Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-01-26
HOUSE.
SATURDAY AFTERNOONS SESSION.

session.
HOUSE.
SATURDAY AFTERNOONS SESSION.
When the house assembled at O'Clock
roll call developed no quorum present.
In half an hour the sergeant-at-arms
round up and brought in sufficient
number OF absentees to make quorum.
The chair laid before the house II. B.
No. 25, to amend the election laws, cur
failing the duties OF the territorial secre-
tary and providing for a secret ballot.
This was considered in committee Of
the whole, and the following amend
ment to section 10, offered by Mr.. Fall,
was adopted;
Sec. 10, That hereafter it shall be the
duty of the board of canvassers OF any
general election after having canvassed
the legal returns thereof, to issue erlti
cates of election to the parties entitled to
The same. and also to issue duplicates OF
SAID certificates, to be forwarded to the
secretary of the territory with the dupll-
cate returns as now provided by law,
and from these duplicate certificates of
lection of members of the legislative
assembly the secretary shall make up
tue roll of members said assembly.
Another amendment was agreed to as
follows:
Provided, that both the original and
duplicate certificates shall be signed by
the regular elected and qualified chair
man, or b, the regularl y elected board OF
county commissioners, and attested by
the clerk of said board, with the seal OF
said board attached. After few other
amendments the measure Was favorably
reported to the house and passed by II
vote of ay es %, nays none.
A message from the governor was re-
reived transmitting the report OF tie
Ladies Relief Society of Las Vegas and
commenting their request for an in
creased appropriation. The following
Was also received:
TERRITORY OF New MEyICo,
Executive Office,
Santa Fe, N. M, Jan. "a, '9l.)
To the Legislative Assembly;
have the honor to transmit the report
VI NV vi uhN III ~
doing to call attention to the good work
done by that body during the past two
years, and to COMMEND to your favorable
consideration the recOmme ndalions made
in the report, including that relative to
an increased approximation.
L. BRADFORD PRINCE,
Go,eruur ol New Mexico
These messages were ad and referred
q the france committee.
Mr.. Sanchez moved that the rules he
suspended and the house take up for CON
sideration G. B. No. 81, received from the
council this day, requiring the territorial
treasurer to give 800 900 bond and the
territorial auditor 500, 100. On motion OF
Mr.. Hubbell the bill was read the first
time by title and the second time in full.
Mr.. hubbell moved that the house he re-
>olved into the committee of the whole to
consider the bill. Carried. Mr.. Montoya
in the chair. After some discussion the
chairman reported the bill back to the
house with the recommendation that it be-
referred to the proper committee. The
bond for the auditor (who handles n"
money! was considered too high. On
motion of Mr.. Sanchez the bill VAS re-
lerrpd TO the judiciary committee.
The chair announced that the next
usiness to be considered was H. B. No.
&c.
On motion OF Mr.. Mcdonald the house
took up from the speakers table q. b
No. 55, giving counties permission to IA
sue county current expense bonds, which
WAS read the first time, and on motion Of
Mr. Montoya Was read the second tmein
inll. Mr.. Mcdonald moved that thu
house be resolved into the committee OF
The whole to consider the bill. Mr.. Fall
announced that he could not support thu
nIl in its present shape. There was no
provision as to the prize at which the
bonds may be sold, nor neither they shall
be advt rtised, nor whether an election
hail be held. If one county commis
sioner should have little undue influence
over one of the others, he could dictate
the whole business to his own advar tase.
II there is to be $50 900 expended to build
court houses or jails, the people ought t"
have voice in the matter. While he
would do almost anything for his friend
from Lincoln county (Mr. McDonald) lie
could not support this bill in its present
shape. Mr.. Mcdonald stated that he dld
not know that he was unquallfiedly III
favor of the bill az it is now. On motion
of Mr.. Fall the bill was referred to the
tinauce committee with instructions to
report it on Monday.
Adjourned to 10 q. m. to-day.
To-DAY's SESSION.
After the preliminarles Mr.. Walker,
from the finance committee, reported
back H. B. No. 55, to prohibit the I'M
lawful carrying and use OF deadly wea-
pons and amending the session laws
chapter 80 OF 1887, with the recommen-
datlon that the same do pass with certain
amendments.
Mr.. Mcdonald introduced H. B. No.
80, to amend section 1888 OF the Compiled
Laws of 1884. Read the first and second
Tune, ordered translated and printed and
referred to the judiciary committee.
Mr.. Fall presented the special order, q.
B. No. SO, and submits substitute there
for. Mr.. Fall moved that the house BE-
resolved into the com mittee of the whole
to consider the bill. Mr.. Paulin in the
chair. Mr.. Burns inquired why this
change in the bond Of the treasurer from
$4,000 to 100000, and of the auditor