Arizona republican., 1903-03-03
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 lcorrcction made but was afraid to trust
 the document in the hands of the coun- 1 cil. IL was not even sure that it would be safe in the possession of a confer ence committee. But something had to
 be done The bill was allowed to go out
 with the house members of the confer- cnce committee with prayers for it's
 safe return In due course it came back corrected and was sent to the en-
 rolling and expressing committee. In i six weeks this is the third measure
 which has passed both houses, aside
 from two small appropriation bills.
 The first was a bill affecting only the
 city of Phoenix and the third was the
 bill amending the manner oi collecting
 poll tax and changing the name of the tax to "sohool tax"
 The rest of the business of the house consisted of the introduction of new | bills of which there were fourteen The l first by MT. White3ide was for the re- ] lief of Santa Cruz county providing for | the readjustment of the affairs of that and Pima counties in the matter oi the narrow guage bonds. The latter county is responsible for the payment of the bonds. In settlement of Santa Cruz's share of the indebtedness the bonds of that county bearing seven per cent in terest were given to Pima. The mar . TOW guage bonds have recently been l funded at four per cent so that the bill provides that Santa Cruz shall receive a rebate or credit for the diff
 ference in the rates of interest. | Other bills were as follows: For the relief O; Oscar Gebler of Nogales who eight years ago leaned the mayor and council of that town $2,000 Mexican money for the construc tion of a road l into the mountains. When the time | for the payment came there was rev mayor and council and they could find no authority in law for the eX- penditure of money outside the city limits; bill providing that there be no barbed wire fences in any city or town Of the territory: a bill requiring boards of supervisors in case of the assess ment of property at too low a figure to give owners notice of an intended in crease; Q bill proposing to pay justices O: the peace in towns of 5000 or less a salary of S100 a month and providing that all fees of the office shall be turn cd into the county treasury; bill amending the law providing for the collection of taxes on personal property in counties of the fourth, fifth and sixth classes.
 Then came bill for the extension of the broad aegis Of the law for the ex- oinption from sale for debt of personal property It is calculated to give the debtor a chance to get on his feet again, or rather to allow him to be never taken off his feet It practically eXempts everything that people can l-a of ok bill making changes in the law regard | ing the changing of text books in the public schools and another bill requiI- ing school trustees to set aside for a library fund annually a sum equal to ten cents for each child of school age in the district.
 bill was introduced by MT. Rowe providing for the ans-shipTent from
 the Louisiana Purchase exposition to | the Lewis X Clark exposition. Arizona's mineral display at the former at a cost net to exceed S5.OC0. to be paid out of the original appropriation or if there should nothing remain out of the gen. crai fund. A bill was introduced defin-
 ing the qualifica tiOns of district at torreys. According to the bill it shall be required that they be learned in the law
 and shall have been admitted to the
 bar. It is a curious fact that there 1 has never been such a requirement. 1 Under the present law any man who
 is entitled to vote is eligible to election
 as district attorney.
 | Mir. Bernard introduced a bill to ex- empt from taxation reservoirs whose
 construction was begun previous to
 March Of 1SS1. This is to destroy the
 effect of the repeal of an exemption law under which certain reservoirs had i been constructed.
 Other bills were as follows: By Mir
 Collins for the establishment of land marks: by MT. St. Charles, to regulate the issuance of insurance policies:
 by Mir. Morrison, for the establishment of d territorial health hoard; by MT
 St. Charles, to make the Australian
 ballot system more definite; in the course of this bill the words, referring
 to voters. his CT her. frequently ap- pears. Mr. Rowe suggested a correc- ticn at once in order that it might not appear to the world that there is equal suffrage in Arizona.
 | It is not worth while to make the change replied Mir. Morrison: it is