Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1895-01-29
The Council.

For the first time every member of
the council was present. The first
business when the chaplain had prayed
and the minutes had been approved
was the swearing in of Clerks Field,
Drachman, O'Brien, Aguerre and Nor
ris. Standing COMMITTEES were then
announced by President Doran as fol-
lows:
Militia and Indian affairs, Lake,
Dunlap, Scott.
Mines and mining, Dunlap, Scott,
Lake.
Corporations, Kemp, Packard, As.
pinwall, Nugent, Davis.
Ways and means, Babbitt, Dunlap
and Packard.
Printing. Jones, Nugert, Aspinwall
Memorials and petitions, Scott, Ed
wards, Dunlap.
Education, Duplap, Lake, Kemp.
Agriculture, Kemp, Scott. Davis.
Claims, Packard, Davis, Scott.
Territorial affairs, Nugent, Aspinwall.
Babbitt.
Roads and ferries, Lake, Kemp,
Packard.
Federal relations, Scott, Edwards
Jones.
Counties and county boundaries
DAVIS, Lake, Aspinwall, Scott, Nugent
Enrolled and engroseed bills, Asrin
wall, Babbitt, Jones.
Judiciary, Edwards, Davis, Babbitt
Kemp, Packard.
Council bill No. l, introduced by Ed
wards, entitled ''sn act making it fel
ony for any person to wilfully change
alter or remove any bill or resolution
without authority of law" was read fol
the first time.
Council bill No. 2 was then read fol
the first time. 1t was introduced bv Mr.
Edwards and is intended to amend the
penal code so as to regulate the punish
ment of persons who obtain money OF
credit by false representations.
Council bill No. 8, introduced by
Doran, was read for the first time. |
provides for the repeal of the mer
chants; license tax enacted by the sew
enteenth Legislature.
The petition of MIR. Scott regarding tn,
Papago depredators in southern Arizons
was referred to the proper committee.
The president informed the house tina
he had signed council joint resolution
No. l and No. 2 providing for the ap
pointment of joint committee to inves
tigate the territorial finances and tn
loan commission and for the appoint
ment of page for the governor durins
the session of the legislature.
| Upon motion OF Mr.. Scott the work O
having fifty copies of the rules for tn
government of the council and fit
cards containing the standing commit
tees, and order of business was referre'
to the printing committee.
The council assem- bled at 2 O'Clock il
the afternoon to consider special OF
der set for that hour.
1t took but minute to elect Mis-
Hattie Schriver of Maricopa, to tn
remaining committee clerkship.
House concurrent resolution No.
which had been introduced in the as
sembly by Mr.. Hunt and providing fo
the printing of l 1000 copies of the govern
or's message, was opposed by Mr.. Eo
wards on the grounds that the condi
ton of the territorial finances woul
not warrant the expense and because i
his estimation the council should nc
give its sanction to several of the re
Communications contained therein, pal
ticularly to that giving district jndge
the pardoning power to prisoners con
mitted to county jails as being in COZ
flict with the organic law of the terri
tory.
mU pom motion of President Doran, Nj
Scott of Pima, took the chair while th
president expressed himself as oppose
to the printing of 1000 copies of til
message on other grounds. 1t ws
proper and customary he believed
have the message referred to the stan(
, ing committees in order that the var
Gus subjects and topics treated shoul
have first of all the attention of tt
various committees which were in e.