Arizona republican., 1903-02-14
PROPOSED LEGISLATION
By the Convention of Supervisors of
 Eight Counties.

The convention of representative of boards of supervisors of eight counties finished their work begun last Monday and adjourned subject to the call of the chairman They went over the entire situation with respect to needed changes in the revenue laws of the ter ritcry and agreed upon recommenda- tions for those changes and for the en- actment of new laws for the more prompt economic and efficient govern. nent of the several counties. These recommendations were incorporated into eight bills which are now ready for introduction into the legislature.
 The business of the convention was conducted in systematic manner. Most of the time District Attorney Baker was in attendance and advised the supervisors regarding the proposed changes.
 The bills agreed upon are as follows: To create 9 territorial advisory board to supervisors. This board is to be ap- pointed by the governor, each board of supervisors of the territory to be rep resented on the territorial board. The salary of the members shall be. S5 Il day but the compensa ton shall not ex ceed $50 for each member.
 A bill to amend the laws with refer-' ence to the care of the indigent sick.
 A bill to repeal the law for the pay ment of bount!es for the destruction of wild animals.
 4 bill to amend paragraph 3942 of the revised statutes; this relates to the power ot the supervisors to sell prop erty for delinquent taxes.
 A bill to amend Chapter VII, Title LXII. entitled the "Collection of delfn- quent taxes" The amendment con- sists in the introduction of what is known as the Missouri system" IL makes a tax deed worth the paper on which it is written, and it is calcula ted to destroy the business of buying in delinquent property with the eXpecta- tion that it will be redeemed.
 A bill granting power to boards of supervisors of counties of the first class to employ additional assistance for county assessors, recorders, treas urers and clerks of boards of super visors.
 A bill authorizing boards of super visors to divide their counties into su- pervisor districts.
 A bill to repeal paragraph 37S4 of the laws relating to public printing. The part of the paragraph aimed at is that which requires that newspaper shall be established for three months before it shall be eligible to bid on public printing contracts.
 A resolution was adopted calling upon the representatives of the several coun- ties in the legislature to use all hon. orable methods for the securing the en- af.+1, of .1-e islation.
 There is one more bill which was left n the hands of Neri Osborn, the secre- tary of the convention. It contemplates changes in the times of the meetings of the county boards of supervisors as boards of equalization and of the meet irgs Of the territorial board of equali- zation. The dates fixed by the present law are such that it is impossible to comply with the law.
 By the adoption of the following resolution tho convention took fall out of house bill No. 37, allowing county recorders to retain certain fees and which passed the assembly day before yesterday:
 Whereas, meeting of the represen- tatives of the boards of supervisors of the several counties of the territory of Arizona, in bi-annual session, have been apprised of the passage by the house of representatives of the legisla ture of the territory of house bill No. 37, entitled An act to amend para graph 263S of the revised statutes of Arizona, 1901' introduced by MT. Rowe of Yavapai county; and,
 Whereas we deem this bill a menace to good government and against the economical administration of public affairs of the counties of the territory, and one that will work a hardship upon the general public and result in in creased taxation; therefore be it
 Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that house bill No 37 should