Bisbee daily review., 1909-01-24
LEGISLATIVE
 NOTES FRON
 HE CAPITAL
Prohibition Bill Seems Certain Of Passage = De Souza Wants Territorial Board Of EmbaImerS.
c...., PHOENIX, RIzoNA.

iSDec-al to Reyiew.)
 W hen the house reached that point
 in tae calling of the calendar for line
 introduction of bills. Speaker Webb
 reccgized Mir Pace wao brought in the bill which aad been tromiSed hv
 the rohibitiOnists of the territory re
 dae-ng the required majority to secure kprobio ton at certain elections from tNo-thirds of the votes cast to a ma Jority. Mir. Pace had prior to tae ses-
 slen discussed the bill with vour cor.
 Iespondent and was very optimistic
 regarding the ultimate success of inc
 olH. While he had not secured tho
 pledges Of any of his colleagues he ] lad discussed the merits of ina hin ; and found many who agreed with him thdt the Dill should be made q, law. heSardlng the proposition of amend
 Ing the bill so that incorporated cities Inight act Independently of the local option law Mir. Pace said ae had no
 ooJectlons personally, but he doubted II the bill could be passed with such ran amendment, because of the loss or the votes Of the more radical
 friends of the bill who were total pro-
 hihitionists and were anxious 10 see
 the day come that Arizona would be
 dry The bill was advanced to n sec-
 ond reading and referred to committee
 fer consideration.
 Ihe fiyst bin having the approval of the territorial association of conntv
 super'lsors was offered in the house
 ,ouay by MT. Woclf in bill amending '-e law relating to the bounty on
 !" iid animals. An effort was made
 uo secure iinal action on the bill but '-hS Ialled and after reading the bill second ume it was referred to the committee on county and county boun- darles. According to the terms of the DiH Wh'eh in the first place makes the enforcement of the law optional With the board Of supervisors. The bounty on wild cats is reduced from .S5 to S1.
 NIT. DeSouza at the request of the territorial association of undertakers and emba'mers introduced a bill creat- Ing the territorial board os enabaImers 10 consist Of three members aud have power to examine and issue License to practice embaim'ng in Arizona. Such a elil has been before former Arizona legislatures but was allowed to drag hhtll tne end of the session when mon. i important legislation crowded it our m the council Hampton introduced a 1li regarding court procedure in con | lect on with motions to strike mi Judge Nave, who during the. last see son made number of suggestions re- sardlng amendments to the law wh,,, irvlal points were lacking in our code.
 If It had not been for the objection 't Mr. Weedin the first measure of- | ered by the minority fin the counciI would likely have passed that body cday authorizing the Governor. Atfor- ley General and Secretary of the Ter '-tory to employ additional clerks dnr- hg the session and appropriating suf- icent money from the treasury to pay De same at the rate of S5 a day. Mir h Needln raised the pcint that bills ap- 'roPsating money by precedent should i rlginate Tn the house and for tslsa me being the resolution was laid on ll he table.
 Just before adjourning for the day z utter of Cochise introduced a bill. which if 1t becomes law. ne hopes lt VIII break up practice now preya- | f snt in Bisbee, where arrests for yio- f atons of the law relating to disturb Z nee Of the peace are made within the | 1wn lmits by county peace officers. { lnder the present working system the q Ines become the fees of the officers in | f ases where convictions are secured. V IF. Sutter's bill creates a city police Durt provides a calendar of Gees n nd makes the judge of the court a s 'iaried officer and fees going to the q ny or especial interest to Tomb T tone Is second b'n iontrduced by [ ir- Sutter creating the pachinery for Q he sale Of lots in patented townsites h Iter the ninety days notice at pres b