Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-02-10
FLOOD CONTINUES
No Abatement in Number
of House Bills
The Council in Condition of Inact-
ivity bat the House Is Busy Putting
Measures Up to II.


short sessions in the morning and the
afternoon and though the council went
through the motion of converting after
a morning session little was done.
Interest in the superior court
bill is reviving. In the hands
of the judiciary committee it
was amened. 1t provided ORR
ginally for the establishment of SUI
perior courts only in counties having
an assessed valuation of 100000, or
more. There are five such counties.
If the bill in that shape should become
a law the courts would have to be
established. While the bill was in the
hands of the committee a clamor came
from some of the smaller counties for
superior courts and the bill was then
amended authorizing such counties to
establish superior courts if the voters
wanted them.
Since the favorable report of the bill
It has been feared that it would pass
both houses; it is almost absolutely
certain that it will pass the lower
house. The members from this county
are opposed to it. They say that there
is no demand for an extra court. The
business of the district court in this
county is we'll in hand and in the opin-
ion of the members there is no reason
why an additional expense of from
$4,000 to $4,000 should be under
taken.
Though nothing can be formally
done now until the bill comes up in
the committee of the whole to which
it was referred on Wednesday it is said
that a compromise has been practical
~ agreed upon which will leave the
question of the establishment of a SUI
perior court in Maricopa entirely with
the taxpayers. The bill will probably
be amended leaving it optional with
counties having a valuation of more
than 100000, There is at present
only one such county in Arizona.
The speaker of the house yesterday
morning presented letters from the
speakers of the houses of representa-
tives of Illinois, Idaho and New Mex
leo acknowledging the request of the
legislature of this territory that the
legislatures of those states use their
influence for the defeat of the joint
statehood bill.
House memorial No. was introduce
ed. This memorial is directed to the
president of the United States and sets
forth that it is understood that he is
urging the extension of the Black
Mountain forest reserve. The mem
reservation in a southerly direction.
Following the adoption of this memoir
ial came a period of the second read
ing of bills. Only one of them excited
particular comment and that was the
bill of Mr.. Barker introduced the day
before defining a butcher 10 be one
who in the course of a month kills
more than two horned cattle or more
than six sheep, hogs or goats for sale.
This is regarded as an attack upon the
present butchers license law.
Speaker Webb opposed the PROPOSE
tion to advance the bill to it's third
reading and final passage but urged
that the bill be allowed to take the
usual course. He said he had been in
conference with members of the live
stock committee and he had in the
course of preparation a bill which he
believed would furnish the remedy
sought by the Barker bill. The bill
was then referred,
Then came an avalanche of new bills.
BY Mr.. Strong providing for the
monthly pay of Jail guards.
By Mr.. Hull, an act authorizing
boards of supervisors to appoint coun-
ty road superintendent. There is by
the way such law now and this coun-
ty two years ago put it in operation for
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entirely successful and six months ago
the office was vacated.
BY Mr.. Pomeroy, an act amending
the law for the collection Of delinquent
taxes, providing that land sold for de-
linquent taxes may be redeemed with |
in nine months after he sale upon the
payment of the sale price, all costs /
and one per cent interest a month.
BY Mr.. Kruger, an act providing for
the services of physicians in the trials
of persons charged with insanity, the
compensation not to exceed SO a day /
This is the law which the physicians |
have for years been trying to have
enacted. In some cases. boards of su- /
pervisors have allowed claims for such /
service but they have done so without /
of law.
BY Mr.. Anderson. an act relating to
actions for damages by personal injur-
les It provides that action must De
begun within ninety days after the in
Fiction of the injury and that the trial
must take place within thirty days
after bringing suit
BY Mr.. Cobb, an act making it a
for one to ride on rail-
road track in any other vehicle than
those provided by the railroad com
panies. Mr. Cobb also introduced a
bill appropriating $3.50 Tor the pur-
chase of postage stamps and newspa-
per wrappers for the use of members
In the afternoon session several bills
were passed. one of them is the mea-
sure of Mr. Webb defining grand lar
ceny. Another was house bill y by
Mr.. Anderson defining adverse possess
sion and providing that the adverse
claimant must have paid the taxes on
the property during the term Of his
claim or he must at least have ten
Tered payment. Mr.. Anderson OK
blamed that the bill was not Intended
for the benefit of an individual but for
he benefit of the territory in that 1t
would facilitate the collection of taxes
on property in dispute.
The next bill on the list was one
providing for the payment of interest
On teachers warrants. The rate of in
.erest originally contemplated was six
per cent but in the committee it was
raised to ten per cent. That amend