Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-03-06
Legislative Notes.

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 In the council the Duke relief bill, after being amended from an appro- priation of S2,500 to provide for re- fund of the amount of taxes paid and interest thereon, aggregating about S1 POO, was passed as amended. Out of the multiplicity of relief bills passed by the legislature this was the most meritorious one before the legislature. John Duke bought lot of cattle from Yavapai county on which taxes had not been paid and failed receive them. This bill provides for the refund of his money with interest.
 The city charter bill, which is in reality bill to provide a new charter for the city of Phenix, was passed in the council.
 The substitute mine inspector bill has been passed by the house by a vote of 20 to 3.
 A bill providing for giving a note instead of a bond in the matter of taxes on personal property was de- feated in the house by Is hayes, 3 ayes and three absent.
 The council passed a bill requiring the consent of the board of supervisors before a county official can absent himself from the county.
 A motion to hold sessions on Sun day was made in the council but did not meet with favor.
 On Monday St. Charles introduced a bill requiring the printers union label to be attached to all territorial printed matter.
 Peterson introduced a bill providing for a tax on the gross proceeds of mines read first and second times and referred to the committee on mines and mining.
 Houston introduced bill to limit the holding of office by county officers to one term in succession to them selves. Read first and second times and referred to the committee on cleo tions.
 By Campbell, house bill 125 to create the county of Verde, out of portion of Yavapai, read first time. Campbell moved the bill be read a second time under a suspension of the rules; Geer objected to the suspension but on the motion being put, it was carried and the bill went to second reading and was referred to the com .,,,4Ao. o,, ,@o,-,o1 Go.rs
 The petition for the repeal of all acts of the legislature and statutes enacted from 1887 to 1901, January 21 was reported and referred to the enrolling and engrossing committee.
 In the house Geer introduced a res olution asking that three members of the house and three members of the council be appointed as committee for the purpose of investigating the books, accounts, etc. in the auditors office and the books, accounts and acts of the board of control. After lengthy discussion and the adoption of substitute the original question was left in statu quo and will proba bly receive further attention in the course of time.
 The John H. Behan relief bill came up for a third reading and put on its final passage and passed by vote of IS ayes, f ayes and 2 absent.
 In the council some routine busi- ness was transacted but nothing of 
 Undoing one day what was done on a preceding day seems to be the general order of legislation. In the house on Tuesday, Huston moved the reconsideration of the vote by which the house substitute for the council resolution asking for an for an expert account ant, had been adopted. The mo- ton gave rise to a general dis cussion of the matter of the investiga- tion now being carried on by the council of the affairs in connection with the auditors office. The motion carried to reconsider the vote on the substitute which brought that meas ure again before the house and an at tempt to adopt it failed of getting to a vote and on motion of Bernard the substitute was referred to the com mittee on judiciary.
 Fowler introduced bill to regulate the issuance and collection of licenses to saloons and places of public resort outside incorporated cities and towns.
 Ward by request introduced bill in the house to appropriate Sl0,0O0 to aid the W. O. O'Neill monument as sociation. 4 similar bill is slumber- ing along the legislative route having been introduced by Andrews, by re- quest, in the council.
 The governors veto of the peniten- tiary improvement bill was presented to the house, and it was passed over his veto by the following vote: Ayes, Bernard, Barkley, Beard, Corbett, Campbell, Crouch, Houston, Hams, Ivy. Kimball, Morgan, Noon, Peter son, Roemer, St. Charles, Walsh-16; nays, Barker, Fowler, Geer, Gibbons, Gray, Ward, Wood, MT. Speaker. The bill then went to the council where it also received the necessary two thirds vote to pass it over the veto the vote being as follows; Ayes, Blair, Burns, Campbell, Claypool, Finley, Ford, Shannon, Warner, MT. Presi- dent; nays. Perkins, Riordan; absent, Andrews. Prior to a vote being taken a call of the house was ordered to bring in absentees, but the sergeant at-arms failed to find Mr. Andrews.
 The J. H. Behan, relief bill was passed by the house by g ayes, ? nays and 1 excused. It now goes to the governor for his approval.
 In the house the bill in relation to school census and providing fora cen sus of the entire population in incor- porated cities and towns was read a third time, put on its final passage and passed by a vote of 21 ayes, absent.
 The bill to make corporations and others liable for damages in case of death resulting from accident, read third time and lost by ayes II, nays l3.
 Other bills passed were: prison chaplain bill, l9ayes, f nays, absent Frank Meador relief bill, 23 ayes, nay; regulating the issuance of licenses to saloons and places of public re sorts outside incorporated towns and cities, 24 ayes; providing for collec