Arizona republican., 1907-02-12

quires and his bondsmen are held te-
 sponsible for such temporary conduct | of the office
 | House bill 35 by MT. Burke. provid- 1 ing for the segregation of the offices
 of probate judge and clerk of the pro bate court in counties of the fist class having an assessed valuation of $11,- 0o0,00O or more. The salary of the probate judge shall be 5000 and that of the clerk shall be Sl20O. In coun- ties of the first class having a less valuation than $11,O0O.O GOO, the probate judge shall be ex Officio clerk of the probate court and shall receive sal ary of $1200 and in addition shall col lect and retain the fees of the office.
 House bill 37 by MT. Williams, amending the law with reference to life insurance companies, making policies non-forfeitable after the payment of one full annual premium and providing for their conversion into term, or paid up policies.
 By MT. Williams. house bill fl. pro- viding that a misrepresentation in gaining life insurance policy shall not be made to work a forfeiture unless it shall be shown that such misrepre- sentation was material.
 House bill 3S by MT. Williams. for the encouragement of the impounding of water by exempting enterprises of that kind from taxation for a peeriod of five years.
 House bil! 39 by MT. Pace limiting the tax of towns to thirty-six mills, divided into three equal parts for sal aries and contingent expenses. i'm provements and for a fund to meet the interest on indebtedness.
 House bill 10 by Nr. Pace amending the present law with reference to the bounties on wild animals.
 THE COUNCIL.
 There were two sessions of the coun- cil. the greater part of the morning meeting being devoted to the reading Of MT. O'Neill's bill creating a railroad commission.
 Other bills were by MT Mcintyre. providing for the appointment of dep uty district attorneys in counties of the second class.
 By MT. O'Neir a bill increasing tie salary OC the assistant superintendent, of the territorial prison to $500.
 By MT BIakelY. providing for the is suance of summons on the territorial auditor in the case of action against a foreign corporation without represen- tation in the territory.
 By Mr. Hunt amending the present law with reference Co the incorporation of cities. The bill is intended To meet a condition which exists at Globe where incorporation and Gisincorpora- ton have been going on for some years. The idea of the bill is to legal ize the act or recent incorporation.
 In the afternoon reports were re- ceived from the judiciary and corpora tions committee returning several bills ]
 The judiciary committee reported !. recommending that action be deferred 1. on bill preventing lewdness in sa- . looms. this matter having been cover . ed by the O'Neill bill prohibiting y,o- men from frequenting those places . The bill prohibiting the establishment ! of drinking places within a certain . distance of mining camps was made a | little more rigid and in that form its . passage was recommended.
 A bill making the ownership Of real . estate a qualification for the fran ! chise, was unfavorably reported and . finally indefinitely postponed. Favor ] able reports were returned on various | other measures which We're ordered Co | the enrolling and engT Tossing commit ! tee and will probably be passed oa the . next legislative day.
 4 petition was received from Mrs. . Carlos Tofolla of Apache county. a l pensioncr of the territory. asking that . her pension be increased. Her husband, . a member of the rangers. was killed . in 1901 in a fight with a band of out . laws. and the succeeding legislature . voted her a pension of $500 a year. . The next legislature reduced the pen . sion to S150. The petition seeks the ! of it to the former figure. .