Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-02-10
Legislative DotuE..

Legislative DotEE..
 Tuesday. Feb. 2.-BOth houses convened at o'clock p. n.
 Ia ths council, Ming's bill Tn refer ence 10 prescott ng misdemeanur cases committed on highways had lts third reading and was passed.
 In the house, Smith, of Navajo, presented a petition nutaInluS i64 signatures, asking for female sui frage.
 Patterson, of Apache. presented three petitions from his county of the same nature.
 Bills were introduced as follows:
 Smith, requiring courts 10 appoint attorneys to defend persons charged with crime who are unable to secure attorneys and stipulsting compensa- tIon therefor; read first and second times, and ordered printed.
 Speed, prohibiting the carrying on of certain business on Sunday; read second time; referred to committee on ways and means.
 Parker, to establish public libra ries and free reading rooms; read second time; motion 10 suspend the rules lost.
 Parker, providing for compiling the laws; read second time; referred to committee on judiciary.
 Riggs, referring to attachments and gsrnishments; read second time; referred to committee on judiciary.
 PHENIx. Feb. S.-The legislature reconyened again today after a re- cess since Ihurday last.
 la the council Ming introduced a bill providing for abolishing pro bate courts and 10 establish circuit courts.
 Norton, defining the crime of homicide and providing the punish ment thereof; referred to committee on judiciary and ordered printed. Carpenter, fixing fees of county recorders for certifying to abstracts of title, 100 copies ordered and re- l ferred to judiciary committee. Brady, defining beneficiary organ izations, referred to judiciary com i mittee and ordered printed, \ message from the governor an nounced that he had appointed i Hugo Richards, of Yavapal county, as member of the Live Stock Saui- tary Commission. ! The memorial for relief of the | SupAi Indians was adopted.
 flakes, introduced a ball to create territorial board of educational directors, read first time, read sec ond time by title, referred to com mittee on education and ordered printed; also one to amend Act - of the Thirteenth Legislat ve As sembly, relating to incorporating cities and towns, referred to com mittee on corporations and ordered printed.
 Hughes, supplemental to the act creating the board of control, re ferred 10 committee on ways and means, also one relating to certain fees of probate courts, referred tC committee on ways and means.
 A special committee consisting oi Hughes, Carpenter and Norton was appointed to draft a genera license tax law.
 In the house the following bill. were introduced: ] Woolf, for the employment of the homeless.
 Ashurst, relating to elections.
 Finley, re-instste salary of county officials.
 Riggs, relating to justice anC police court passage.
 Goodwin, to establish a territor ial museum.
 Mason, relating to boards of su pervisors.
 Ashurst, taxing sleeping car com panies.
 Smith, to regulate the collection of taxes on transient herds of sheer and goats.
 Riggs bill repeating the act re funding to Lewis Wolfey money ex pended in securing the passage oI the funding bill was placed on ina passage and passed.
 MT. Hull offered a motion that the consideration of Fl. B. No 2S the Woman's suffrage bill, be post poned to Wednesday at p. ID. NIT Skinner offered an amendment that the house resolve itself into com mittee of the whole for the con sideration of II. B. No. =. which amendment prevailed and the house resolved itself into committee of the whole, with Mir, Warren in the chair The committee was addressed iu favor of the passage of the bill by Mrs. Denny of Indiana, and Rev ! Martin. Messrs. Skinner and Smith also spoke m favor of the bill.