Arizona republican., 1905-03-04
THE SHEEP TAX BILL.

Mir Haught's bill for the amendment of the law relating to the sanitary pre- lection of sheep was passed This IS the taxing bill putting a tax or ten cents a head on all sheep brought in from other states and territdries. This tax is in the nature of a fee for in spection. As the bill was drawn the inspector should retain two cents head and turn the rest into the county treasurer for the county school fund. When the. bill was put on third read ing objection was made by MT. Pick rell on the ground that the bill was discriminating inasmuch as all the re- venue derived from 1t would go to the border counties. The bill was taken out of the order of third reading and sent to the committee of the whole where the objection of MT Pickrell was met by amending the bill so that the proceeds of the inspection should be turned into the territorial treasury for the territorial school fund. The bill was later passed without opposi- ton.
 PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
 Mr. Webb's primary election bill was passed. It is different from the late Hunt bill in the council which eliminated the convention, the voters
 
 Webb bill provides that the voters shall vote only for the delegates to the convention. The election shall be held with as much formality as the general election The bill applies to cities as well as to counties. The bill was opposed by General Wilson, who said that he had been observing the improvements in election methods for the last fifty years and he had not iced that the more they were improved the greater was the corruption in pol itics. The only advantage he could see in the pending bill was that it would be little less expensive to. candi- dates, who would have to pay only once for hauling the voters to the polls. Once there, they could vote at both primaries.
 The bill to restrict hogs from run ming at large was defeated. The bill to prevent the useless expenditure of the school funds in the purchase of unnecessary apparatus was lost.
 Council bill No 24 concerning the use of railroad tracks was passed. This bill had made it an offense for per sons to drive "along or upon" railroad tracks The council had cut out the words along or but by a common 1 but improper use of the word upon 1 1t left a misdemeanor for one to drive across a railroad track "On" would have been better. The council bill au- | thorizing Mohave county to bond It. self for the purpose of rebuilding the 1 county jail, was passed and the coun- cil amendments to the. house bill fix ing the compensation of county as- sessors were concurred in.
 Mir. Perry's council bill making il an offense for one not qualified, to wear the insignia of any secret, fraternaI | or benevolent society was passed un- der a suspension of the rules. Soci- cites desiring to avail themselves oi the provisions of this bill must file with the secretary of the territory 2 fac-simile of the insignia and must alsC at the same time deposit $2.50.
 A message was received from tho acting governor informing the house that he had approved and signed the bill giving justices of the peace juris' diction over cases which had beer pending before their predecessors; als' the bill providing for manual training in the schools.
 The bill making appropriation fo
 the improvements at the Tempe nor
 nal was passed and the bill of NIT Neal concerning diplomas issued b, the two normal schools of the terri
 tory in which it is provided that tn holder presenting the diploma to tn . board of education within five year may receive a life certificate was un
 der consideration and was referred t . the whole committee. Judge Neville . who had not yet got over the passag the day before of the bill requiring . teachers to be examined for tubercu