Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-09
BRISCOE HAS. $ M A | LPOX;
 QUARANTINED.
Cochise County Legislator Ouarantined in Phoenix Pest House--May Result in Absense of Others
MAY CHANGE VOTES
 ON PENDING BILLS
Mine Tax Measure Still Be- fore House. Goodwin Says Kinney Bill Prejudices Mexico Treaty Rights.

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 PHOENIX. Feb. S.--PhoeniN health ! officials today declared Representa- | tive Briscoe 10 be afflicted with small . pox and he is tonight under quaran- | tine at the city pest house. Dr. Loon ey. state superintendent of public {. health. has been communicated with . and it is possible ClaypooL Bnscoe's . roommate. will be held in quarantine ! and possibly five other members Of | tbe house who have paid Briscoe ire quent visits during his illness
 The last caller. prior to the an- nouncement Of City Physician God ! frey of Briscoc's malady. was Cover nor Hunt and he with all members ! and attaches of the leganture will tomorrow be vaccuated Some mem bers treat the incident as @ joke. but others are seriously alarmed. and 9 recess of three days, the constitution al limit the leeislatwa can adjourn without ending its life is urged by the more timid members.
 The situation comes at critical period Most of Bnscoe's innmates are oppohents to toe mine tax bill now pending in the house, which weakens the opposition to the meas ure. should they suffer an enforced absence The same situation applies Go the Kinney bill with the exception that in this instance. Briscoe and his associates are supporters of the meas ure. Today an effort was made to finally dispose of this bill, but suli- cient votes were lacking although from the vote taken in the committee of the whole. it seems most probable that the bin will be passed by the house with a biz majority The test vote was 2l for the bill and II op- posing. with three absent.
 During the debate on the bill Good win declared that if it passed as drawn the result would be that our mining would be turned over eNclu- sively to the Cousin Jacks and raised the question that its provisions were in violation of our treaties witt Mexico He offered an amendment to provide that anyone employed in hazardous occupations should be a qualified elector but his motion re- ceived practically no support.
 When the Powers prohibition liquor bin was before the committee of the whol a motion by Francis to make possible the sale of one and one hall percent alcoholic beverages was de feated by n overwhelming vote and the bill remains as introduced, with the search and seizure clause and provides that the presence of one hall of one percent of alcohol in any liquid shall come under provisions of the probibitorv law The bill was still be fore the committee when the house adjourned.
 A new bin. presumably coming iron the vets was introduced by Doyle which provides a statute similar t' the constitutional amendment, but eX empts from prosecution eases wher' wine anr liquor is used for medicina sacramental scientific or mecharica purposes and where the beverage col tains less than four percent alcoho and shipments into the state of liquo for personal lse.
 The house passed the bill reQuirin railroads to publish notice of live stock killed. and an appropriation fo an artesian well in Mohaye county A new bin by Reed provides hig license for billiard, pool and bowlin alleys. aid prohibiting gambling at tn games and provides for midnight clo ing
 In the senate, Riggs had bill pr viding for an additional county alto uey in counties of 25,O00 population and a bill providing a definite polio for the state, abolishing the presei land commission and creating a ne commission to consist of the goyern' attorney general and the state eng neer who shall work in coniunctic with the county boards of supervisor and also provides for the sale ar lease of public lands.
 Martin had a bill proposing to ab ish the state fair and sell such prope