Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-15
COUNCIL.

Bills were introduced as follows:
 Ry Murphy, los. an act authorIz- ing recorders in counties Of the 5th and 9th class 10 appoint deputies.
 By Goldwater, los, an act regu- lating sbe filing of notices.
 By Goldwster, lO7, an act to re lieve the tax payer.
 By Goldwater, ll0, an set more particularly defining the duties oi territorial auditor and treasurer.
 By Goldberg, III, concerning de positories for territorial and county ldndA
 By Goldberg, ll2 1l3, ll4 and l15, regarding the salaries of county recorders district attorneys and deputy district attorneys.
 By Carpenter, ll6, 10 establish a mint in the territory of Arizona.
 By Olney, IF, an act to appropri- ate school funds.
 By Carpenter, llS, relating to judgments and service in criminal cases was read and referred 10 the judiciary committee.
 By Goldwater, l19, an act fixing the apportionment for members oi the legislature.
 Council bill 10, providing revenue and regulating the rate of taxation was killed by being refused a third reading.
 House bill 54. to regulate the rate of taxation of live stock, was passed by a vote of : ayes and 5 nays.
 Wednesday, March s.-Yesterday being the last day for the iutroduc- ton of bills there was 8 regular flood of them at the afternoon session
 Those not previously reported were as follows:
 By Donau, l76, creating boards of public works for cities. By Adams, IF, amending the act ! to regulate the practice of medicine. By Benham, IFS. to amend section . 1. act l5, 20th assembly. ! By Benham by request, l79, tO punish wilful cutting of fences.
 By Benham, lS0, establishing grades for counties of the first class.
 By Benham, lsl, for taxing net proceeds of mines.
 By Stevens, lS2, to extend limits ! of incorporated cities.
 A flag bill was passed within five minutes after its introduction Evans presented the bill and under suspension of the rules it went through futteriug. The bill make: 1t misdemeauor to insult the ns- tionsl flag m any manner, or to ust It for advertising purposes.
 Parr introduced a concurrent reso lution calling for a special lnvestl gatiug committee for the caPIto commission, It was indefinitely postponed by avote of l3 to $.
 House bill fsvoring the increase Q the number of members of the leg islature to 4s. was passed. House memorial recommending aI increase of salary to members to S per day was also passed.
 Council amendment to house bil in relation to costs of suits for wage was concurred ID. It also concurre' m amendment m relation to salarIe of board of supervisors.
 The following bills not previOusl . reported were introduced March
 by Wolf, l20, an act 10 license tn slaughter of horn cattle for sale an to regulate same.
 By Wright, l2l, an act Co promot efficiency of county iails.
 Council bill S6, authorizing th appointment of stenographic cour 2 reporters, was recommended 10 nc b pass
 D House bill 3s authorizing tn transfer of certain territorial money also council bill 47, council bill 9 council bill so, met the same fate. }. On the opening of the mornin session President Goldwater II 2 formed the council that be hs . found a stray bill upon his desk all ]. requested that the owner remove tt 2 same. Some controversy arose as ; the ownership, and to settle the ma t. ter the bill was read. By the tit
 Mir. Carpenter discovered that II 'i bill was one of his which had bee |. misplaced, and therefore was not Il