The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1903-02-26

Speaker Powers Introduced a bill
authorizing the issuance OF 100000
fifty-year bonds for the improvement
OF the insane asylum. The bonds are
TO become available at the rate OF not
more the $40. 900 year
H b, providing that licenses for
wayside inns should not be licensed
except upon a petition signed by a
majority OF the property Owrers with
in radius Of five miles, was defeated
Mr.. Woolf said the bill had been offer
ed in the interest of cattlemen who
had been embarrassed by such resorts
on the ranges. Mr.. Rowe replied that
the bill was drawn in the interests OF
the big saloons and to compel people
TO all their drinking in town. The
| bill was defeated by a vote of Is to 8.
Mr.. Collins introduced a bill for the
! exemption from taxation OF beet sugar
| plants in which as much as $500, 900
should be invested. There was such
an exemption enacted by the Twenty
first legislature but 10 will expire on
lhdICu ~ Ndo CApCSbCu booh eiiN
Eastern Sugar company would avail
itself OF that law. Delays arose and
the flame passed. Since then negetia-
tiOns with the sugar company were re-
opened and arrangements have been
made for the installation OF plant in
Salt river valley. The bill has been in
troduced for the purpose OF facilitating
this. y restriction placed upon bene-
ficiaries OF the bill is that they shall
not connect themselves with any trdst.
There was a meeting OF large
number of the members OF the assem-
bly, on Thursday night last at which 1t
was agreed to move the territorial
prison from Yuma to Benson. 1t is
said that msot OF the northern mem
bers have pleged themselves to the
support of the bill. There are reasons
why the MaricOpa members would sup
port it and there is said to be an argu-
ment why the members from Graham
and ella should fall in line. a member
Of the ssembly said yesterday that
there was no earthly doubt that the
bill would be passed by that body. He
added that he could not see how 1t
would be defeated in the council. The
geographical argument in favor Of 1T
is that with the completion OF the
Phoenix Il Eastern road Benson will
be the most easily accessible point in
the territory. 1t is understood that
the bill for the establishment OF ter
ritorial poor farm at SolOmonyille will
be sacrificed to the prison removal bill.
Other matters before the legislature
are also hinged upon this one.
CB, a bill authorizing a bond issue
of SlI 900 for improvements and puhli-
cations of the experimental stations
and to provide for the holding of far
mers' Institutes throughout the terri
tory. was referred to the committee on
appropriations having been reported
by the committee on education.
The first proceeding of the council
after the receipt of messages from the
house announcing the passage of bills
was committee report on Mr.. Ash
urst's bill regarding the appointment
of justices Of the peace recommending
that it do not pass. y motion to adopt
the report failed on tie vote. Mr..
Morehead offered Il bill slightly
changing the manner of settlement
between county treasurers ard the
territorial treasurer. MIR. Morehead's
bill defining grand larceny having
been unfavOrably reported was in
definitely postponed. The same thing
happened to council bill No. con-
cerning the appointment of two jus
tices OF the peace in precincts having
Il certain population.
Mr.. Corbett introduced bill pre-
scribing the manner in which the ter
ritorial board of equalization shall be
made up. Its provisions are not differ
ent from those Of the law under which |
the board has been constituted but the
law Is made more definite.