Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-13

at the house, and hv vote of twn-thlr'
Il all lis members, to expPl aHv memhr
INT not a second time for the same o.
tense; to enforce obedience to its process
and to punish hv imprisonment, not eX
tending beyond the session, any person
not member, for contempt or for disor-
derby behavior i'll its presence, obstructlng
any of its proceedings or any OF its mem
bers or officers in the discharge of his or
their duties; or for any assault, threaten
ing or abuse of member for words spoken
in debate but such punishment for con-
tempt or dsorderly behavior shall not bar
Il criminal prosecution for the same sol
| tense.
Sec. IL. Members of the Legislature
shall in all cases, except treason, felony.
violation of their oath of office and
breach Of surety of the peace, he privl-
legged from arrest during their attendance
at the sessions OF their respective houses,
and in going to and returning from the
same. And no member, for words spoken
in any speech or debate, or for any vote
he may give as such member, shall ever
be questioned in any other place.
Sec. 10. No member of the Legislature
shall, during the term for which he was
elected, he appointed or elected to any
civil Office which has been created, or the
emoluments whereof have been increased,
during such term nor receive any civil
appointment TO any office within the
state; nor shall any member OF the legis-
lature, during the term for which he
shall have been elected, or within one
year thereafter, be interested directly or
indirectly in any contract with the state,
or any county thereof, authorized by any
law passed during h term for which he
shall have been elected.
Sec. ID. Each house shall keep jour
nal of its proceedings, and shall publish
the same. Neither house shall, withou,
the consent OF the other, adjourn for
more than two days, nor to any other place
than that where the two houses are sit
ting and on the day of final adjournment
they shall adjourn at II o'clock noon. .
Sec. Is. The enacting clause of all
bills shall be, "Be it enacted by
the legislature of the state of New
Mexico" No bill shall become a law
unless it has been printed and read
three dlflere mt times, not more than two
of which shall be on the same day,
and the third OF which readings shall
be in full. Any bill may originate In
either house of the legislature.
Sec. Is. Each law, except general ap-
preparation bills, shall embrace but one
subject, which shall be expressed in the
title But if any subject shall be EN-
braced in any law which is not ex-
pressed in the title, such law shall be
void only as to so much thereof as shall
not be expressed,
Sec. II. General appropriation bills
shall embrace nothing but appropriations
for the expenses OF the executive, legisla-
tive and judicial departments of the state,
interest on the public debt, for public
schools and for continuing expenses re-
quired by existing laws. All other appro-
priatlons shall be made by separate bills,
each embracing but one subject.
Sec. 10. No bill shall become law
except by vote Of a majority of all the
members elected to each house, nor un.
less on its final passage the vote he take::
by ayes and noes, and the names of those
voting entered on the journal.
Sec. 10. The presiding officer OF each
house shall, in the presence of the house
over which he presides, sign all bills and
Joint resolutions passed by the Legislature,
and publicly announce the title Of the
same as signed and the fact OF such sign
ing shall be entered OH the journal.
Sec. 20. In all elections and confrma-
lions to be made by the legislature, OF
either house thereof, the members shall
vote viva voce, and their votes shall be
entered on the journal. The sessions oi
each house, and Of the committee OF the
whole shall be 0pen
Sec. 81. No law or section OF law
shall be amended by reference only to its
title or number, but such law or section
shall be set forth at full length as
amended.
Sec. %. The legislature shall not pass
special or local laws OH any of the follow
ing subjects, that is 10 say: Assessment
and collection OF taxes exemptions from
taxation; laying out, opening, working,
altering or vacating roads, highways,
streets or public squares; changing the
names OF persons or places incorporation
OF cities, towns and villages; locating or
changing county seats; appointment or
election, jurisdiction, duties or compensa-
ton of city, town, village or precinct OF.
fcers regulating the practice of courts OF
Justice; changing the venue in civil or
criminal cases changing the law OF de-
scent; granting divorces; summoning or
impaneling jurors; common schools; al
fecting estates Of minors or other persons
under legal disability claims or accounts
against the state or any municipality
existing therein; refunding money paid
into the treasury; releasing persons from
any debt or Obligation to the state, or any
municipal or quasi municipal corporation
therein granting or amending charters to
corporations, or licensing toll roads or
bridges county, city, town, village, pre-
cinct or district Indebtedness ;legitimizing
children creating, increasing or decreas-
ing fees, percentages or allowances oil
public officers. But upon all the subjects
above mentioned, aud in al other cases
where q general law can be applicable,
all laws shall be general and no special
law shall he enacted in any case which is
provided for by an existing general law,
or where the relief sought can be had in
any court OF the state. Provided, however,
that nothing in this paragraph contained
shall apply to the amendment OF munich
pal corporations heretofore created by any
special law OF the territorial legislature.
Sec. 13.-The legislature shall not grant
to any corporation or corporations, nor to
any person or PERSONS, any rights, privi-
leges, immunities or exemptions which
shall not upon the same terms belong
equally to all persons. 49,,
SCI. 24.-No law shall be passed excep,
by bill adopted by both houses, and nc
bill shall he so altered or amended on its
passage through either house as to change
its original purpose.
Sec. 25.-No bill for the appropriation
Of money, except for the ordinary ex'
pehses OF the government, shall be intro
duced after the fiftieth day Of the session
except by unanimous consent of the