Arizona republican., 1905-02-25
A YAVAPAl PRISON
If AnderSOn'S Bill Becomes
 a Law
The Bark Registration Bill Is Recom- mended by Council Whole Commit- tee for Passage.

There were echoes in the house yes terday of anti-gambling legislation. On the convening of that body In the afternoon two petitions urging the abolition of gambling in the territory were presented. One was from the territorial officers of the w. c. T. U. and the other was from Pinal county, signed by Dr. Broadway of Florence and many of the leading citizens of the county. Both petitions were sent to keep company with the anti-g gamb- ling brl and other petitions of the same nature in the committee Of mines and mining.
 According to the notice previously given MT. Anderson of Yavapai intro duced a bill looking to the location of a branch prison in his county. The bill proposes the appointment of a commission to look over the various sites for a prison within the borders of that county and make a selection. For the construction of the prison the bill authorizes a tax levy of one mill on each dollar for two years. That will raise about 0,000.
 Mir. Timmons of Yuma began an inn mediate assault upon the bill. He
 
 reading and then referred to the com nittee on territorial affairs. Mr An derson moved an amendment sending the bill to the committee of ways and means. A test of strength was avoid ed on a motion by MT. Cobb postpon- | ing the further consideration of the measure until today.
 This branch prison location bill will not be long alone. Graham county wants a look-in at the branch prison and bill embodying that desire is aI- ready in blank. It is quite possible : that other counties will enter the con- 1 test. It is thought by some of the members that the course to be fol- 1 lowed will be the authorization of 8 commission to investigate the various sites throughout the territory and re- port to the next legislature There is an opinion that it is now too late in the session to make a change in the present prison arrangements.
 Other bills were:
 By MT. Cobb, amending the statute relating to toll roads.
 By MT. Wilson amending the act re- lating to the control of delinquent and dependent children.
 By MT. Wilson, an act affecting the duties of clerks of school boards.
 By MT. Timmons, an act relating to county jails.
 By MT. Stanford, amending the law concerning forcible entry and detainer | By MT. Neal (by request), concerning the territorial normal schools. | By MT. Neal, an act amending the law with regard to the qualifications of voters.
 By MT. Neville, an act amending the | penal code with relation to practice in 1 justices courts
 Council till No. amending the law with reference to the election of grand and trial jurors was passed. So also was the council bill requiring that dis l trict attorneys shall be lawyers. House l bill No. SS providing for the payment | of interest on teachers warrants | against non existent funds was recon sidered on the motion of Mir. Ander- son and was recalled from the counci where it had already been sent. | was then indefinitely postponed. | The council bill forbidding the es- , tablishment of a saloon, gambling house or house of prostitution within | 4600 feet of the grounds of the Uni versity was brought up and was or the point of passing when MT. Ander- son, who said that he was heartily il | favor of the object of the bill, believed