Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-01-14
| TAX THE WELLS-FARGO,
The House Adopts Bill in the In
terests Of the People by
30 to 4.
The Council Passes a Bill TO Regulate
Practice of Dentistry-Pay Of House
EmplOyes-The WelIs.fargo Mon
opOly Fights Hard.
HOUSE.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOONS srssloN.

ment.
Mr.. D. Sanchez, from the committee
on private corporations, reported II. y
No. SO. The reports were received.
Mr.. Fall moved that the house be no"
resolved into the committee Of the whole
to take into consideration II. B. No, 2S
The motion prevailed and Mr.. Walker
was called to the chair.
On motion the reading in full was dis
peused with.
Mr.. Fall offered an amendment to sec
ton No. ., so that it would read that al
acts or parts OF acts in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed, and this act shal
take effect and be in force from and ate.
its passage. Adopted.
On motion the bill as amended was
adopted.
Mr.. Read moved that the committee dc
rise and that the chairman report to the
house that the committee Of the whole
recommends that the bill do pass. Car,
ried.
House again in order.
Chairman Walker reported that the
committee OF the whole recommend that
H. B. No. rs, do pass.
The roll was called and the bin passed
ayes %, nays none; absent 2.
Mr.. Montoya moved that the house BIS
| resolved into the committee OF the whoit
to consider H. 3. No. 10, relating to ex
press companies and taxing their net re
celpts.
Mr.. Montoya in the chair.
The bill was read in full.
Mr.. Walker moved that the title be
adopted. Carried.
Mr.. Walker moved that section | as
read te adopted. Carried.
| Section 2 was read. Then started the
red hotfght.
Mr.. Fall, of Dona Ana county, espous
| ing the cause o the express company, as
sisted by Mr.. Paulin, of San Juan county
Mr.. Fall asked to know ii the origina
| bill, after the wor Is "within the terri
tory" reads "of each agent OF each coal
pany."
Mr.. Fall moved to amend section 2, line
| IL, that after the word freight" there be
inserted the words land for amounts paid
for salaries OF officers, agents, messen
gers and all other employees III this terri
tory and in no other state or territory,
striking out the words within this terri
tory" after the word freight in section 2
line IL. Motion lost.
Mr.. Walker moved that section 3 be
adopted. Carried.
Mr.. Hubbell, in order to present an
amendment, moved that the adoption o.
section 8 be reconsiiered. Carried.
Mr.. Hubbell presented the following
amendment, adding to section 2: "Tht
territorial auditor is hereby ordered to de
post in the county treasury OF each coun
ty, half of the amount received as taxes
from said express company taking as pre-
rata the business done in each county by
said company, to 80 distribute sale
money"
Mr.. Read moved to amend by sayins
the amount be distributed as now provided
by law. Mr.. Hubbell accepted the amend
ment.
Mr.. Fall moved to amend section 2 by
striking out everything in the section t.
the word made" which was the last
word in the section; motion lost.
Mr.. Hubbell moved the previous ques
ton on his amendment. Mr.. Fall said
that motion was not in order when the
question on the adoption of an amend.
ment is pending. as that question is sub
jet to debate. Mr.. Fall spoke al
length against the amendment
| The chair put the motion on the prev.
ious question and it carried. Mr.. Hub.
BELLS amendment was adopted.
Section was read the last section.
Mr.. Fall moved to amend that this
act take effect on the 3lst day of Febru.
airy, 1893.
Motion lost.
Mr.. Hubbell moved to adopt the entire
bill as amended.
Motion carried.
Mr.. Paulin moved to reconsider the
vote to adept the bill
Mr.. Walker called the gentleman tc
order as he voted against the adoption Of
the motion.
Mr.. Paulin claimed that he voted
for the motion to adopt so as to move tc
reconsider.
The motion to reconsider was carried
Mr.. Gable moved to amend the last
section 20 as to strike out the words
there being no law in this territory by
which such express companies are
taxed" and make the section read, "al
laws in conflict with this law are hereby
repealed" and this act shall take etfec,
from aud after its passage.
Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Read the enactine
clause was adopted.
Mr. Walker moved that the committee
rise, that tie chairman report the com.
mittee OF the whole recommend that tie
bill do pass.
Motion carried.
The chairman SO reported to the house
Mr.. Paulin, who had made q speech
saying 81 on the hundred was too much
to tax the receipts of the express COM
pany, nov moved to make it IS on the
hundred
Mr.. Hubbell remarked that showed
the actions of the gentleman who had
said 81 was too high tax, now moved to
make it$5.
Motion lost.
Mr.. Fall, in an excited manner, re.
ferred to some remarks made by Mr..
Walker and said she intends to get
even with the railroad company for Ger.
tain ex essive charges made by the ex.
press company" Mr.. Walker called the
gentleman to order and said Mr.. Fall had
no right to impugn the motives Of any
mt no Der for his vote on this floor. Mr.
Fall withdrew his Objectionable words
and apologzed to the house, yet he Sec
onded the motion OF Mr.. PauIln to strike
out 81 and make it IS. Mr.. Hubbell SAID
he was glad to see Mr.. Fall could say one
thing one minute and another thing the
next minute. He thought 81 too much,
now be wants to make it IS. That shows
he isn't doing what a parliamentarisn
should do. The express companies have
not paid just taxes. He stood by his
honest convictions; was no enemy to ex-
press or any other company, but thought
all monopolles ought to pay at least their
just proportion of taxes.
Mr.. Fall rose to speak again.
Mr. Huhhall called him tn order