Arizona silver belt., 1901-04-04
NEW LAWS.
A Complete List of the Acts of the
 Twenty-first Legislature.


 From the Arizona Bulletin.
 Repeating the law compelling pay ment of poll tax before registration as an elector.
 Prescribing that employers shall es- tablish a regular pay day, and shall pay employees at least monthly.
 To safeguard the public health by prohibiting unauthorized tampering with sewers.
 Concerning measures to quiet title.
 Authorizing incorporated towns and cities to dispose of vacant land, The bill is particularly for the benefit of the City of Tucson; clearing title to lots sold by the municipality from the old military plaza.
 Remedying defects in the act of the last legislature creating the county ot Santa Cruz and adjusting distribution of the debt of the parent county, Pima,
 Prohibiting the gathering of loose cattle on the ranges without the con sent of the owners for the purpose of using them in steer tying contests.
 Modifying the present laws concern ing the sanitary protection of sheep.
 Authorizing the return of recorded chattel mortgages by county recorders.
 Adopting as official an ode to Ari- zona, composed by Mrs. Elsie R. Ayerill of Tempe, and Mrs. Frank Cox of Phoenix.
 Adopting the bloom of the sahuara, the cereus giganteus, as the official flower of Arizona.
 Re-establishing the national guard of Arizona and enacting new mili- tary code. Provision is made for the maintenance of the office of the adju- tant general and payment of the rent of company armories.
 Establishing rates for official print ing and designating the official records or notices that must be published
 Providing for the publication of the proceedings of municipal boards.
 For printing 2,5OO copies Of the code, the contract to De given to the best bidder, and for the sale of the com pleted work at 5 copy.
 Legalizing the use of the present great seal of Arizona.
 Permitting counties of over ss,000,- 900 Maricopa county only being in the class to employ an immigration commissioner and to appropriate for his salary and for the printing neces- sary.
 Permitting municipalities to levy tax for the support oi free public li- braries.
 Concerning the discovery and loca- ton of mining claims.
 Regulating contracts on public buildings.
 Concerning eminent domain.
 Amending the law relative to school cen JUS.
 Providing for the territorial peni- tentiary two chaplains, one of whom shall speak the Spanish language.
 Permitting counties to contract for the care of indigent sick.
 Authorizing boards of supervisors in fifth and sixth class counties to em- ploy assistant clerks.
 Granting ten years tax exemption to railroads. Ten miles of railroad must be built annually or s2O0, 900 expended. Giving tax exemption for twelve years to beet sugar factories,
 Prescribing manner in which the To- cation of county seats may be changed. Permitting municipalities to have a voice in the issuance of licenses to drinking saloons within mile of the municipal limits. This bill is particu- larly designed to break up the bad lands" on the outskirts of Phoenix. Prohibiting the shooting of antelope within Arlzona for five years.
 Prescribing method for making up title rolls.
 Permitting the Association of Rough Riders to place in the territorial capi- tol a tablet to the memory of the A Ari- zonans in the regiment who fell in the Spanish war.
 LegalIzing demand of John Duke upon Yavapai coanty for s2,500 taxes wrongfully exacted.
 Permitting assessors in the smaller counties to retain , per cent of their collections on personal property.
 Giving to clerks of district courts in the smaller counties an additional sal ary of $250 year and to the sheriff5 in the same counties $500 to $500 addition. al, to be granted by the boards of su- pervisors.
 Permitting local option on the liquor traffic in communities or counties, pro- viding two-thirds of the voters express approval.
 Restoring the salary of the superin~ tendent of the territorial prison to S3,000 year.
 Permitting recorders in fifth and