The copper era., 1905-03-23
APPROPRIATIONS AND
 NEW BILLS PASSED.
Taxes Will be a Little Higher. but Other
 wise No Particular Harm Done.

The closing scene in the house was marked by the presentation ot loving-cup. from the members of the house. to Speaker Webb. The pre- sentation speech was made by Bailey. of COchise county.
 Two hundred and seventy-one bills were introduced in both houses. Al together. not more than loo were passed. Only about seventyfive were signed by the governor. One of the last bills passed was one providing for d public examiner. whose duty it will be to check up all public officials in the territory and all counties in the territory. \. C. Foster. of Phoe- nix. was appointed to this new office. For the maintenance of the Indus trial School of Benson. q tax of 1 cents on each TlOO of taxable prop ertv.
 For the Tempe Normal School for new training school. heating plant and dining room and kitchen. s25,000 payable at once. and s2O,000 payable January l. 1906.
 For the erection of a school build - 1nr,ct 3S, near Clifton, which was destroyed by recent floods, 5000.
 For q territorial fair, $7.500 an nually.
 For q territorial bridge over the Gila at Florence. bond issue by the territory in the sum of 7l9,000.
 For the relief of the Florence Crit tenden Home at Phoenix. ?l200 annu- ally for two years.
 For the Northern Arizona Normal School an additional tax of F cents on each SlOO taxable property.
 For a monument to Capt. Bucky O'Neill, at Prescott. $lO,0O1.
 In the fight over the appropriation for the Benson Reform School, the statement wds made that the school was q white elephant" on the hands of the people Of the territory, and that the supervisors of many of the counties had refused to send more children there, as the expense of their keep was Sl.24 per day, and half of this had to be borne by the county sending the child. MT. Hunt and MT. Cutting made the fight against the school, claiming that it would not be in existence more than two years. An attempt to make q territorial loan in the sum of S60. .000 for the erection of dormitories and improvements at the school was lost by a vote of , to :. as follows:
 Nays Hunt, Bark, Cutting. Looncy Downs, Ruiz. Perry.
 Ayes Roemer, Bernard, Nugcnt, Page, Rice.
 The closing day of the legislature was marked by the passage of the following minor bills:
 House bill No. 52, by Kruger, to regulate the practice of optometry, and to provide for d territorial board of opticians to operate the same as the boards of dentistry and phar- macy do at the present.
 House bill 103, by Davis. relating to foreign insurance companies doing business in the territory.
 House bill los, by Collins. author izing the county of Mohave to issue bonds in the sum of $2o,000 for the erection of q court house.
 Council bill 69, an act relating 10 irrigation
 House bill 1O7, for the purpose of creating d territorial board of en- balmers.
 House bill l4S. by Stanford. to amend the charter of the city of Phoenix, to provide for city attor- ney at d salary of 5000 per annum.
 House bill III, by Webb. for the summary administration of estates
 Council bill II. by Nugent, an act relating to personal injuries received in employment.
 Council bill 45. by Nugent. an act relating to injuries resulting in death.
 Council bill 59. by Nugcnt. an act relating 10 the protection of the travelling public.
 House bill l3, and House bill II3 also passed. The latter relates to agents of corporations incorporated under the laws of the territory living at the principal place of business of the corporation in the territory. A large number of other bills were rushed through in the closing hours of the legislature. Nothing was done with the freight and fare bill intro duced by Mir. Neal.
 The anti-gampnng bill never had show from the time it was turned over to the mines and mining com- .lpitteS-
 Inc bullion tax measures were dead from the time they were intro- duced in the house and council. and the many attempts of the legislators interested in their passage resulted in getting but one of the the bills before the house, and that was speedily referred to the committee from which it came for revision.
 The bill for the establishment of branch penitentiary never had ghost of q show since it was referred to the committee on territorial af- fairs of which Mr. Timmons was chairman The