Arizona republican., 1905-03-07
4 PRIMARY BILL.

| IEe council passed primary eleC- ticn bill substitute for MT. Hunts
 bill. Il is in some respects sinliiar 10 |. the biL which passed the hOus. last
 wee. It is however less complex It
 provides for the selection of | delegates to conventions the pri- maries of all parties to be held at ! the same time and place in each pre-
 cinct.
 1 The council bill prohibiting women ! from frequenting saloons or singing or acting as bar maids in saloons in un-
 corporated towns was passed without
 d dissenting vote. A bill providing fol | a simpler way of disincorporating on ! the application of the stockholders of l a corporation was passed.
 MT. Page introduced two bills. One
 of them repeaIs the following para graph under the chapter of the rel vised statutes relating to new trials | and arrest of judgment: Tn cases | in which judgment has been render ! ed on service of process by publication,
 where the defendant has not appeared l in person or by an attorney of his own
 selection, a new trial may be granted | by the court upon the application of | the defendant for good cause shown,
 supported by affidavit filed within one
 year after the rendition of such judg | fuGnl- He OlAi-E Dili NetS q SFAAtA eAA amendment of the license tax laws. A message was received from the acting governor saying that he had signed the bill for the better protection of game and the bill prohibiting the es- tablishment of saloons within 4,6OO | feet of the grounds of the University of Arizona.
 THE HOUE.
 The live stock bill whose reappear- ance ir the house has been so anx- lousIy awaited was reported yesterday
 with 9 recommendation for it's pass age with sundry amendments. The friends of the bill wanted immediate and final action but others who said that they believed they were also friends to the bill desired to be made acquainted with it's contents. This bill hao not been printed. MT. Pomeroy moved again that it be printed. The motion was vigorously opposed but carried by a bare majority. The bill Wa. then ordered to the printing com mIttee and thence to the committee of the whole. It is said that one of the amendments wipes out the entire but cEers' license feature of the present law. It permits persons not engaged in the butcher business to kill one beef a month All cattle killed must be inspected and the fee will be twen- ty-five cents.
 Mir Cobb introduced a bill for the location of a branch territorial prison 1 in Graham county somewhere between | Solomonville, Matthewsville and north of Mount Graham. It is to be built | If built at all for the convicts from | the counties of Gila, Graham, Cochise, | Santa Cruz and Pima.
 Other new blls were as follows:
 By Mr. Wilson concerning the com pr missing Of litigation by school dis tricts.
 By MT. Wilson, relating to the as sessment ana taxation of mines and | min sites. This differs from another bill by Ir. Wilson only in placing the than that of real estate of equal va lue. The former bill fixed the valua- tion at not less than $5 an acre.
 T:y Mir. Flmmons, an act for the re- lief Of Mrs. F. c. Stein. Mrs Stein is the .vidcw O. Joseph Stein, formerly secretary Of the territorial prison, one of the famous boldover officials. It is stated in the bill that at the time of his ret'I ement from office the territory owed nin a sum which with the inter est since 1890 now amounts to $446.20 which sum t: proposed by the bill to be appropli; ted.
 Fly Mir. W ilson relating to the fees paid by fcrcIer insurance compan,es and rrovid-.g that they shall be paid to tue territoT al auditor and by him turned oN q Go the territorial treas.,ry.
 Hy MT BdI ker to encourage the maintenance and opera