Arizona republican., 1903-02-13
THE HOUSE,

The first proceeding Of the house af~ ter the report of the committees was the passage Of 8 bili fo: the relief Of Mrs TofoIlo c; Apache county. widow e an Arizona Ranger. who WAS killed last summer il a fight with the 8.ll Smith gang Of outlaws. The bill orig iaaIIy contemplated an appropriation for $G10 but iu the committee il Was amended so that this amount should be paid in twelve monthly irstallnents. The Dill passed Dy q vctr of 21 to ,. l The following new biIa were intro GuCed: By Mr. Mailar to amend the statutes i'll relation to tho fees and compensation of officers who make ar ; rests: by MT. Marian an amendment to the statutes allowing boards of super
 ViscI.5 to issue license fer the transfer 1 of stock from one county to another O. ! from Eor-ier counties cut C: the terri i tCIy; Dy. Mr. CoWan to amend the Std tu!es in reference to insurance com psuiss. requiring that those orssGIi7-
 ed or operating i2 this teIritcsy shall | possess S1CG.CU in sold coin above thci: liabilities.
 The first business cf tie afternoon vas to make house bill Nc. special 1 orGer for Monday. This is tie bill authorizing trust companies to act in ! fduciary capacity the same as natural persons may do.
 i After that the live stock biii was talk en up and after some discussion re- GarGing the opportunity 10 debate and aECnd it 1t went to the committee on enrolled and cngrossed bills with the understanding that it should be d spec 1 ial order for II o'clock this morning; l Wherever a bill reaches this stage in
 the house there is always a misunder- standing and q subsequent dispute re- garGing the proceedings Of the commit
 tee of the whole if that cc.nmittae happens to have considered it.
 To obviate q recurrence of these
 things MT. Woolf suggested that .n the
 future the speakers clerk or some csedings of the whole committee
 vhereupon the following col.oquy en- sued:
 Mr. RoWe.-Yes, another clerk; all our clerks are ali s0 0VerWorked
 3:r. Woolf.-The gentleman will bear il mind that 1 said. the speakers clerk or another clerk.
 Mir. InsaIls.-I fai! to sec how that
 will relieve our overworiled clerks. l Tke reports of committees fcila,.od. Upon two there were unfaEo~able re- i ports. One Of them was the 3ilI of Mir. ! IarIar to allow teachers d mileage uf ten cents for attending institutes. and no other compensation. A1 present t:ie teachers are allowed their v-2g.s. 1t was MT. MaIlar's idea that the insri- tutes should be held in the holiday week so that no time would be lost. The other bill which did not meet with committee favor was the bill of
 -1r- Lamont requiring the keepers 0:
 Wayside inns to obtain the consent Of
 q majority of the property owners
 within radius Of five miles
 Tac main contest of the day cane up on the bill allowing county recorders
 to retain fees for making abstracts; and certificates There v.S an inr,ed- fate show of opposition which indic:.t- ed the defeat of the measure. It wac supported by Messrs. St. Charles and Rowe and opposed by aIessrs. O'Con- nell and Wooif. The principal nbjec- ton to the bill was that it :3-ovi2 eti
 remuneration for !a Dor for which the recorders were already paid q good Isalary. Tn some of the mining counties this remuneration would amount to . more than the salary. Another ob- jection was that it would make the
 recorders competitors of the abstract offices and in county seats in which there were two abstract offices one O: