Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-03-06
Legislative Notes.

Kibbcv will tomorrow transmit to inc Legislature special message on the Doran bill and if the joint resolution passed in the Council this afternoon passes inc House in the morning, he will read the same before joint scs- sion. So far no indication has been given by the executive of the matter hc will touch on in the message, but it i4 conceded that he will briefly outline his views on that matter, con sidcring this the best way to get them before the mines committee and mem. bcrs.
 The House this morning adopted the Council amendment to the high license bill, and if the Governor approves it tomorrow afternoon. on April | the Territorial license will be s30D flat, payable annually in advance.
 Davidson of Yavapai made an effort to make the license $500. hut lacked the necessary votes to carry the amend mcnt. The vote on the bill was Is ayes to q nays.
 Gila and Yuma counties were granted authority to make bond issues for courthouscs by the IIousc, the Gila county bill for s2j,00o issue having already passed the Council.
 Supporters of the Doran bin feel clated over tho result of today's scs. ! sion of the mines and mining joint committees which lasted nearly two hours In that time only mine opera. tors were heard. with the exception of few minutes talk by I. l. Birdno. assessor of Graham county. It will bc recalled that at former meeting of the committee letter from Birdno was read, in which he said that Graham county, under the proposed law, would have her taxes very ma. tcrially decreased. IL was today brought out that his figures were made using inc Wccdin bill. which has since been withdrawn, as 2 basis of calcula ton. IIc agreed with the mine opcr aiots of his county that under thc Doran bill the tax would he increased
 MT. Hampton had prepared list of questions which were asked the opcr ators and it is understood he will to morrow offer several amendments {, the bill in the committee which vii deal with the assessment of mine ma chincry: the rc.cnactmcnt of the Nu drcws law, and the right of appeal h, the county from the decision of th, county assessor.
 | In connection with todav's discus sion inc Colorado law was compared The interests of small owners were alsC gone into, the committee desiring {, ascertain facts which the mine opcr ators alone might give. and not lister to legal arguments ny attorneys. Ac cordingly all attorneys were, with th, public and press. excluded from in, session. The committee now consider, that it has valuable information rc garding actual application of the Dorar law in various counties.
 Those who appeared before the com mittce today were C. F. Mills of th, Detroit company. \. T. Thompson of the Arizona Copper company, w. F StauniOn of Tombstone. G. w. FrcncI and Dr. Rickeits of the Phelps Dodg, and Copper Quccn companies, and W l.. Clark of the United Verde. | Tomorrow afternoon the commitc, will resume, at which time they vii have received the special message ts the Legislature from the Governor. By the first of the week i, is though, the bill will be ready for q report {, both houses.
 The prison commissioners net thi, morning in the auditors office. bu, owing to the absence of Morrison of Prescott, organization of tn. eommis sion was postponed until tomorrow. Thc commission will likely leave for Yuma tomorrow night, thence from Yuma tc Benson, Globe and Florence. It is con sidcrcd likely that Florence win be selected as the site for the prison. | Whitesidcs went after the Pullman company today and by his new bill would make the maximum charge foI an upper berth sl and lower birth $l.1o, with seat fare one.fourth cen, per mile.
 The House passed the bill making il a penalty to smugglc drugs to prison CTS.
 l It also passed the Wcedin bill re garding relocating of abandoned claims and the Whitcsides bill prohibiting the use of any brand in Arizona used in Mexico.
 At short session of the Council held this afternoon n new license bill I for ell.