Williams news., 1909-03-06
THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE

Following is a resume of the
 more important happenings in the
 legislature since the last issue of
 THE NEWS:
 The new county to be cut off
 from Graham will be called Green
 lee, instead of Lincoln as at first
 intended. Mace Greenlee, for whom
 the new county is named, was a pioneer prospector who discovered
 the mines in the vicinity of Cliff
 ton. The bill will not become ef-
 fective until January 1, 1911, but officers for the new county will be
 chosen at the next general election The new county will assume all
 the indebtedness of Graham coun- ty-$146,OOO.
 The Hightower segregation bill, in effect repeating the Pace local option law. passed the assembly by
 a vote of 16 to 7, and the council by s to 4. The council so amended
 the bill that when it was returned
 to the house for concurrence in the
 amendments, that body would not agree to the changes made, and a
 committee from both houses ap- pointed to whom the matter was referred. It is said that the gov ernor will veto the bill if it reaches , him and that not enough votes can be mustered to pass 1t over his veto. A bill was introduced in the house by Woolf, providing for the sub- mission of the prohibition question at general election. Hightower presented bill making it a mis- demeanor for barber business to . be carried on during Sunday. The educational qualification bill, . which requires that voters unless . prevented by physical disability shall be able to read the constitu- . tion of the United States in the English language, after passage by . the house and council, was vetoed by the governor The two houses, by party vote, passed it over the veto.
 |. The council on Tuesday repealed the Duffy anti gambling law and . passed the substitute for Days bill. The substitute is little less strin- . gent than the Duffy law and will allow sociable games of cards. . The bill separating white and colored children in the public . schools, and the anti-boleto meas . ure passed both houses and have ]. been sent to the governor.
 . A substitute for the bill creating . county examiners has been intro . duced in the council. It provides }. for dividing the territory into two {. districts, each to be known as a } county auditing district, one com- ,. prised of Maricopa, Yavapai, Yuma, Pinal, Mohave, Coconino, Navajo }. and Apache, and the second com i prised of the remaining counties oi ,. the territory, each to be governed '' by the members of the various ,. boards of supervisors comprising {. the district and given powers tc ,. create what offices for auditing ac !. counts of various counties are nee essary and to fill such offices thus ]. created. In the. new measure tho 5. duties heretofore performed by tho {. public examiner will be cared fol ,: by the district examiner. The sal I. ary of the examiner will be $25OO | and the expense of the office vii 5. be shared pro rata by the severa :. counties of the territory. Anothe {. appointee of the district committe {. will be mine inspector, if the bil 6, becomes law.
 + A resolution has been adopted b. '. both houses providing that no bills other than appropriation, be offere' < after March 8
 i. Wants to Be Annexed to Coconino f Some of the residents of Wins