Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-02-02

ducatlOn-Het6rSen, mOOre, Crosby
 Judiciary Moore, Wright, Fish, Hunt x Barnes.
 Claims-Chenowith, Bernard, Cum & mings.
 Militia and Indian sffairs-Hunt : Wright, Wildmsn.
 r. Enrolled and engrossed bills-Brown 8 Finley, Wildmsn.
 7 Printing Martin, Hinton, Chenowith |, Hunt, Finley.
 Corporations - Wildman, Samaniego Wright, Greenlaw, Skinner. Memorials and petitions 3 Chenowitb, Gaddis.
 Mines and mining-Gaddis, Marshall 3 Baker. Martin, Hull.
 , County and county boundarIes-Ber- nard, Barnes, Baker, Brown, Wildman.
 Federal elations-Ssmaniego, Crosby, Hunt.
 ) Public buildings and grounds-Ber- ) nsrd, Herrick, Fish.
 Territorial library-Hinton, Gaddis,
 Martin.
 Irrigation-Fish, Marshall. Samanie-
 go, Moore, Hull.
 Public expenditures and accounts
 Baker. Brown, Crosby.
 Territorial affalrs-Greenlaw, Mar
 shall, 1inley, Baker, Cummings.
 Live steck-Cummings, Samaniego, Barnes, Herrick, Petersen.
 H B No l. An act to grant the the
 right of suffrage to women in Arizona.
 Read first time and referred to com
 mittee on elections. Introduced by M. R. Moore.
 Fl B No 2. MT. Skinner introduced an
 act to amend act 83 of the seventeenth II olsf rolofrpo to nt lipapSa and peddlers's tax. It was referred to judiciary committee. The act repeals that part of the former law relating to territorial products; fixes quarterly tax of S10 upon every hawker or travelling | merchant, and in the cases of solicitors of orders for " JarinR apparel imposes 8 monthly license of S5.
 H B No by MT Chenoweth of Pima, creates the new county of Papago, whose boundaries are described as beginning at the intersection of the eastern line of Pima county with the international boundary, thence north to point six miles north of the fourth standard par allel, thence west to the international boundary and thence southeast along the same boundary to the place of be- ginping. The rest of the bill treats of the manner of establish ng the new county government. It was read first time, second time by title, referred to com mittee on county and county boun- daries and 100 copies ordered printed.
 H B by Wright, an act to amend par. 2239 (sec) title XLII R $, mer- chants tax Incense law. It was referred | to judiciary committee and 100 copies | ordered printed.
 Hunt introduced an act taxing sleep | ing car companies. Under a suspen- | sion of rules the bull was read second | tune and referred to judiciary commit | tee.
 H B 6, creating board of health and | vital statistics, was introduced by the | same gentleman and was similarly dis posed of. It provides for board con- sistIDg of one member from each county | except Msricopa, which shall have three. The officers of the board are a president and secretary, both of whom shall live in Phoenix. The salary of the secretary shall be $50 month and s1O 8 day and expenses when called away 1 fromN home. Other members oi the , board are reimbursed only for ex penses which cannot in any year exceed, including the salary of the sec retsry, $500. The members of the board must be regularly licensed phy | sicians and will have control of the | public health and authority to quaran- tine against infectious diseases. For this latter purpos ose the bil carries an appropriation of 5000. The bill reach sd the judiciary committee under a sus- pension of the rules.
 House bill No ' by MT. Hunt, provides for Just division of taxrs. Uuder 1t mortgage, deed of trust or other obliga- tion secured by real estate IS liable to taxation in the country within which the property lies. The property and the obligation are assessed separately. It the debtor pay the tax upon the obliga- tioD the amount shall be deducted from the face of the obligation. If the credl- tor pay the whole tax upon the property and the obligation the obligation will be increased by the amount of the pro- perty tax. This bill reached the judi ciary committee under a suspension of the rules.
 A bill protecting the rights of work ingmen was also introduced by MT. Hunt. It prohibits agents of corpora tions from making 8 condition of con- tracts with working men that they do not belong to labor unions and also pro hibits them from coercing them to with draw from such unions. The penalty | for the violation of the act is not less than $50 nor more than S1,0O0 or SIX months imprisonment, or both. This bill was similarly disposed of
 H B No. g. "An act for the classifi- cation of counties and fixing the comp D. sstlon of county officers therein" is the title of an important bill by Mir. Barnes. Under 1t counties are divided into six olasses as follows: First class, those having an capitalized valuation If s3, OOO, 900; second class, less than S3OO,OOO, COO and not less than g., ,000; third class, less than S2, 800, 900 and not less than s2,000,000; fourth class, less than S2,O00, 900 and not less than sl,5OO,OOO; fifth class, less than sl, ,5000, 900 and not less than s1,OO0,0OO; sixth, less than S1, 100000. Salaries are fixed ss fol- lows; County treasurer, first class, 2500; seco-d class, g, 1000; third class, s1, 600; fourth class, s1.400; fifth class. S1, 200; sixth class, S1 900. Other offices | are graded in nearly the same manner. | County recorders in all classes except | the first are ex-officio clerks of boards of | supervisors. In all counties except those of the | first and second class the sheriff is ex- | officio Assessor. In counties of the | first class the probate judge gets sl 800; ! in second class counties s1, POO; iu all | others he is allowed sslsrs of SS90 and | fees not exceeding $500.
 H No 10 By Barnes. An Act to l create the county of Navajo. Read: | passed to second reading by title; one | hundred copies ordered printed and re- 1 ferred to the committee on counties and | county boundaries. H B No II By Wright. Amendatory | to Sec. 2039 of the penal code. Read 1 and passed to second reading; one hun l dred copies ordered printed and referred |