Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-03-23
THE LEGISLATURE.
COUNCIL March II.

AFTERNOON SEssIoN-Council recon vened at o'clock and the discussion of c B 5S continued and passed. Council went into executive session on the nominations of the governor and confirmed c P LeItch, territorial audi tor, M H McCord, member board of control; F M Shaw, assistant superin> tendent of territorial prison; H W Nc Kean, prison secretary and refused to confirm Dr P G Cotter as prison physl clan.
 On motion council went into commit tee of the whole on c B 57, to establish board of health and H B 115 creating territorial health officer.
 Council reconvened to receive report of committee of the whole which report ed both bills without recommendation.
 B SS, deferring sale of real estate for delinquent taxes passed.
 Council adjourned Till tomorrow morn- ing at 10 o'clock.
 March l6
 MORNING SEssIoN-Council called to order at 10 o'clock with President Doran In the chair.
 The standing committees reported as 'ollows:
 Il Bs 67, 3S, 39, S1 and G to pass.
 II B 96 without recommendation.
 C NJ 3 to pass.
 AspInwa by unanimous consent in. Lroduced c k 2 relating to the na- tioual irrigation congress to be held at Albuquerque; read first time.
 0 E 92 relating to billiard tables pass ed by vote of 5 to 3.
 c B 99, relating to Indian prisoners, pRsse. by unanimous vote.
 . B SS, Nugent, relating to sale of property on account of delinquent taxes, passed by vote of 10 to ?.
 CB 05, Davis, to create county of Miles, made special order for p. m. to- day.
 c B 37, relating to landlord and ten ant. H B 115, c B referred to commit tee of the whole.
 c B 14 relating to burial of dead ami mals; reconsidered and re-referred to committee on agriculture.
 H B 81, Greenlesf, to provide for the maintenance of the reform school; pass ed by a vote of 10 to ?.
 Council adjourned until 2 p. m.
 H B 1O1 and 0 B 90 passed by unani- nous vote.
 H B AS relating to eminent domain. H Bs S7 and 104. C B 76. H Bs 10S, ", 23. c B 34 and sub Az ordered to have third reading.
 HB1, Moore, to grant suffrage to women of Arizona defeated by vote of to 5.
 c k "A. Davis, relating to capital site; indefinitely postponed.
 H B Fish relating to county officers, made special order in committee of the whole at p. m. today.
 II B 51, Wildm8n, relating to collec- tion of taxes; made special order for p. m. today.
 AFTERNOON SESSION.
 c B 93 an act relating to the franchise of incorporated towns and cities passed by vote of II ayes; one absent. H B 39 au act concerning mines and mining, was amended, and passed by vote of II ayes; one absent. H E V, an act relating to the lmpanel- ing and challenging of jurors, amend ments of the judiciary committee, were adopted.
 CRS S5, an act to create the county of Miles, was considered in committee of the whole or special order. The com mittee arose and asked permission to slt again Dunlap moved the call of the council.
 | The council again went into commit tee of the whole to further consider the bill. Dunlap presented statistics of asses sable property em braced in the proposed | county and advocated it's passage on the | grounds of iustihable wealth and de- I sire of the eople of the proposed sub- division tn maintain a county govern ment. Ed wards followed Tn support of the bill. Dorau also favored the meas ure Scott opposed county division on | general principals and said that at such l q time 1t was unwlse legislation. Pack ard fought hard to refer the bill back to the engros-ing committee to gain time cut the advocates showed anxiety tC bring it to a final issue and the com mittes arose and reported 1t back W tn g recommendation that 1t do pass Pack ard agaln moved to recommit to the committee on counties and county bouu aries; the motion was lost. It was ther passed by the following vote: Ayes-AspinW all, Davis, Dunlap, Ed wards, Kemp, Nugent, MT President, ' nayes-Babhit, Jones, Lake, Packard Scott, 5.
 The council went into committee O the whole to consider c B 27, an act re latlug to landlords hnd tenants. Tn report was adopted. The bill was thel ordered engrossed aRd have third read reading.
 House adjourned till Monday at l am.