Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-03-06
THE LEGISLATURE
HOW Our Law Makers are Getting Down to
 Business al the Capital.
List Of Bills Introduced and Other DOlngS
 Of Importance.
[spesial Co th gaa,. al- MIner.l

PHENIx, Feb. 2. The committee of the whole in the House yester- day afternoon ha under considera- tion Hulps bill for the protection of workiagmen, and the bill for deposit. ing public monies in some bank; the former was referred back to the judiciary committee for further consideration, and, the latter, on reconvening of the House, was laid on the table.
 The normal school bill, providing for levy of two-fifihs of a mill on the dollar for the next two years for the completion of the building and for furnishing the same, passed the House by vote of sixteen to SIX.
 Martins mining bill also passed the House by vote of seventeen to four, those voting against it being Baker and Moore, of Pinal; Herrick. of Cochise, and Skinner, of Graham.
 PHESIx, Feb. 27.-The bill provid- ing for the leyying of two-iiths of mill on the dollar for the next two years to support the territorial nor nal school at Tempe, passed by the House yesterday, had it's first read ing in the Council this morning. The total cost to the Territory under the provisions of the bill will beover twenty-two thousand dollars. It is reported that the measure will meet with considerable opposition ia the Council on account of the fact that he money appropriated two years ago not being applied as promised. Another objection to the bill is that the school is nothing more or less than high school, aud not a very high school, either, ss when visitors from the Legislature were there two weeks ago, the black boards were covered with simple examples in addition, subtraction and other most elementary princi- pies of arithmetic. Individuals who have given the subject of education consideration, and who have visited the public schools in Prescott, assured your correspondent that the standard in the normal school was not as high as in the Prescott high school.
 4 bill was introduced in the House this morning providing for a tax levy on half a mill on a dollar to build a dormitory for the university, and with the existing combination in the House, will probably pass.
 Gaddis, of Mohave, will. in a few days, introduce his bill providing for the removal of the normal school to Tucson and make it an adjunct Of the university school. Should this bill pass, the necessity of a dormitory for the university would be more apparent, and the levy of half mill would aggregate fourteen thousand dollars, which amount, by those who are here in the interest of economy, seems pretty large sun to provide a stopping place for a couple dozen or so pupils.
 Among the bills introduced this morning was one by Moore, pro- hibiting all officials, except sheriffs, from holding or using passes over railways.
 In the House this morning bills reached number loo, being one to regulate the fees of sheriffs.
 Two bills amending the law in regard to the exemption of property of married men passed the house this morning by a vote of 19 to 8, One reduces the amount of personal property exempt to five hundred dollars and the other reduced real exempt to two thousand.
 The bill providing for taxing 1 sleeping car companies was lost by 1 a vote of thirteen against and nine for it. A discussion of the bill | showed that the sleeping ears on the Southern Pacific are already | assessed and board of territorial | has authority under laws to assess those on other roads.
 Herrick's wild animal bounty bill providing for territory payment half of bounty allowed by different board of supervisors and respective coun- ties pay the other half lost by tie vote. 4 motion to reconsider vote carried when it was thoroughly when placed on it passage again and lost by a vote twelve against and ten for it.
 A.semblyman Browns condition unchanged and it IS doubtful if he will be able to be in he house again during this session.
 PHENn, Feb. 2s.-The many lived printing resolution of the present was apparently put to it's eternal rest yesterday afternoon. It has been killed and resuscitated times innumerable since the opening 1f the session. On Tuesday a mo- ion to indefinitely postpone the further consideration of it was carried, and it was supposed that hat was the end of it. MT. Hull gave notice that he would move to reconsider the vote whereby it was .hus disposed of. On the assembly, ng of the House on Wednesday he made his motion, and