Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-03-20
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Legislative Notes.

Legislative Notes.
 In the house tne gambling bill by Bernard was passed.
 H. B. p. an act to establish a uni form system of graduation in the pub lie schools and to establish systematic relations between tue no nal schools and the university, was indefinitely v postponed.
 H. B. 174, providing for the collec- ton of statistics and care of indigents, passed.
 In the council, the dynamite bill, to compel dealers to keep record was in definitely postponed.
 The Maricopa county immigration bill passed.
 Bill for the relief of H. F. Robinson went to third reading and was passed. It returns to him money expended for national guard.
 An act to regulate the assessment of real estate was ordered to third reading. It places the minimum as sessed valuation at 75 cents per acre. Passed.
 A number of code bills were passed.
 In the house a bill was introduced by Kimball to give boards of super visors power to quarantine against in fectious diseases.
 The most interesting and exciting session of the present legislature was that of Thursday afternoon in the council when the veto of the governor relative to the method of recovery of money when improperly appropriated was considered. The unusual part of the procedure was the debate on the subject. The house stood at recess and the galleries were crowded. Sen ator Ives spoke to the bill, and in a lengthy speech he earnestly y urged the necessity of passage. He reviewed the disclosures of the investigation and stated that over $500 had been drawn from the emergency fund with out warrant of law. He did not con slider it a political measure, as many of the states where officials are elected have a provision whereby suits can be instituted when the attorney refuses or neglects to do his duty. He in sisted that the auditor is helpless when the chief executive desires to invade the treasury.
 Perkins of Apache replied in a wig orous speech, in which he challenged | the sincerity of the majority, and he referred to the senator from Yuma. He thought the bill a politi- cal one. He grew quite eloquent and so scathing and bitter were his denunciations of what he termed political persecution.
 Dr. Ford said he always listened with interest to pleas in criminal cases. He believed with Burns: No rogue ger felt the halter draw, with high opin- ion of the law. He did not believe any honest official need fear the bill, consequently he favored its passage.
 Riordan took the position of armed neutrality. He did not believe any illegal warrants had been drawn by the present auditor, but he favored the bill as a proper safeguard to the treas ury and voted to override the veto But three votes were cast to sustain the veto, Perkins, Campbell and War ner.
 The seat of war was at once trans ferred to the house, and at 11:30 the bill came up for action. After ! long preliminary struggle under ,all of the house a test vote was pro cured, showing 15 in favor of passing the bill over the veto, s opposed and one absent.
 On the matter coming up in the afternoon session, the speaker put the question to the house for vote on the 7etoed bill, when a call of the house vas demanded and made when the , at arms was instructed to bring in the absent members. A mo- ion to dispense with the call was lost, . IS also a motion to adjourn to p. m. , The previous question was called for , md on vote the motion was lost. After several more motions of like , nature and the discovery that there { vas practically a deadlock on the ! natter of getting the question to a 7 rote, motion to adjourn to 2 p. m. prevailed. Nlr. Speaker introduced H. B. lS5, { o regulate the salaries of county of [ icers in counties of more than SS,000,- , 100 assessed valuation; providing for , ln increase in the salaries of such of | icers as follows; chairman of the board ,f supervisors, SlS00 per year; mem 1ers of boards of supervisors S1500; Jerks of boards of supervisors, S1S00; |, probate judges, 5000; clerk of pro , oate judge. S1200; treasurers 5000; district attorney, S2500; recorders, s25OO.
 The bill to prevent the killing of antelope, passed. The bill providing for an appropria- ion of $500 per annum forexperimen- al stations was lost. Bill 175, payment for publication of ! iaily proceedings, passed. The following code bills passed: 4 .egulate issuance of injunctions; in | ;ane persons; trial of titles; mort i ,ages. I In the council the bill providing for $ districts was killed.