Arizona republican., 1909-02-09

They are not, however, required to do so, for one section provides that they may take them directly to the interstate commerce commissiop, as the Hepburn law now permits The commission is empowered to employ an attorney who shall be able to practice before the territorial supreme court. His salary shall be the same as that of the members, $2500 a year. In addition he will be allowed, as the members are, his expenses. For the purpose of carry | ing out the provisions of the bill for a year the sum of s15,000 is appropriated. The bill under a suspension of the rule was given it's second reading, referred to the committee on corporations and $50 copies ordered printed. The Railroad Bills.
 There will be an important session of the council committee on corpo- fations this afternoon when all the railroad legislation will be considered though none of the house bills are yet before the committee. The rail- road employees who came here several days ago to protest against this leg islation will be given a hearing and they will advance reasons why such laws as are proposed would do more harm than good, if indeed they would uO ROOu III IL lS stood that the speakers against the bill will prove to the committee that they are backed by public sentiment in almost every part of the territory. Whether or not the committee will mack a report on the bills now be- fore it, immediately or soon after the hearing, has not been indicated, nor is it certain that the council is in clined to hurry the report
 After Precinct Officers.
 Some of the long threatened legis- lation against precinct officers was put underway. In the council, MT. Morgan introduced bill for the trimming of the constables in pre- cincts having a population of 500 or more. The officer is to be put on salary of s12OO.
 slightly different bill was intro duced in the house by MT. Merrill. It was one of several prepared by w. T. Webb, affecting fees of county of fices. This bill provides that con- stables shall be allowed the same fees they now receive up to $500 a quarter After that the constables is allowed one-third of the fees. The idea of this arrangement is to leave the officer some incentive to do his duty The fees of the justice of the peace shall go to him as they do now until they amount to $200 a quarter. After that he too shall receive one- third of his collections. But before any claim is allowed the justice must submit a transcript for the quarter to the board of supervisors. Sheriffs and deputy sheriffs will be allowed no fees on misdemeanor cases in justices courts.
 The Council Session.
 The council met at ten o'clock. Two memorials were introduced by Tr D,-a 1af in, fha day. One relates to bill now in the house of representatives giving a right of way over government re- serve for a scenic railway along the rim of the Grand Canyon for 17 miles. The secretary of the interior has agreed to give a permit for the right of way but as the company expects to spend a million and a half in the enterprise it wanted a right of a more certain tensure and a bill was introduced in the house where it now is in the hands of a commit ltee. This memorial was sent to the lasSembly where it was also adopted.
 The other memorial relates to the grazing land west of the Little Colo radO, in dispute between the Indians and the stockmen. The Indians make no use of it, but certain lands hay ing been allotted to them they oc- cupy them to the disadvantage of the, stockmen and collisions are frequent. The memorial asks for the cancella- ton of the allOtments. When this memorial was presented to the as sembly it was sent to a committee for a day.
 Mir. Goodrich brought in a bill abOlishing the office of road overseer and establishing that of county sup erintendent of roads at salaries rang ing from $500 to $500 according to the class of the county. Mir. Good rich offered another bill providing for the distribution of money held by district clerks, the money having come into his hands through litiga- tion.
 Several bills in the afternoon were either tabled or indefinitely postponed without opposition for the reason that the measures had either been found to be defective of else that they were covered by other bills.
 Among them was the bill prOvid- ing for the diversion of the insurance fees from the office of the territorial secretary. That did not mean that the council had melted toward the secretary, but it was thought better to include such provision in the insurance bill. Another bill whose career was ended in the same way was MT. Morgan's providing for mar riage and divorce among tribal In- dians. Still another was Mir. Weed in's eight hour law and another was MT. Hampton's measure to encourage the development of water. DeSouza's bill providing for a stenographer for grand juries was defeated.
 MT. Morgan's personal liability bill was passed, Messrs. Norton and Goodrich Voting in the negative.
 A considerable part of the after noon was taken up in the whole committee with the bill relating to the sale of merchandise in bulk, the object of the measure being to pre- vent the defrauding of creditors. It was opposed by MT. Goodrich, who said it had been drawn in the in- terest of the wholesale men of Los Angeles and while it might benefit them it would be a hardship to many a small honest merchant This bill was finally indefinitely postpon- ed. That will probably be the fate of several others like it.
 House Measures.
 In addition to the bills already mentioned the following were intro duced into the house:
 By Mir. De SOuZa, amending the law with relation to libraries.
 By MT DeSouza, authorizing the boards of supervisors to put up sign