Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-03-13

time checks by corporations, were all indefinitely postponed. Another bill similar, to the latter, is still in the House.
 PHENx, March S.-The House held a busy session this morning, disPos- ing of no less than ten or dozen measures.
 Council bill providing for accept ing nonresident corporations as sureties ou bonds, passed with only four dissenting votes.
 The bill providing that citizens vote only in the precincts in which they reside, passed by a vote of twelve to eight. Notice of recon sideration was given, and the bill has a chance of being defeated yet.
 The bill allowing county treas urers to deposit money in banks, was defeated by 6 vote of eleven to nine.
 The railroad exemption bill was passed, with only two votes against.
 A bill compelling drivers of vehi- cles to turn to the right, was passed.
 The bill changing the present law in regard to printing, passed with only two votes against 1t.
 The bill prohibiting parties from wearing badges of secret orders unless entitled to do so, was de- feated.
 The bill sbolishing the honorary board of insane asylum directors, was passed by unanimous vote.
 The Yayspai delegation presented Dukes relief bill, with an amend ment, leaving the with the board of supervisors to settle the amount.
 The governor has signed the bill to aid volunteer fire companies and Hunts military school bill, and they are now laws.
 PnExIx, March 9.-The House got itself into parliamentary knot yes terdAy afternoon, and after working for about an hour trying to extricate itself, adjourned until this morning.
 The concurrent resolution which was adopted a few days since by both houses, providing that no bill should be entertained or received after March II, except the appro- priations. The intention of the resolution was to prohibit the intro duction of bills after that date, and the question arose ss to whether the word entertain" might not prevent taking action on bills which have already been introduced. The ques- ton was disposed of in the House this morning by adopting resolu- ton rescinding the former resolu. tion and prohibiting the introduc- ton of bills after March II.
 The House passed the following bills this morning:
 To reduce members of the live stock sanitary commission, and pro- vide for actual expenses instead of mileage of officials.
 To provide for depositing public money in banks.
 In the JOURNAL MINERS report of Fish's school bill a serious error was made, as it related to spportion- ment of school moneys instead oi appointment of school marms. PHENIx. March 1l.-On account oi the resolution providing that no bills be introduced after today, there was quite a flood of bills in troduced in both houses, the num- Der in the House running up from 149 to l60.
 Among those introduced was one in the Council for the creation of Nantes county.
 Papago county came up again in the House with new boundary lines embracing more territory and more taxable property. Finley. of Tue son, objected to its introduction for the reason that 1t had been intro Guced once and defeated, and il could not be again introduced in the same House. The question was was discussed at some length, when the Speaker sustained the objection, and an appeal from his decision was taken aud lost by a vote of eleven to six. While the question of the introduction of it was being dis cussed in the House, the bill wa' introduced in the Council, and ad- vanced to its second reading under suspension of the rules.
 Aside from passing Barnes elec- ton bill, nothing was accomplished in the House, except the adoption of a motion to stand at recess unti I2o'clock.
 RAILROAD CELEBRATION.
 PHENIx, March 12.- Phenix is dressed in holiday attire and is full to overHowing with visitors. Nearly twenty special cars and Pullmans are ou the side track of the s. F., P. & P. Railroad, all filled to their utmost capacity with visitors. Every house and lodging room in Phenix as we'll as a large number of private residences are filled even to stand ing room, and yet there are com plaints from visitors of their in ability to find sleeping accommoda- tions.
 The procession this afternoon | yraa a vary elaborate affair and was