Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-03-18

shall not only forfeit all interest. but
| he shall be mulct In a sum equal to
| twice the difference between the con-
| tracted rate and the maximum rate
which shall be deducted from the prin
/ cipal.
/ The council also passed the Morris
/ house bill making it Il felony for men
/ to live off the shameful earnings Of
/ women: to procure women for immoral
purposes or to seduce them for pur-
poses of prostitution. The penalty for
| a violation Of the law is a term in the
penitentiary of not ness than one year
and not more than five years.
Mr.. Baileys bill to prevent saloons
/ gambling houses and other immoral
/ places within 700 yards OF a normal
school was amended and passed. The
3 amendment limits the prohibition to
B saloons. for the reason that there can
be no gambling houses in the territory.
/ The distance is reduced to 500 Yards
| from the center Of the normal school
/ grounds. That would serve the pur-
pose Of the bill. which was to remove
a couple Of small Mexican saloons at
/ Tempe.
A favorable report on the substitute
| council bin for Mr.. Weedin's bill to
| encourage the construction of railroads
was adopted the president breaking
4 the tie of the day before by voting in
3 the affirmative. The passage Of the
I bill was preceded b. remarks against
/ the bill by Messrs. O'Neill and St.
| Charles. Mr.. Finley. replying. said
/ that he would admit the sincerity Of
/ Mr.. st. Charles, but ne did not believe
/ Mr.. O'Neill was sincere. He charged
| him with being interested in an cleo
| trio road 20 he built into the Buckeye
country and that he therefore wanted
to head off competition. Mr.. O'Neill
/ ienicd that he was interested in any
electric road. He said however. that
there vas one to be built from Phoe-
nix to Buckeye. and that il would be
Disseminated against by the bill which
exempted only steam roads from taxa
ton for period of ten years.
Mr.. McCormick's house bill, author
izing supervisors in first class coun-
ties to employ assistant clerks of
boards at total compensation OF not
more than $1,000 year. was passed.
The greater part of the session of
the council was consumed by recesses.
AuiAilS NllANI a TlfNidi NpiiA-
posed of the president and Messrs.
Hampton. O'Neill, Day and Finley con-
sidered the appropriation bills. These
bills were again taken up in executive
session after the disposition of the gov
ernor's appointments The council at
nearly o'clocg adjourned to o'clock
this morning.
The Business of the House.
The house yesterday passed the
Shaw bill amending the law for the
collection Of delinquent taxes by shear
ing it of much of the expense. which
i'm many cases proved ruinous to tax
payers.
The O'Neill council bill requiring
banks to keep two-fifths of their de-
pOsits i'm the bank was passed.
The house concurred in the council
amendments to the following bills:
The DeSouza measure. providing for
the use of stenographers in grand jury
rooms
The house cOncurred in the council
amendments to the following bills:
The Bailey bill, prohibiting saloons
within 700 yards of a normal school,
and the Morris bill making il a felony
to live off the shameful earnings of
women. The Weedn council bills. one
for the adoption Of the provisions of
the Carey act. and tho other providing
the machinery by which the act may
be made effective. were passed: also
the bill increasing the penalty for the
crime of the unlawful branding Of
cattle.
After the controversy in the after
noon over the bridge bill, the house
took up the territorial roads bill with
the intention of passing it. But in the
course of its consideration amend
ments we're suggested and the measure
went over to TODAY. The last act of
the house for the day was the passage
Of the amended Norton bill providing
for publications in weekly newspapers.
This bill has had curious experience.
II had twice been passed and twice
had the votes. by which it had been
passed, been reconsidered.
At a late hour the house adjourned
until 9 o'clock this morning. when it
will enter upon the last day of the
session.