Arizona republican., 1909-03-19

was refused. Messrs. Hampton, Burns
and Day were appointed conferees on
the part of the council.
The consideration Of the appropria-
tion bill. which had been carried on in
the whole committee the evening be
fore. was resumed.
The contingent bill was amended in
several particulars by a tentative
striking out of the appropriation Of
$4,000 for the salary of the assistant
secretary and although il was un-
derstood that that item would be re-
stored on information that the gov
ernor had signed or would sign the
bill providing for the division of half
the insurance fees from the secretary's
office.
An item was added to the bill Civ
ing s5e0 10 four newspaper reporters
and correspondents. Another item was
an appropriation of $4,000 for the
purchase and maintenance of the old
governors mansion at Prescott
The appropriation for the district
judges for the next two years was re-
ducoi from $4,000 to $4,000. The
errors office was cut from $4,000 To
$4,000. and the appropriation for the
treasurer's office from $500 to $500.
The salary Of the auditors clerk was
reduced from $500 to $500.
The amendments which had been
agreed upon by the special committee
the day before were added. one apprO-
priated $500 to the assistant chief
clerk for preparing the journals for
publication. and the other gave to the
same beneficiaries $500 each for pre-
pairing the morning journals. though
the original appropriations Of $500
for the work in the council. which had
been performed by Miss Clara Free
stone had been stricken out by a
council amendment
The subdivision giving the university
$500 for the maintenance Of a BAG
THEOLOGICAL department in connection
with the board Of health was stricken
out on the motion Of Mr. Hampton,
who had grown weary of the univer-
sity appropriations. He remarked that
no institution of learning of its size in
the United States was spending so
much money.
An item appropriating $3.50 for the
purchase Of Chinese pheasants. the
money to be expended by the game
commission. was added. and also the
sum Of s246 to meet the balance Of the
expense Of the printing Of the report
Of the territorial superintendent of
instruction.
The consideration Of the mainten- /
ance appropriation bill was begun. I
but was Immediately interrupted by a 1
council session in which the contin- |
gent bill. agreed upon in the commit |
tee Of the whole. was nassed.
The council also agreed to the house /
amendment to the Norton bill. provid- /
ing for publication in weekly news |
papers.
The railroad exemption bill, con- |
corning which a favorable report had |
been adopted, was taken up and passed .
in spite Of the vigorous opposition of /
Messrs. O'NeilI and St. Charles. against /
whom it was necessary to apply a
ten-minute rule. The council also
PASSED the Woolf manual training
school bill.
\ distinguishing feature Of the
morning session Of the council was
the determination Of a majority Of the
members, each for himself. that the
bill in which he was interested should
come first. with the result that the
doorway became clogged and time was
lost in arranging an orderly proceed
ure by which it would be possible to
accomplish something.
BY that time the council found that
il had no time for lunch, and the ser
Eeant-at-arms was instructed to send
for something to eat.