Arizona republican., 1895-02-08

with the territorial secretary and ascer- tain if the committee clerks who for
 want of room, are now located in the Gilson block. cannot be furnished with quarters in the library or elsewhere about the capitol building in the inter-
 est of the prompt dispatch of business. Then followed committee reports. The committee on militia and Indian
 affairs reported favorable upon house | bill No. fl, making the private organi- zation and maintenance of armed bodies
 unla awful.
 The passage of house bill No. 23, re-
 lating to unclaimed property held by
 common carriers, commission mer- chants and others. was recon mended by the corporations committee.
 House bill Mo- 37, regulating the bus
 ness of prostitution, was amended by
 the committee on education and re-
 turned favorably reported. The same
 committee made similar report upon
 house bill No. 12, to amend paragraph
 l516, section A, chapter z, title XIX of
 the revised statutes.
 The judiciary committee recom-
 mended the passage of house bill No.
 A, providing for the appointment by
 district courts of attorneys to defend ln-
 digent persons accused of crimes and to
 provide compensation for such legal
 service.
 Mir. Cheno with moved. ald the mo-
 tion was adopted, that the chairman of the committee on counties and county
 boundaries be requested to report house
 bill No. 3, creating Papago county,
 along with the petitions appertaining to
 it, to the assembly with recommends
 tion that it be referred to the commit
 tee on ways and means.
 i The following new bills were intro duced:
 House bill Mo- 50. by MT. Barnes, re- lating to exemptions, reducing the
 value of personal property to be ex-
 empted to $500. The same gentleman
 introduced another measure, house bill
 No. 52, relating to exemptions and
 homesteads in which the value of realty
 subject to exemption is reduced to
 $1.000,
 N MT. Wildman introduced house bill Mo- 51, making territorial and county
 taxes payable semi-annually.
 House bill No. 53, by Mr. Herrick, to provide for the killing of wild animals and fix the compensation therefor. The following bills were introduced
 by MT. Moore: House bill No. 54, to prohibit the employment of females Ill : places where spirituous liquors
 are sold; house bill No. 55, to
 regulate the license and sale of malt.
 spirituous and vinous liquors; house bill No. 56, to prevent gambling in |, places where spirituous liquors are : sold house bill No. 57, to regulate the
 sale of liquors in the territory; house [ bill Mo- 58, to secure the observance oi ] Sunday.
 MT. Barnes introduced a resolution 3 that the committee on enrolled and en- l grossed bills correct errols in bills and re- l port to the house the character of the corrections.
 The speaker signed house memorial ] No. 8, and number of bills were given a second reading and referred to ap- propriate committees. Among them | were council joint resolution No. 3 awarding the contract for publishing 8 the proceedings of the legislature to THE REPUBLICAN and the Gazette, and 3 council bill No. 5.
 3 MT. Barnes resolution requiring the enrolling and expressing committee te i correct errors of orthography and gram mar was taken up and produced an ex
 tended discussion. It was finally de e cided that each committee to which z s defective bill is referred shall point out # it's defects of spelling, grammar, etc, te }. the author for correction,
 U All the bills which had been reported |, by committees at this session of the as 'f sembly were ordered to the printer. > Mir. Marshall, who introduced house Q bill No. 25. exempting public smeltins . and reducti ion work from taxation, ia v quired the status of the measure. . had been returned from the committed ' on mining with an unfavorable reco m ', mendation signed by three of the tou D mem bers of the committee. Mr. Mar
 shall wanted to know if that report dis /, posed of the bill. The speaker ruled . that it did not. The report, he said 6 was negative one, recommendation Y, 1 that the bill ''do not pass" Had i :, been recommendation of indefnit ,- postponement and had the report beer Q adopted the bill would have been dead
 Dr. Wright appealed from the rulini of the chair and was supported by MT ,ii Barnes. Both gentlemen spoke agains - it. The chair was sustained by vot 7 of 21 to g. The bill was passed to
 third reading.
 2 A message was received from thu ;. council announcing the passage of coun d cil memorial No. l, relating to Papag' A depredations.
 0 MT. Barnes presented petition iron '. residents of Apache county praying fo f the creation of the county of Navajo. /, . The assembly then went into com ' mittee of the whole, Mir. Moore in th' chair, to consider house bill No. g, re I lating to the classification of counties