Arizona republican., 1907-03-01
The OvershadOwing Feature of the Legis-
IatNe Afternoon
Further Consideration of the DOran Bill.
Both Houses Have at Last Come Together On a
Liquor License Scheme.

- The overshadowing event Of yester-
days legislation or attempted legisla-
tion was a meeting Of the house and
council committees on mines and min
ing in the afternoon at which repre-
sentatives Of the leading mining COM
panies were invited to present their
views on the subject Of the taxation
Of the mines. The council sessions of
both the afternoon and the morning
were brief and devoid Of interest.
The house did something Of inter-
est to a large class of citizens and Of
indirect interest to a much larger
class. II passed a liquor license law;
or all that now remains to make il
a law is the signature of the COVER
nor II came about more suddenly
than had been expected by any one
within the legislature or without.
There had been several bills on this
subject and they We're so wide apart
that il was doubtful II "A compromise
could be effected. The first bill pro-
posed a blanket license Of $1,000 a
year. for all saloons regardless of their
sizes or conditions.
This was a council bill. A substi-
tute was offered for il reducing the
license to $500. and it was passed. In
the meantime there had been Offerd a
graded license bill in the house. the
maximum license being $1,000. other
bills with other schedules were
brought in and finally all Of them with
the council substitute were dumped
into the committee.
Out of them all came the council
substitute with amendments. the two
most important Of which were the in
crease OF the license from $500 to
$500 and extending the time when the
law should take effect from April to
July 1.
The bill was taken up i'm committee
Of the whole and il began to be shorn
of its amendments until finally it was
left in the form in which it had come
from the council and in that shape
IL was passed by the following vote:
Ayes: Bell. Bunch. Coleman. Cren-
shaw. Davidson. Day. Guild. Hamp-
ton. Hull. Krook. Martin. Mccormick.
Morgan of Navajo. Murphy. Pace.
Slaughter. Wallace and the speaker.
Nays: Bail. Burke. Grcssetta. Nor
gan of Pima. Whitesides and Williams.
A bill authorizing Yuma county to
issue bonds for the construction of a
court house was offered by
Mr. Martin and was hurried
along under a suspension Of the
rules until Mr.. Whitesides dea
said that this was not the first time
that such a bill had been before Ari-
rizona legislatures. All the others had
failed because the citizens Of the town
could not agree where the court house
should be located. Objection was rais-
ed to the hill by Mr.. Bell. who was
frightened by mention Of interest at
one per cent a month on deferred pay
ments for a site for the court house.
After a discussion lasting more than
an hour the bill was passed by a vote
Of to s. A slightly different bill
with the same end in view had been
defeated i'm the council. but IL is
thought that the council will concur
in this one. other bills passed were
as follows: Authorizing ella county
to issue bonds for the completion of
court house and Jail: council bill
amending the law with reference to
mining locations: WhitesideS' bill
amending the law concerning the re-
cordinC of brands. the chief feature of
which is that tho person offering the
brand must make affidavit that he is
not the owner of cattle running in
Mexico bearing a similar brand; the
bill for the protection of inmates of
penal institutions.
The new bills were as follows:
No. 125 by Mr. Bell. for the correc-
tion Of an error in the statutes.
No. 126 by Mr.. Day. relating to pri-
mary elections. making the holding IF
them dependent upon a request bv a
party committee. in which case they