Williams news., 1909-02-06
THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE

House bills-By Merrill-Provid- ing for additional deputies in the county treasurers offices. By De- Souza-Authorizing district courts to find homes for indigent children to grant guardianships for them or to issue adoption papers; estab
 fishing a system of abstracts in of- fees of county recorders; fixing the rates of interest to be paid by banks on deposits of the counties of the territory at 2 per cent per annum providing that the assets of cor
 poration shall be taxed in the coun
 ty in which they are found; amend ing an act relating to the board of dental examiners, by providing that an applicant may be qualified for taking examinations by having served an apprenticeship of three years By Duffy-Regu,ating the sale of mercha ndise in bulk, the ob
 ject of which is to prevent mer
 chant from defrauding his credit
 ors by selling his stock and sud
 denly leaving the county. Such sales can be effected under this bill only after a publication of ten days; also by Duffy bill segregat
 ing the offices of probate judge and county school superintendent in counties of the fourth, fifth and sixth classes. The bill in relation to bounty on wild animals passed the house. It provides for boun- ties as follows: Lobos or timber wolves, mountain lions, pumas, pan thers and bears, $1O each; lynxs. wild cats, coyotes and skunks. $1 each; jack rabbits, prairie dogs and gophers, 5 cents each; raccoons, 25 cents each. By Sutter-Regulat- ing the remuneration of clerks of the district clerks. The bill abol- ishes the fee system, but sets forth a schedule of fees, about the same as that in force now, and provides that all fees shall be turned over by the clerks to the county treasu- ries. In lieu of fees the following system of salaries is provided: For clerk of the district court in coun- ties of the first class, $22O0 per an- mum; second class counties, $500; third class counties, $500; fourth. fifth and sixth class counties, $12OO A memorial praying congress to in- vestigate the contract between the agents of the reclamation service and the Pacific Gas & Electric company was passed by the house It practically charges fraud on the contracting parties and asks con- gress to call for all papers and cor respondence in regard to the con- tract. The memorial also passed the council by vote of 10 to 8.
 In the Council-Weedin's bill abOlishing the territorial rangers has passed the council, the vote standing 8 in favor to 4 against, two democrats, Goodrich of Cochise, and Hampton of Graham, voting with the two republican members against the measure. It is expected to have a two-thirds majority in the house, and in the event of a veto, will probably be passed over the gov
 ernor's objections. By O'Neill-
 Turning the insurance fees of the territorial secretary into the terri
 torial treasury. These fees, said to amount to amount-to $3OOO year. were all that made the secretary's office attractive, as only about $500 comes from the federal gov ernment. By Morgan-Amendine the law relating to damage suits against railroads by removing the limitation of 5000 for which suit may be brought. By Hunt-Plac
 ing the maximum fare on railroads throughout Arizona at 8 cents mile for adults and 14 cents for children; also by Hunt, bill mak- ing it a misdemeanor to issue a check on a bank in which the draw CT has no funds or inadequate funds; by Hunt, permitting mar