Williams news., 1903-06-13
DEPUTIES DAYS OVER.
There Are No Assistant ConstabIes in
 Arizona.

ATlZOnd.
 It has been ascertained that the deputy constable has no more exist ence in Arizona than the dodo bird. He expired on March 12 of this year, but legal knowledge of his ex- piration received no utterance until yesterday, when the constables of this precinct were notified from the office of the district attorney that they cannot appoint deputies.
 All this is the result of a bill in- troduced into the late legislature by Assemblyman J. M. O'Connell, of Cochise county. It did not ex- pressly prohibit the appointment of constables, but it provided that all other county and precinct off, cers, except onstables, justices of the peace, probate judges and super visors nigh appoint deputies. There was good deal of opposition to the bill, especially from the northern part of the territory, but MT. O'Connell urged it's passage for the relief of desperate condition of affairs in Cochise county, which was overrun with peace officers, all of whom had to make living
 Nobody in Phoenix could remem- Der of the bill, and the opinion was prevalent that it had either been defeated or had failed of the govern OTIS signature. It was discovered more than a week ago that it had actually become a law. It was thought best to let the matter run along to the first of next month, the beginning of new quarter, and in the meantime the office of the dis trict attorney proposed to go over the accounts of all justices of the peace, arising since the law went into effect. The warrants and all papers in criminal proceedings were to be asked for, and in any case in which it should appear that the pa pers had been served by any other person than the constable himself the account would be disallowed.
 Constables had been instructed in all civil cases that they should serve the papers themselves. A thing happened the other day, though, which precipitated matters.
 Complaint had been made against Jose Garcia, and the warrant was served upon him by Deputy Consta- ble Martinez. He was never taken to court on the charge which had been made against him, and when the complaining witness saw him at large he inquired into it. Garcia said that he had purchased his lib- erty that he had given Martinez one dollar to let him go. The case was investigated in Justice Robert sons court. Martinez denied the statement of Garcia, but said he had let him go because he did not think there was anything in the case. In either event the district attorneys office believed that the time had al ready come for dispensing with the services of the deputies and the prohibition was sent out.
 There is some conjecture as to effect the neglect of the law since March 12 will have. Lawyers are generally of the opinion that the only persons to be affected will be the deputies themselves, whose ac- counts will not be allowed. Because a man has been arrested by an un- authorized person is not believed to be a reason why proceedings ending in his conviction should be set aside.
 It is said that there are possibly some civil actions, the levying of executions and garnishment pro- ceedings, in which a question as to the regularity of the proceedings might be raised. One effect of the law will be to save the counties a great deal of money.-Phoenix Re publican.
 News from Jerome is to the effect that it is proposed to run a tunnel 1000 feet long on the United Verde mine, beginning at the millsite fur ther down the Verde river. It I