Arizona republican., 1899-02-22
FIGHT OVER PRISON
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\ reading the bill for bounties cn the
 pelts of coyotes, and just as he got
 through with the line directing that the pelt should be branded on the skin side box of matches ignited in his hip pOcked and literally enforced the provision of a law not yet enacted Although no ones feelings were hurt except Mir Trippels, he begged pardon Of the president, which was granted. The smouldering flame was eXtin- guished, another window was raised and law making resumed.
 MT. GolGberg's freight rate bill made progress in theory, and will be again considered on Friday in c0nnec- tion with MT. Murphy's Scent passen- ger fare bill. MT MoOre's house bill on trade marks, and MT. GOldwater' s bill for enlarging the territory of cit ies, were continued in committee until February 28 MT. Olney's bill, abolish ing the health commission was amend ed and put on order of third reading. Indefinite postponement was awarded MT Wolf's bill to protect game, MT. FinIey's bill fixing salaries of district attorneys, and MT. lMurphy's bill af- fecting district attorneys. MT. Wright will move to reconsider the vote by which the last named was killed. MT GOIQWdI6T $ Dll1 COnCGEnIIS N6ItuS III suits, and Mir Bunch's bill concerning powers Of sheriffs, were ordered to third reading. MT. Evans house bill 12-the ''boleta' or scrip" biIl,-was ordered read a first time, but MT. Hunts motion to suspend the rules and put it on passage was lost.
 NIT. Hunts compulsory school bill Evas received from the house, and a conference committee was appointed to agree on the amendments.
 The substitute for MT. Hale's bill Il, amending the school laws, was con sidered in the house whole committee yesterday morning. The first section Of the bill provides that the board of education shall be constituted in the governor, the superintendent of in stIuction, the principal of the normal school, the president of the university and the superintendent of the city schools of Phoenix, Tucson and Pres cott.
 Mir Peterson read a letter from AttOrney-General Ainsworth in which he expressed the opinion that the leg islature has no power to name the off, cers who shall fill territorial offices. In view of this opinion Mir. Peterson moved that the bill be amended to di- rect the governor to appoint the re- QuII6u uuulDGF Ol CIClZSnS.
 MT. Hale read act 80, of the Seven teenth assembly, creating the board of education, which act names the mem lbers as the present bill does. He ar gued that if that act was good law, and it had never been questioned, the present bill was equally good. This opinion prevailed and MT. Peterson ; amendment fa1led The bill was fur ther discussed and recOmmitted to the education committee.
 tMr Wolf's council bill 6, reducing the time Cf residence for citizenship from one year to six months, was con sidered in the house whole committee and sent back to the territorial affairs committee. The clerk of the house, in reading the report after the com mittee arose, had the whole committee recommend that the bill rass. The error was noticed and attention called to it, but the memory of the members differed on the question to such an extent that the roll had to be called in the house to determine what had been done with bill 6 in the whole com mittee. Largely in accord With their