Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-08
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COUNCIL The following bills were intro duced:
 Ky Oluey, authorizing corpora. tlonS of companies organized under the jaws of Arizona 10 establish an office m any state or terriiorv.
 By Goldberg. regulating the col lection If lIceuss, which was refer red to the ways and means commit tee.
 By Burch, relating to eminent do main.
 By Carpenter, by request. relat- lng to appeals snd Writs Of error.
 By GoldWater, an act relating to district boards of education.
 By Goldwster, by request, a bill to provide for official stenographer in district courts.
 By Goldberg. by request. to regu. late the practice of osteopathy.
 Murphy's bill to prohibit women singing m saloons was amended m committee of the whole proyiding that It take effect after January I9OO and shall not apply to incorporated cities. With it thus amended it was recommended to pass.
 The commlttee tO investigate the sudltor and treasurer reported and made recommendations. The re- port was referred to the committee on territorial affairs.
 Benhsm's free library bi,l was passed by a vote Of II to and it now goes to the governor for his 
 Late ID the afternoon the council recommltied the woman's suffrage bIil tO the committee on education Tor further consideration. Thi. . action was taken after a lengthy dis {. cusslOn in the committee of the whole, ID winch some eloquent speeches were made on both sides of {. the question, The lobby was tiled . with visitors.
 Wednesday, March l.-The time of both houses was largely spent m the consideration of bills in com mittee of the whole, and in cousa- luence cut little actual work of re- 'ord was done.
 HOUSE.
 The O'Neill mouument appropri- ltloa was taken up. A substitute or lt was read but no action was aken on either.
 The majority and minority reports 'f he committee appointed to in- esugaie the University was sub nitted. The former found the man .gement of the same in good con iltlOu and m the hands of com 'e,ent professors. They found the , chool crowded, however, especially he dormitories. Various of the de- 'artments were also eramped for oom. They spoke highly of the | luseum and library though there is lack of space for its display. They ecemmend the removal of the stamp ill which Is unsightly, and the : olse of which interferes with the : 'ork ol the students. They also Jade itemized mention of the ap- I cultural department and the work ! IS doing and spoke very highly of ! he faculty of the institution.
 The minority report made a strong r lea for further equipment of the \ Ilnlng department and the depart ient of manual arts. They also n 'ked for the addition of the Eng . sh class room to the library which ouid further cramp the school un- c ss the building IS enlarged. They e so charge that the agricultural ex- a arlmentaI department has suffered a om lncompetency, owing to the political" management of the Un- n erslty. There being no particular n ,nhict in the two reports both were iopted. F Evans introduced his bill to regu- p te trusts, also one making an eight V 'ur per day law for miners, and one oviding for the same for hoisting P glneers.
 COUNCIL.
 Two or three bills of minor i'm d 'rtance were introduced by Finley i'd Bunch by request. cl Moore's trade mark bill was de- p ated by tie vote. u The committee which investigated la @ territarial prison in California tl omitted its report. u The council bill providing for ex- ID nsion of towns anG incorporated lies was passed by vote of g to 3. ID CouGcil bill providing for corpo- oi lions filing notice of appointment agents was passed with one dis sa ntiDg vote.
 The bill for the relief of Jos. ein, which has made its appearance of every legislature now for several d,