Bisbee daily review., 1903-02-13
IS ASKED TO
 ASSIST COUNTIES
CHAIRMAN j. ]. BOWEN RETURNS
 FROM PHOENIX
Represented Cochise County in the Convention of Boards of Super
 visors-coehise to Refund Bonds


 > Chairman J. J. Bowen of the board of supervisors of this county returned home yesterday from Phoenix, where he had been on official business for this county and while at the capitol attended the convention of the boards of supervisors of the territory, which had met there for the purpose of dis cussing and proposing needful legis- lation.
 The convention was attended by representatives of the boards of su- pervisors of the counties of Graham, Cochise, Maricopa, Yuma, Pima. Apache. Coconino and Pinal. and re- mained in session for two days. As a result of the meeting the convention recommended the establishing of a territorial board of heath. The board to be created by the legislature and the appointments 10 be made by the governor. At present the territorial officials find themselves absolutely helpless in protecting our people from any contagious disease that makes it appearance on the border or in an adjoining state, and the recommends ton of the convention along this line will meet with the unanimous ap- proval Of our people.
 Another bi'l prepared and recOm- mended by the convention is a copy of the California statute regarding the immigration of indigents. which soon become a burden on the counties. The border counties. especially Co., chise and Pima have been sufferers from this practice. The bill prOpos- ed provides that any immigrant must acquire Q residence in the county be fore they will be entitled to aid from the county. The convention also had under consideration a new revenue Jaw for the territory. copied almost in the exact language from the Mis- souri laws, by which means it is pro posed to increase the revenues of the territory.
 Chairman J. J. Bowen went to Phoenix under instructions from the board of supervisors Of this county. to enter into a contract with Maricopa county for the care of the indigents of this county. Preliminary cores pondence had elicited the information that Maricopa county was ready to en- ter into Q contract at S1O per patient Ter into contract at s10 per patient per month, but when Mir. Bowen reached Phoenix the county contrac- tor had raised the price 10 Sll.50 per patient. Not being authorized to en- ter into any such contract Mir. Bowen will lay the matter before the board or supervisors again at their meeting on the 14th inst The indigents now confined in the hospital at Tombstone cost Cochise county S2250 each per month. Maricopa county offers 10 care for these indigents at Sll.5O per month. At present there are twelve patients il the county hospital at Tombstone that could be transported to Cochiss county, at a clear gain of Sl3S per month to this county. While in Phoenix MT. Bowen also investigated the proposition to refund the bonded indebtedness of Cochise county, amounting in round numbers to s100,000 at a lower rate Of interest. From the best information obtainable. Cochise county will have no trouble in refunding it's indebtedness at 5 per cent, thereby efecting a saving 10 the county of per cent per annum on S10G,0 This matter will be taken up for action at the next meeting of the board.
 MT. Bowen reports the Arizona leg. is'ature moving along in the even tenor Of it's way. About sixty-fve bills have been introduced in the house but the council seems in no dis position to hurry matters.