Arizona silver belt., 1897-02-18
FRIDAY. FEB. l2.

of the whole to the house with the rec ommendatlon that it do pass. The bill was ordered engrossed preliminary to the putting of the main question. The bill to repeal the boards oJ con trol and equalization, and creating su- perinteudents of taxes and penal insti- tutions had an inning in the house but reached no final copcusion.
 The Cowan bill, reducing property exemption in the case of maj ried men to $500 and single men exempt Sl00, passed by vote of 20 to 8.
 In the council Mir. Hunts compul- sory education bill was read second time and referred to committee onedu- cation.
 Brady introduced bill to remove the territorial prison to Arizola, Pinal county.
 The woman suffrage bill was put over until Feb. l9. This bill is to submit the question to vote of the people.
 The council passed unanimously Mir. Hunts bill for the payment of work ingmrn in coin or its direct equivalent. Mir. Hunt is feeling very cheerful over the fact that so far every bill offered by him has had successful career, and his opposition to measures which he believes to be inconsistent with wise Legislation has been effectively felt.
 Your readers, no doubt, will be dis pleased when they read that the reform school bill carrying renewed appro- pria.ion passed the house today.
 SATURDAY, FEB 13.
 The main feature of the morning session vas the hil providing for tue maiutennnee of the territorial univer- slty, and at the noon hour the com mittee of the whole recommended tha, 1t do pass The honse adjourned with out taking action.
 Three bills looking to the election of and compensation for assessors were merged together, and the house in definitely postponed council bill No. II, honse bill No. 7s, and passed house bill No. A, giving assessors n salary of S20OU in counties of the first class, Sl2OO in second class, 5000 in third and fuurth class, and S50O in fifth and sixth class.
 The council live stock bill was taken np in the house iu committee and the afternoon was devoted to its reading The honse had an evening session for the further consideration of the live stock bill This bill has had stormy time of it thus far, and the blame rests entirely ot its advocates, Every mem. Der of the legislature fuil, understands the urgent necessity for quarantine regulations. and n plain, simple bill providing such regulations would have passed both houses and become law inside of tgo hours any day since the fact was made known that New Mexico was about to quarantine against us. But there was introduced bill of 95 sections, codifying and revising all laws heretofore made relative to live stock, and it's champions made the mistake of attempting to force it ing. 1t was asking men, under oath to do their duty as legislators, to have stretch of confidence nnhenrd of heretofore m one man, aud, while it | passed the house under pressure 1t met sncb opposition in the council that n substitute resulted, and this substitute is now engaging the attention of the house where there is determined stand made for full reading with op- portunity for discussion in detail. The bill was read tonight NEARLY in full and was recommended back to the bouse for passage. It passed by 5 vote of l9 to 3,
 The council got through some routine work.
 The week has been one of labor oi ] the part of both houses, and there IS il the air an intimation that the coming week will far surpass in amount O work accomplished any week of til, session thus far. There has been littl, oratorical display by legislators.
 The divine afiiatus may not be here and then nCain it may bob up later or when bills of removal. bills to bnilt capitos, aud bills giving or taking away vital interests are on the carpet It is safe, however, to predict that tho Nineteenth legislature will not live il history as the developer oi strong eloquent. logical, brainy statesmen They are all workers, and the member are regular in attendance Ut sessions.
 -=-. 4 Knight Parker. agent for E. J Jacobson & Sons, of Safford, is nov prepared to take orders for all kind of building lnaterial--both native an' California lumber--arid give promp attention