Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1905-02-01
LEGISLATIVE
PROCEEDINGS
Both Houses Adjourn
For Ten Days.
Printing COMMITTEE Has Plans
For Introducing Economy in
Its Printing Bills.

The legislature on Friday adjourned
till February 9th in order to give the
committees appointed to investigate
the various territorial institutions,
time to complete their work.
The printing committee of the
house, was on Thursday requested to
report to the house what action if any
it had entered into relative to print
ing the proceedings of the house and
also printing the reports of territorial
officers and what rates they contracted
for, if any at all. y
The committee reported that it had
done nothing, but it was disclosed
that it has gone to the extent of mini
MIXING the graft which has hitherto
brought more or less disgrace on Ari
IONA legislatures. The committee has
decided that it will pay less for print
ing than any of its predecessors. 1t
has offered lump sum of 81, 500 for
the printing of the reports of territor-
ial officials and for printing the pro-
ceedings of the legislatures. The
twenty second legislature. paid So, 700
for the same work and other legisla-
lures have paid more. The gentlemen
who have been skIrmishing for the
printing will be allowed to do the
work, for this or let it alone
The committee believes also that it
will not be nece ssary to print report
of the territorial university in as
much as that institution issues a reg
lister which contains all the matter
that a report would contain.
Another resolution is promised that
will defeat the custom heretofore,
adopted by democratic legislatures of
plying editors of all democratic papers
in the territory for a copy of their
paper for each member of the legisla-
ture
This proposed resolution will di-
rect that the postmaster be informed
that the members of the Legislature
have not subscribed for the papers
and do not feel themselves bound to
accept them with the intention of in
curing an obligation which the terri
tory will have to discharge.
a bill was introduced in the coun-
Gil by Mr.. Perry providing that JUS
tices CT the peace shall not infringe
upon the functions of attorneys by
giving litigsnts counsel. The object
of this measure is not so much the
protection of attorneys as it is the
protection of litigants against half
baked advice which is likely to in
volee them in deeper trouble.
Five new bills were brought into
the house. One makes cruelty to
animals a misdemeanor punishable by
a fine of 500; another remodels the
peculiar statute of this territory con
ceruing embezzlement which makes it
frequently difficult if not impossible
to convict for that crime; another
bill provides that in counties having
an assessed valuation of more THAI
81, Goa, 600 county assessors may employ
deputies for not more than half the
year; in counties having a valuation
of $40, 900, 600 deputy may be employ
ed for the year. Another bill provides
for the printing of the session laws
and appropriates 1910 therefor
"There is one bilI,'' says the Re
publican, (which is being pushed
along faster than some of the members
of the house believe to be right That
is the bill allowing witnesses fees and
mileage in criminal cases. This is not
the first time this thing has been pro-
posed but the proposition has uniform
ly been defeated on the ground that
the operation of such a law would
bankrupt some of the counties.
sit is agreed that the object of the
bill is legitimate and that witnesses
ought to be remuneIated for their loss
OF time and money attending criminal
cases but on account of the magnifi-
cent distances in Arizona and the
small volume of assessable property it
becomes the duty of those needed as
witnesses to make some sacrifice to
good citizenship.