Arizona republican., 1909-02-20
THE LIGHTER MOOD
Which Prevailed in the House During
 the Afternoon.

The house did not convene until ? o'clock. The first business was the presentation of a remonstrance by a dentists organization against any tin kering of the law regulating the prac- tice of dentistry.
 MT. DeSouZa's bill extending the powers of the district court in relation to delinquent children was passed
 Mir. Webb's bill for the establishing of section and quarter section corners, called out considerable debate and se- riOus opposition. The bill provides that where a corner has been undis- turbed for a period of three years it shall be an unchangcable corner. In speaking to the bill he referred to in stances in which great injustice had been done after the establishment of corner which had been accepted by all the parties interested, and which. after a part of the property had passed into other hands, had been changed by a subsequent survey The main objec- -tion to the bill was raised by MT. Moore. who found that it interfered with the statute of limitations. The bill was passed by a vote of fl to 10.
 MT Bailey's bill, providing that all executions hereafter, except in the cases of persons already condemned. shall take place in the territorial prison, was passed without debate or opposition. MT. Peterson was excused from voting on the ground that he was opposed to capital punishment.
 Tie bill limiting the remuneration of clerks of district courts was passed by o nf z fa NTy with the republicans The bill had undergone some changes in the judi ciary committee + does not establish salaries but allows clerks of courts to retain fees as follows: Clrks in coun- ties of the first class. to the amount of g, 400; in counties of the second class, S1,500; in counties of the third class, S1,200; in counties of the fourth, fifth and sixth classes, S1,000. There can be no other remuneration. A deputy clerk at a salary of not more than S100 a month may be employed on a certifi- cate by the judge of the court that one is needed and the supervisors of the county may employ a second deputy on certification by the judge, his salary not to exceed S7 ga month.
 MT. Morris memorial to congress, asking for fixed regulation of 'he for est reserve. was passed.
 The session for the day closed in a burst of merriment, with the commit tee of the whole in consideration of MT. HOgwOod's bill amending the mar riage and divorce laws so that if either party has been insane for ten years and the insanity has then been pro- nounced incurable. that shall be a cause for divorce.
 The bill had been unfavorablS, rec commended by the judiciary committee, and motion to indefinitely postpone it was pending when MT. Hogwood se- cured its commitment to the whole committee. MT. Hightower was called to the chair Mir. Hogwood, being questioned, admitted that the measure was in the nature of a relief bill and that one man was waiting somewhere to avail himself of it. Amendments began to pour in. One member wanted to make the period of insanity twenty years; another fifteen and still another fifty years.
 MT. Sutter offered an amendment to another section of the law which pro vides that if the husband has not con tributed to the support of his wife for | three years, that shall be a cause for [ divorce. MT. Sutter desired the amend ment to be that if the wife did not ! contribute to the support of the hus- | band for that time he might get a di-