Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
INFRINGEMENT.
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The Economical Eighteenth are at work. They are now sharpening ths retrenchment Sx. The result will be that when the present legislative session ia over Arizona will be minus some patronage and plus the saving of taxes of, according to one estimate that comes from a good source, fully per cent. TAs present session have before them, more than everything elss, the saving of the money of the territory and the increasing of the income of the same, They have strong measures for keeping and making income in view.
 Among the economical views, ina portant among them is new fee bills. The question of fees is one that comes up to harrow the souls of every legis- lsture. This time they propose cut ting the salaries and raising the fees of clerks of courts and shsrifis. The ef- feet of this will be to save money. The iees for clerks sad sheriffs are paid largely by ihgants, while the salaries come from the territory.
 The live stock commission came in for attention. It is proposed to re- duos it from five to three members, and that their emuluments be paid by the cattlemsn and not by the territory at large, the latter receiving little or no benefit from the commission.
 Another move, and one of import anee, is the sbolishmsnt of expensive commissions. The governor proposed A board of control, of three persons, two already paid by the territory, the governor and auditor, the third to be appointed, to serve undsr 8 moderate salary. This board 1t was proposed would perform the duties of the various eOmmissionsrs-for the prison, insane asylum, normal school and reform school, etc, saving a great deal in sala, ries and milssge. Some Legislators are in fsTsr of move of the kind, though the governors plan may not be adopt. cd. The outcome will be practically the same, however, the abolishment oi the commissions, and ths reduction oi the items of mileage being among the aims. One legislator proposes the mailing of the bills of the institution, to the board, saving mileage of the commissioners to the various institu tions to audit the bills. The outcome will doubtless be more economy. The railroad commission is already gone.
 THE NORMAL SCHOOL FOR TUCSON.
 The proposition has been made tC merge the normal school at Tempe into the university at Tucson. This too ii kn economical measure, and certainly [ sound one. It began with the tail try ing to wag the dog, Now it is pro posed that the dog shall wag the tail It was said covert attempt would b, made to get the university removed from Tucson to Tempe. Now the prop Osition has been made to remove th, normal school to Tucson instead. Ger tain it is that Tempe is not in the bes repute with the legislature, and parh cularly with members who were also 1T the seventeenth. Two years ago the! asked an appropriation for two fifth of & mill on the dollar of the tax valua ton as & normal school fund. Thi was asked on the plea of not having ac oOmmodatiOnS enough for students It was shown that the request was just ifiable, and it was allowed. It was however, further declared that the levy which would be S20,00O, would bs am pie, and that no further appropriation would be needed. Now comes Temp with request for further appropria lions. They had a great occasion A Tempe yesterday. The legislators wen down and visited the Normal school ol invitation, and there found surprisinI state of affairs. A foundation only wa done of the proposed Improvement It was, however, an affair of grand pro portions, and of cost of about $8000 The contract to build it was let to
 man who had done little or no build ing heretofore, hs having been engage in janitor work, the cleaning of yard and trimming trees. phe territory however, is not an exacting builder The ianitor was given the contract The work went on faIrly, the stone hs been cut, dressed and placed, and the it was found that sn awful blunder ha been committed. The windows An doors had been placed wrong Niue of the wall had to como out, and tn foundation was rebuilt. Now the have foundation for building thS will cost far beyond what this lsgisls tare proposes giving them. The legii lAters have given themselves R week [ think on this matter of appropriation It looks Ht present yer, much like
 trial at least for two years, will b made of bringing the Normal school t Tucson.
 An important bill in the way of raj road revenue is proposed in the taxin of items not now in the assessment liS'
 Prominent and important among tn