Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-01

The bill to reinslate salaries of county officials for years lS95-96, was read third time and recom-
 mitted to committee on judiciary. 3 The remainder of the day was ? spent Tn committee of the whole and m routine business, no definite sc- 2 ton being taken on any measure. COUNCIL Bunch introduced a bill concern
 ing fees of clerks of courts, and one to regulate the salaries of sheriff of the territory.
 The latter provides that sheriffs of counties of the first class shall receive a salary of 5000 per year;
 second class, 5000 per year; third class, A,5OO per year; fourth class. SS,OOO per year; and fifth and sixth classes, x2,5OO per year. In Uany Of
 the small counties under the present
 Tee system the sheriffs are receiving double or even three times as much and th" i~y~s Of tte pcorl,a are ac- cordlng4J .a.. l,n-......
 Goldberg's freight bill was made special order for February 24. Adams newspaper bill was re- terred to the printing committee.
 Bills were introduced by Bunch. oY request, concerning judgments ana the selling of same, and to in duce and encourage the construction ot railroads within the territory of Anzo>a and eXempting same from taxation for I5 years.
 Olney introduced bill concern Ing the care of prisoners in county jails.
 Thursday, February 23. Bills were introduced as follows:
 By Williams. for the preservation ot the public health, providing for proper Quarantine in case of con tagious diseases.
 By Hale, to establish a territorial | library aud 10 provide for its gov ernment.
 By Hale, to provide for the cur rent expenses of territorial library.
 By Parr, to allow Navajo county to borrow limited amounts of money.
 Adams asked unanimous consent to introduce a letter from W. A. Clark, who thanked the legislature for conrtesies and expressed his de- sire to do all he can for Arizona. He also invites all citizens of this territory to confer with him when ever he can do anything for them. The bill repeating an act of the nineteenth legislature making a branch insane asylum of the reform school building and providing for a branch normal school, was recon mended favorably.
 Pusch introduced a bill in the afternoon providing for establishing circuit courts.
 Benham's live stock bill and the anti-gsmbling bill were indefinitely post POued.
 The following bills were intro duced:
 By Bunch, to provide f.r fling maps and plats of townsites.
 By Goidwat sr, permitting boards of supervisors to make contracts for the care of indigents.
 By Goldwater, referring 10 mines anu mining.
 The remainder of the days session was spent m routine business and in committee of the whole.
 HOUSE.
 Friday, February 25.-A resolu- tion was adopted that no member shall be allowed to speak longer than live minutes on one question.
 Kills were introduced
 By Peterson, for the relief of J r. Meador for services as auditor during 1889 and 1890, and appro- priatiDg Sl,466 66. By PetersOn,t to encourage coustruc- ton of toll road, and exempting for b years all roads constructed this { year.
 By Donau, 10 amend Ire law reg ulating fees of county officers.
 The bill m relation to foul brood among bees was passed by vote of Z 19 to5.
 The cruelty to animals bill was defeated by l3 to II.
 The bill to abolish the loan con- mission was passed unanimously.
 Bill to regulate peace officers was indefinitely postponed by a vote of Is to6.
 A resolution was passed fixing March as the last day for the in- f, troo uction of bills, except bv unan- Imous consent.
 The prison removal bill was or . dered recommitted to the judiciary . committee. z
 HOUSE.
 Saturday, February 25.-The bill in the council changing the time Of residence in the territory q required to vote from one year to r, six mouths, passed by vote of l4 to O $ aud the measure now goes to the q governor. The Republican an- tc nounces the passage of this bill 9s b prologue to a four act drama and 6, says the killing of four other bills Is ft to be accomplished through the al passage of this one. The bills tC for the slaughter are given V put as council bill l7. fixing maxi '' mum freight rates; council bill 27. D a Scent passenger fare; Il house bill 54, giving extraordinary Ii powers 10 boards of supervisors, for il he primary purpose of driving the O sheep men of the face of the earth, and house bill B, woman's suffrage.
 The committees who examined he insane asylum and normal h school, submitted their reports, both a being complimentary. Ct The bill providing that no elector e ,an vote, except on payment of poll IL .ax, was passed by-13 ayes to 8 noes. The Murphy bill amending the III mining law was passed by a unani- D! nous vote. Bills were introduced by ee The Appropriation Committee, !r for the pay of clerks. in Scott, 10 establish irrigation dis ricts in Arizona.
 Gray, for the relief of WILL. Osborn, who in 1894 purchased cat " le to the amount of 5000, which y tock was killed by order of the T. anitary board. The bill appropri- Z. .O ties 5000 to Osborn. ie Stevens, appropristing S750 to Ben 1eney as pay for expenses while in