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WITH OUR S0L0NS
Delayed Letter From Our Phoenix Correspondent,
BILL TO DEFER COUNTY DIVISION
The Governors Hand Apparent in the Bill for Location of the Territorial Prison - Congress Memorial
 ized to Extend Session.

PHoENIX, Tuesday, Feb. 5.-The
 last week in the legislature has been s
 very quiet one. Considerable legisIa'
 ton has been launched which will nc
 doubt produce some bitter conflicts
 but none of 1t has come up for con
 sideration.
 It was expected that the bill for the creation of Clark county would be in' troduced last Monday, but the gentle
 men in charge of it changed theli plans, probably induced by the con fused state of affairs incident To tbe strengthening out of the report of the code commission. A couhter Dill has, however, been introduced iu the eoun. ell by Mir. Andrews or Yavapai, winch provides that county divisions and all matters pertaining only to counties' shall be submitted to she people to be affected. It is said that this bill Will nave the support of Councilman shannon of Graham county, who hau been counted upon ss one Of the chaui- pions of county division.
 Your correspondent was in error last week in relation to the repeal ui the poll tax law. That error was, however, shared by mosl ii not all the members of the assembly wno learned only two days ago that House BilI Nc. was still reposIng h the breast oi the council juolcIary commiItee, which at this date has manifested no disposition to give it up. It wIil nu doubt De passed, but the council seem. disposed Co correct the a0semoiy for its discOurtesy in having turned down a previously passed council DIil also intended to repeal the poll tax law and which should have been passed by the house.
 Among the more important bills in. troducsd since my last letter are the following: For the location of new territorial prison; for the re- -es taoiisiI ment Of the national guard; tor the abolition of the board of equanzatlou. The bill regarding the prIson follows the governors message, ana though no site Is specified Tn it, thls being q matter to be left to a commission to oe chosen by the governor, The one consideration as Uo the protitaDle em- pluy msnU Of the convicts, prac ticaIiy puts Yuma out of the field; of 4 haif dozen possible sites in Arlzona Chat alone Is one at which prisoners can not De proiitAsly employed.
 Irrigation legislation has been at tempted again, this tune by Mir. Ivy of Maricopa county, who has intro duced bill modelled after the Nyom- ing law and which IS said to have been the result Of the denoeration. uf the general water storage committee during the last three months. Inc bill illntroduced by Mir. Ivy was drafted by Che committee, put Was never agreed upon except by the minority, which procured its introduction wiJn- out consultation, thus insurlng acLl,e opposition al the outset.
 A bill has been introduced provlu. ing an improvement of the present plan of assessing anu taxing transient herds. The improvement consists m nn m '. from the counties ln which the nerds are pdstured, thus insurIng an eYuI.- able aiyision of the tax among the counties Tn which they may be kept during the year. There was another bill reducing the bountiss On wlIa animals, Tn fact cutting the present bounties squarely m two. The last two Oills, as Well as the blll for the abolition of the board of equalization, were recommended by the iate confer ence Of supervisors held here.
 Mr. St. Charies' bill to increase the salaries oi recorders of counties of JiIe fifth and sixth classes by half tne amount of fees received for mineral entries was iavordbly reported this morning. There will be no opposi- ton to it in either mousse.
 A railroad exemption bill was intro duced this morning by Mr. Bernard Of Pima county. It Is really d re-en- actmenG of former laws on this sub JecJ providing an exemption of Jsn years after complying With the con dltions usually imposed.
 There was threatened conflict this morning between the code and other legislation. MeSsrs. Geer ana himUail Of the house judiciary committee, ob- jected to the printing of bills which might provide for legislation in con- flIct with the report or for legislation which has been covered by the report. It was even suggested that members should hold bills until after the report has been regularly presented for con- sideration. The committee went to the length of trying to suspend the rules so as to obstruct usual legisla- tion. The opposition though, was so overwhelming that the attempt was abandoned In the council the greater