Arizona republican., 1907-02-14

No. As by Mr. Whitesides relating to
brands.
No 46 by Mr.. Whitesides for the
protection of the inmates of the terri
torial prison providing for the punish
ment of those who smuggle drugs into
the institution.
No. A., by Mr.. Whitesides. increas-
ing the salary of the assistant super
intendent of the territorial prison.
No. AS. by Mr.. Williams. increasing
the salary of the attorney general to
s24 year and providing a contingent
fund of $1,000 for expenses.
COUNCIL BILLS.
The bills introduced in the council
were, in addition to Mr. Weedin's mine
| taxing bill:
No. 81. BY Mr.. Cleaveland. amenda-
tory Of methods of procedure in the
supreme and district courts.
No. 50, by Mr.. Mcintyre. authorizing
Yuma county to issue bonds 10 the
amount OF $4,000 for the building Of a
courthouse.
No. Sc. by Mr.. Scott, amending the
law with relation TO the collection of
road tax. The bill holds corporations
responsible for the collection of the
tax from their employees.
No. 81. by Mr.. Roemer, prohibiting
peace officers while intoxicated from
carrying weapons or making arrests.
No. IS. by Mr.. O'Neill. amending the
law creating the office Of public exam
liner. This bill IL 4 copy OF the house
bill of the same tenor.
Tln-
collection Of delinquent taxes. This
bill lessons the expense of collection.
by putting the burden of the legal
work upon the district attorney in
stead Of upon an attorney especially
employed b. the board of supervisors.
BILLS PASSED.
The only bill passed by the house
was one for the raising of revenue. 1t
appropriates $3.50 for postage and
nespaper wrappers for the members.
Among the bills passed in the council
were O'Neill's bastardy measure. and
Hunts bill amending the law with
reference to the extension of the cor
porate limits of towns and cities
The bill increasing the fees OF jurors
which had been passed by both houses
IL
In the excitement Of raising the per
diem. the word Jurors" was used
without qualification. so that as il now
stands, it authorizes the payment of
IS 4 day to all jurors. those who at
tend coroners' inquests, as well as
those which throng the courts of the
justices of the peace. At late day It
was realized that the territory had
been put on the road to bankruptcy.
A memorial was adopted addressed
TO the president. and the interior de-
pEstment, relative to the so-calIed
Slaughter fences in the southeastern
part of the territory. which the de-
partment has ordered DESTROYED by
April l. The memorial represents the
great value these fences have been to
the whole territory. and predicts that
their removal would be followed by
an invasion of Texas fever from the
herds OF Mexico
A communication was received from
the Baptist church of Mesa. extending
the thanks ofthe church TO tile legisla-
ture for its passage of the anti-gam-
bling bill.
WHILE THEY SLEPT.
The bill for the repeal of the law
creating an immigration commission
er was passed under misapprehen-
sion. which has since turned out to be
so great that the measure will probab-
~ be reconsidered today. The oppo-
sition to it let it go by default. There
was nobody in the council to say a
word in favor of it and when Mr..
ONeill. who was chgmpioning it. spoke
briefly on it, it as passed.
IL has since been brought to the no.
tice Of members of the council that
this county is the only one which eyer
availed itself of the law. and the only
one that was expected to do so. the
office of immigration commissioner
bcins C.eated solely for Maricopa