Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-02-13
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
The Code Commission Report Has the Right of Way in
 Both Houses,

recelVeO them. On applying to q
 board of supervisors for refund
 his money they claimed that they h;
 no authority under the law to do s T The eighteenth legislature passed
 law conferring the authority on u
 board of supervisors. but it was vetot
 by Governor Hughes. It was a ju
 measure and should never have bee
 vetoed. The provisions of this bi
 are not known, one of the Phen
 papers stating that the amount
 S2,5OO, while another gives it {
 S7S9.35. Duke is entitled to the none
 he is out, together with fair rate (
 interest, and if this bill provides fC that it should pass.
 Councilman Andrews was given s to pay his expenaes to visit and e, anime the normal school at Temp, and on Tuesday afternoon reporte that he had returned S25.75 of tn amount, his expenses amounting t only S9.25.
 On Wednesday, n committee of tn whole in the house the bill reducins the daily attendance of pupils in tn public schools from a minimum O eight to six was unfavorably reported
 St. Charles bill to increase the com pensation of recorders in counties O the fifth and sixth classes was passet without a dissenting vote.
 The bill for the relief of Atthee Mo desti, of Yuma, which has been befor, every legislature for the past six ol eight years, and which was passed by the house a day or two since, was passed by the council on Wednesday Modesti's claim is for warrant casheo by him during the peried of the dual government of the territorial prison Since the first introduction of his re. lief bill Modesti has changed his name.
 The house resolution providing fo1 janitor at g per day was passed.
 Claypool introduced and the coun- cil passed the following resolution of inquiry: Whereas, various reports of territorial officials appear to have been printed, Resolved, If the house of representatives concur, that the attor- ney general be respectfully requested to advise the legislature by what war rant of law, if any, the same were printed, and whether any provision for the payment thereof has been made"
 By request Campbell introduced a bill relative to the moving of trains on grades.
 On Thursday afternoon in the house Parker introduced bill to provide for the care and maintenance of the capitol building and grounds. It pro- vides for levy of 5 cents on each S1O0 to establish capital building fund. St. Charles moved the bill be indefinitely postponed. He later with drew the objection and the bill took it's regular course.
 The bill to encourage the construc- tion of beet sugar factories was read in full. It exempts the factories from taxation for the period of ten years. It was referred to the committee on agriculture.
 Gray introduced bill for the re- lief of Chas. Poston, providing for a pension of $50 per month.
 The bill providing for the printing of the code at an expense of 5000 was passed by 19 ayes, nays and l absent in the house. and by 10 ayes and 2 absent in the council.
 s. L. Pattee was appointed grand marshal of the clerks for Friday and Saturday, that he might cut out their work for them in getting the code ready for the printer, and both houses took a recess to Monday, February II.
 The Duke relief bill on reaching the couucil was tabled.
 Andrews asked that the dedication of the capitol be postponed until the building is completed, only one wing being yet completed.
 In the house bill was passed ap- propriating S1 900 to meet the expense of capitol dedication. St. Charles was the only opponent to the bill.
 Kimball introduced a bill appropri- ating S9,0O0 for territorial exhibit at the PanAmerican exhibition in Buff falo. The bill had not progressed further than its introduction when a motion to indefinitely postpone was passed.
 Ivy introduced bill to repeal Act 45 of the twentieth legislature giving supervisors of counties of the first class authority to appoint commis- sioners of immigration.
 The eight hour day bill for miners was passed by the house.
 A joint resolution was adopted au- thorizing the territoral auditor to issue to James Coyle duplicate warrants amounting to about $500. The orig inals had been destroyed in a fire at Gila Bend.
 On Monday afternoon in the House Ivy of Maricopa introduced an irriga- tion bill which provides for the prior ity of appropriation of water, land to have precedence according to the time it has been irrigated; second, it divides the territory of Arizona into four wa ter divisions. Nos. one, two, three and four respectively. Number one embraces all lands drained by the Verde river and its tributaries, the Agua Fria river and its tributaries, the Hassayampa and its tributaries. Number two consists of all land drain ed by the Salt river and its tributaries above the junction of the Salt and Verde rivers, all drained by the Cave creek wash, etc.
 Number three includes all lands drained by the Gila river and its trib- utaries, east of range 8 east, also all lands south of the first standard south and between the eastern boundary of the territory and the Gila and Salt river meridian.
 Number four takes in all lands drained by the Colorado river and it's tributaries north from the southern boundary of lands drained by the Bill Williams Fork" to the eastern boundary line of Arizona.
 The bill creates the office of Terri torial engineer, who is to be appoint I I