Arizona republican., 1903-03-04
It Will B. a Pleasure to Show It

Roen.c:, St. Charles. Webb, Williams. Woolf, the spc&ker-16.
 Nays. Barrow, Herr, Henry, Ingalls,, Morrison, Lamont, Rowe, .5chillinS, Whiteside-9.
 A motion t. take up the previous question was reached by warm de b2te in which the speaker, Messrs Rowe, Webb, Whiteside and Cowan participated. MT. Rowe demanded that before any other step should be taken with the bill the report of the special committee appointed u investi- Cate the office of the secretary be re- ceivCd. The other side replied that the report of the committee had nothing to do with the bill at the present stage. It was further intimated that the re- port of the committee was not essen tial. The motion for the previous ques- ton was carried by a vote of 16 to &. Mir. Henry this time voting in the affirmative.
 Tho majority report was then offered fer adoption but was rejected b. vote Of 16 % s. The minority report was adopted by tho same vote. A motion was tl.cu made that the bill be con sidered cuSrJzscd and put upon it's final passage. The minority offered q variety of objections which were ruled out and then aIrordments were offered. Mir. Rowe presented onc that the pro visions Of the act should not become operative during tnc term Q. the pres cnt ircuIr bent. This was dcreat ted b;' a vote of l5 u 2, MT. Naii,r voting With the minority. An amendment by
 Mr. Whitesidc proposing to double the fees for filing and recording articles Of interpretations, 1nc l!aif to Eu to the territory and one-hdif ;1 the secretary went out or T point of order which might have been raised against the amendment offered by Mr. EoH. if any body had thought of it
 Then tho minority objected to 3 s,Is- pension Of the rules which was necc:;- sar;- to consider the bill cngrosacd. On this motion the vote Vas l. to 9. Thr majority failed by are vote the Glincri- ty having again received the support ci Mr. Marian. T.c next step was to send the bill to the committee on cn- rolled and crgrosscd bills. It will probably be passed today.
 The rest O.. the afternoon was con- sumed with the consideration Of the bills under the order and thcy were less than half disl osed Wken an ad- JoS-i ilil-SIAI W i> LIt.-il IOI l.iC ta The only bill passed was one allow ing trust companies to act as adn3iais- trators and guardians and in a gen eral fiduciary capaCity. This was one of the early bills of the session A substitute was offered for it but that was indefinitely postponed.
 The morning session was taken up
 with committee reports and the intro duction of new bills of which there seems to be no end.
 Among them were the following: By
 Mir. PGrr repeating the law treating the Arizona rangers; by Mir. Ingalls, au-
 thorizirg Yuma county to issue bonds
 for the construction Of a court house
 and jail: by Mr. Ingalls,. rcla ting to in suranCe companies and losses by fire:
 by Mr. Webb reducing; fees for ac- Acknowledgements to fifty cents; by MT
 Bernard, limiting the jurisdiction of | justices of the peace; by MT Rowe ] granting authority to boards Of super Visors to employ assistance for county officers and tc fix their compensation; by Mr. Webb. amending the law with reference to the nomination of officers 1 by county conventions.
 1 The council met. transacted no busi-
 ness and adjourned after which a eau i GUS of the democratic members was
 held.