Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-12


unable to read and write the English Ian
guage five years after the adoption OF this
constitution shall have the rights OF sui
irage. Tabled for future action.
Judge Bristol, chairman of the commit |
tee on judiciary, under suspension OF the
rules, presented report covering Twelve
pages in typewrting, which was also LAID
over for future action.
On motion of Mr.. Springer, OF San Mi
guel, the article submitted by tie COM
mittee on legislative department was
taken up for consideration.
To.DAY's SESSION.
Upon assembling at 8 80 this morning,
the convention went into committee OF
the whole and resumed consideration OF
the report OF the committee on legislative
department. Having passed upon the
preceding sections yesterday afternoon
the whole OF the forenoon session was
devoted to amending the concluding sec
tions 30 and 81.
Col. Rynerson moved to insert the fol-
lowing:
"In addition to the state university,
agricultural college, asylum for the insane
and school of mines, already established
bv law in the territory OF New Mexico,
one or more normal schools shall be pro-
vded." Adopted.
After great deal of discussion section
80 was so amended as to read as follows,
and WAS adopted:
Public institutions may be established
BY law for the maintenance, care and
instruction of deaf and dumb, blind or
INDECENT sick persons, orphans or paupers,
and whenever any such institution shall
have been so established and put In opera
ton no other institution for the same pur-
pose shall receive any md or support from
public funds but until such institutions
are so established and put in operation,
provision may be made by law for the
maintenance, care and instruction of such
persoi by individuals or in other institu-
ions. Such AID and support shall be
under the inspection of proper officers,
appointed for that purpose, and every
such individual and other institution shall
make itemized annual reports concerning
such aid and support to the governor for
the information of the legislature.
In discussing section 81, relating to the
appropriation OF "public money or prop
erty for local or private PURPOSES" Gov.
Slower called upon the committee present.
ing the report to explain why the public
money should be appropriated "for local
or private purposes" Mr.. Kelley, Of
Socorro, undertook to explain that there
we're number of private institutions in
the territory that would have to be main
tanned, at least for time, till the state
got i'll shape for running its own lnstitu-
tons.
Col. Rynerson moved to amend by
striking out 'or private" before the word
purposes.
Mr.. Abeytia, OF Santa Fe, thought the
state should recognize no private institu,
ton to the extent of appropriating the
public funds, and he vas in favor of the
amendment suggested by Col. Rynerson.
Mr.. Clancy, of Santa Fe, moved to
strike out the whole section.
Col. Rynerson agreed with him, but
said lie could conceive that occasions
might ari,e when the state would desire
to give local aid; for instance, in case OF Il
great calamity to one particular section OF
the state. II thought the constitution
should permit this.
On Mr.. Clancy's motion to strike out
the whole section the vote stood 8! to 5,
and tie following was stricken out:
Section 81. The assent of two-thirds
of the members elected to each house Of
the legislature shall be requisite to every
bill appropriating the public money OF
property for local or private purposes"
In lieu OF section 81, Gov. Rltch offered
the following amendment:
"The assent OF two-thirds OF the men,
beis elected to each house of the legis-
lature shall he required TO every bill up
propriating public money for the main
tenance, care and instruction by indi-
viduals or institutions mentioned in Sec
ton 3d."
Mr.. Perea was in favor of prohibiting
the appropriation OF public funds for any
private purpose, but thought if it should
be necessary majority OF the members
of the legislature and not two-thirds
should have power to do II.
Col. Rynerson was opposed to the two
thirds vote and opposed the amendment.
Mr.. Kelley, Of Socorro, thought the in.
tention OF the amendment was miscon-
strued. He said the state legislature by a
t"o-thirds vote should certainly have
power to grant aid to the people in case
Of dire affiicton or disaster.
Gov. Ritch said his colleague, Mr.. KEEL
ley, mistook the object OF his amendment.
He intended it as an extra check on the
legislature to prevent that body from ap-
propriating the state funds to the main
teuance OF private institutions.
Gov. Rltuh's amendment was lost by O
vote of q to 4, several members not
voting.
Mr.. Rodey moved the following amend
ment to take the place Of section 81:
Public money or property shall never
be used or appropriated for private pur-
poses nor for the aid or support OF any
institution not under the absolute control
OF the state, except for.the time, as IN the
foregoing section mentioned.
Mr.. Perea moved that the committee
rise. Motion lost.
The amendment was read second
time. Mr. Clancy, OF Santa Fe, said:
"This convention ought not to tie up
the legislature absolutely against emer-
gencies which we can not now foresee.' u
Judge Bail regarded the amendment as
peculiarly appropriate, and thought ii
should be adopted by the convention.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Rodey
was adopted by vote of 25 to IL.
The full report Of the committee as
amended was adopted in committee of the
hole and this fact duly announced in
open session, where the report was re.
ceived.
Under suspension of the rules, Mr.
Perea, from the committee OH congress
sional requirements and taxation, pre-
sented partial report, and, arising to {
question OF privilege, presented his resig
nation as member of such committee