Arizona republican., 1899-02-02
Both Houses Pushing LegiSla-
 tiOn Along.
WANT TERRITORY TO PAY
Another Effort 10 Provide Postage Stamps for Members af Public Ex- penSe-Mr. Gray'S Bill to Classify Counties and Fixing Salaries of Before Committees.

- The legislative incubator matched l but three eggs yesterday. The house
 managed to keep itself in motion dur l ing the afternoon, pushing legislation along, but the council finished up all | the business before it in a few min
 utes' work in the morning and after
 noon. All the live legislation so far | instituted is today in the hands of | committees, and there is little or nothing for either body, as a whole, to do. A total of forty-eight bills for laws have been introduced, of which twenty-six originated in the house and twentv-fwn in the council. There re- mains Tn the house. of it's own crea- tion. eleven bills, all of which but one, are under consideration in committee. One is upon the clerks desk; the com mittees on territorial affairs, appro- priations, claims and counties have one each, and the committees on edu- cation, judiciary and enrolled bills have two each.
 There remains in the council eight cen bills of it's own creation, of which nine are under consideration by the ju- dietary committee. Two are on order of consideration by committee of the whole February G. Two are in the territorial affairs committee, and the committees on education, enrolled bills, printing, corporations and coun- ties have enc each. This is the status of the bills as shown by the records, but in the case of bills ordered printed and referred to committee they may be in the hands either of the printer or the committee
 With no new legislation appearing l the present work of the legislature is getting bills reported out of commit tee and on final passage. The house has one council bill on order of second reading, and the council has three house bills under consideration. The mill has not stopped grinding, how ever, and the forty-eight measures so far presented are only the caviar sandwich introducing the feast.
 A few gentlemen in the house still protest against paying portage on mail matter sent to their constituents, and the second effort of the session was made yesterday to get postage stamps rom the territory at large. Mr Doan introduced a bill in the morning allow ing each member $5 worth of postage stamps. The appropriation committee considered 1t at once and sent it back Tn the afternoon recommending that it do not pass. It was then considered in whole committee, where Mr Doan in sisted that much of the correspondence Of the members was public business and It was an injustice for members to pay the postage out of their own funds. As an example, he cited that an editor in his county had asked him to- send printed copies of all bills Lo him. and MT. Doan thought the public treasury should pay postage on such matter,
 MT. Adams proposed as an amend ment that each member at the end of the session make out sworn state ment Of the amount of stamps he had used, and return the balance of the S5 worth to the treasury. The amendment was voted down. After much discus slon the>committee recommended that the bill do not pass. It was then put on it's passage and lost by a vote of 15 to S.
 MT. Gray's house bill No l, classify ing counties and fixing the salaries of omcers was passed with six negative votes. Before the passage of the bill MT Adams demanded a call of the house, and MT. Sanders was absent. MT. Adams wanted action on the bill postponed until his colleague should return, but the request was not granted.
 MT. Moore introduced a bill to pre- vent the payment of fraudulent claims against counties, and prohibiting county supervisors from purchasing claims against the counties they repre- sent. MT. Benham introduced a bill providing that in moving live stock throughout the territory a license fee or net above 50 cents per head on sheep, and $1 per head on cattle shall De paid to the various counties in which the stock remains above a given time.
 The membership of the house com mlttee on education was increased from three to five
 MT. Benham gave notice that he will introduce a bill on the sub lect of equalization of taxes. MT. Williams will introduce a bill provid- ing for general vaccination.
 The bill providing homestead ex- emption of S2,000 passed the house.
 MT. Adams finally found vent for his admiration of great men and his reso- lution congratulating Senator Clark of Montana was adopted.