MT. Edwards opposed and it was re- committed to the ways and means committee.
 A message was received from the house that it had appointed Messrs. Marshall, Martin. Samaniego,' Wright and Greenlaw, of the joint investi gating committee, and had appointed Messrs. Moore, Finley and Crosby mem bers of the conference committee on council bill No. II, the hypnotic bill.
 At the afternoon session notices of introduction of bills were given es fol- lows:
 By Mr. Lake, of bill amending the act relating to fees of certain county officers
 By MT. Scott, an act to rescind cer- tain laws of the revised statutes. By MT. Doran, an act relating to the acquisition and reclamation of arid land.
 Conncil bill No. 6S, relating to sheep quarantine and the marking and re- marking of sheep, was placed on final passage and passed, all present voting aye; Davis and Aspinwall absent. House bill No. 13, reducing the placed on final passage and defeated, l Dunlap alone voting for it. l House bill No. 79, abolishing the office of superintendent of public ter ritorial schools and bestowlng its duties upon the principal of the normal school was placed on final passage. Mir. Edwards favored the bill, saying it l had passed the house almost unani- mously, where it had been carefully considered; that 1t was an economical measure and should pass. Mr. Scott also Spoke in favor of the bill. He be- iieved the duties of the office of terri torial superintendent were merely cleri- cal and that he was being paid far in excess of work performed or required. l Mir. Doran made a strong fight against the bill. He agreed that the officer was receiving too much money for the service he is rendering, but thought the bill in the nature of a blow at the public schools and that the duties of the superintendent should rather be enlarged so that he might visit the schools of the territory and broaden his field of usefulness. MT. Doran further int1mated that the pas sage of the bill might only have the effect of causing the present incumbent to become principal of the normal school if his own office was abolished.
 The bill was lost by vote of five to five as follows: Ayes, Babbitt, Ed wards, Lake, Nugent and Scott; nays, Dunlap, Jones. Kemp, Packard and Doran; absent, Aspinwal and Davis
 The house notified the council that it had passed council bill No. 56, giving the Arizona Gazette $l,222. A message was received from the gov ernor that he had signed council bill No. 7, the board of control bill.
 MT. Doran gave notice of introduction of concurrent resolution relating to council bill Mo- 30, for the relief of ex- Governor Wolfey, now in the hands of 1 the governor.
 l Notice was given by Mir. Kemp of the