Arizona republican., 1905-03-12

AA4C SolAAC AilbCiCotO ln6 sions of sheep was taken up and pass ed.
 A substitute for house bill No. 59 relating to the collection of taxes was passed. The main object of this bill is to repeal the Andrews law by giving boards of supervisors the power to make compromises for the settlement of disputes over taxes.
 Among other bills passed were the | following: Tn relation to the feeding of county prisoners; authorizing the employment of assistant clerks of boards of supervisors and deputy treas urers in counties of the first class; re- lating to the working of prisoners on the public highways; the house memo rial for the extension of the Black Mesa forest reserve.
 A message was received from the governor in which he stated that he had disapproved Mir Nugent's bill con corning the use of railroad tracks. The veto was unanimously sustained. Among the bills introduced were the following:
 By MT. Nugent, for the protection of the travelling public.
 By MT. Roemer, relating to the dis erection of courts in sentencing juven- ile offenders to the reform school. This bill precipitated a debate upon the school itself. The bill provides that boys may be sentenced by the court for a term of eight years instead of five. It was opposed by MT. Bark, who alluded to the burden which most of the counties had already found that they were unable to bear. Yavapai county had quit sending boys to the school and the speaker understood that n n ha county It had been ascertained that 1t would cost no more to keep a boy in Yale or Harvard than to keep him at Benson. In reply to the statement that the present expense to the counties was greater by reason of the fact that the school was not yet well attended, MT. Bark replied that it was better now than it would be later.
 NEW HOUSE BILLS.
 The following bills were brought into the house:
 By MT. Pickrell. providing that ter ritorial warrants shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent.
 By Mir. Kruger. a bill limiting actions for the establishment and protection of rights to the use of water for benefi- cial purposes against one who has had continued use of the water for a period of eight years.
 By MT. Webb. for the creation of the office of territorial statistician to be appointed for a period of two years at a salary of $50 a month. His business shall be among other things to collect data concerning the part of Arizona in the Spanish American war and other data which in years to come may be valuable.
 By Mir. Neal, providing for the cleo ton of a town marshal and a town clerk for unincorporated towns.
 By MT. Strong, to encourage the dis covery of natural gas.
 By MT. Webb. an act to restrain dogs from running at large. 4 bill of this purpose had just been vetoed by the governor on the ground that it was probably special legislation. This bill was designed to remove this defect.
 A bin for the encoura ~o~7ent of-pro- jects for developing water for irriga- ton by exemption of reservoirs and canals from taxation for ten years was passed. 7.
 THE BULLION TAX BILL.
 The Wilson bullion tax bill was fav- orably reported and was referred to the committee of the whole. It was the in tentiOn to consider U yesterday after noon and to endeavor to pass it but it was crowded out by other matter.
 The bill authorizing Yuma county to bond itself for the building of a new court house was. in committee of the whole. The bill originally named the site for the new courthouse but it was amended in the council by MT. Nugent, leaving the selection of a site to the board of supervisors of the county. MT. Timmons, the author of the bill, nov ad hn In ;,,I the amendment He attacked the ma tive of MT. Nugent in making the amendment until objection was made by MT. Wilson to the personalities in which the gentleman from Yuma was indulging. No action was finally taken.
 In the morning the bill passed the day before authorizing the governor to call a special election for a vote on the joint statehood proposition was sent to the council by which it was referred It will be brought up tomor- row.
 The speaker presented from the ap- propriations committee the general ap- propriation bill. That measure is us- ually left until the last moment but this year there is a demand from the council for a counting of the cost be- fore several of the house bills now be- fore it carrying appropriations shall be passed. A demand wGs made for the printing of the bill, an unheard of thing in an Arizona legislature It was explained that it would be a use less expense for the reason that in the nature of things the bill toward the last would be amended beyond recog- milton. It was finally ordered that 100 copies should be printed.
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