Arizona republican., 1899-03-10
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bill on final passage, and the president remarked that that motion had been in order, and would have made the ac- tion just taken unnecessary. MT. Fin ley replied that there was some satis- faction in Overruing the chair.
 MT. Wright wanted the bill sent to -education committee, which is now known as the "nIorgue,' and Mir Goldberg seconded the mctiOn. The motion to recommit was lost, and the bill was made a special order for the afternoon At that time MT. Goldberg offered an amendment, which was adopted, reducing from ? per cent to l 55-100 per cent, the tax to be paid by insurance companies on gross re- ceipts MT. Bunch offered an amend ment which was lost, striking out the provision requiring filing with the ter ritoriaI treasurer. The amendment was entertained, although it lad previous Iy been offered and lost. The bill is now ready to pass this morning.
 The council performed a surgical operation on Pima county yesterday, and the vermiform appendix which was severed will hereafter, ii it shall please the governor, be known as Santa Cruz county. The house bill creating the county passed the council yesterday by vote of to 5, as fol- lows: Ayes-Carpenter Hunt, Muc- phy, Wolff, Wright, Ud2il, Gold water-7. Nays-Bunch, Finley, Gold berg, Olney, Warner-5.
 Mr. Finley, Santa Cruz's enemy, changed his vote to aye, for the pur- pose of moving reconsideration. and took the floor before the vote was an nounced to give notice that he would make that motion. MT. Hunt took the floor at the same time to move imme- diate reconsideration. The chair rec ognized MT. Carpenter, who moved re- consideration and the motion was lost.
 In view of the name of the new county, the name of it's capital should be changed to Black Strap as there is nothing more pleasing to the palate than this combination.
 House bill 96, concerning the ''dis- training" of animals, was indefinitely postponed in the house.
 The following house bills were passed in the house: No. 69, for the university appropriation; No. S6, con- corning unbranded animals; No. 152, exempting from taxation railroad track built in changing lines, but not terminals.
 House bill 104, to maintain the his torical society, which failed to pass,
  Doan and sent back 70 the appropria- ton committee.
 The governor returned to the house bill 37-Mr. Paris ''blacklist' bill-it being fatally defective in that it con tained no eRacting clause The bill was again put on passage, still with out the enacting clause, but failed to pass. MT Adams gave no3tice that he will move to reconsider the vote by which the governors veto was sus- tained
 Council bill 84, repeating an act con- cerning appeals to the supreme court, was defeated in the council. The bill was drawn by the judges and was, as a consequence, opposed by the law yers practicing in the court.
 MT. Finley moved to reconsider the 1 vote by which house bill II was lost 1 in the council Wednesday. It pro- vides for the payment of poll tax be- i fore registration. The bill was recon l sidered and passed by a vote of ' to i 5. It now goes to the governor.
 House bill 33. providing a license for l every game operated in a gambling |