Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-01-22

W aLueuu tlaPtoi 80 VI VIC sVsoioh A""o
Of 1887.
G. B. Is, regulating the business of alb
stracting, was favorsbly reported by Mr..
Santistevan from the committee on coun-
ties and county lines.
A substitute for G. B. As, enabling au-
thorities OF any town or city to fund the
indebtedness OF same at lower rate OF
interest, was reported by Mr.. Catron
from the committee on municipal and
private corporations and ordered to take
its regular course.
H. B. No. so, relating to sewers In
cities and in incorporated towns, was by
the same committee favorably reported.
Mr.. Richardson introduced @. B. No.
70, An act for fixing the time for holding
the supreme and district courts. Red
and referred to the committee on judi.
cary. The measure was subsequently
favorably reported and passed.
Mr.. Richardson also offered @. B. No.
80, relative to supervision OF roads in
towns and cities. Read and referred.
G. B. No. %, regulating the business OF
abstracting, was passed.
H. B. No. 80, An act in relation to
sewers in incorporated towns, was passed.
CD. No. At, to slightly modify the law
making it death penalty to place OBJ
structlons on railway tracks, was taken
up and passed.
C.B. No. IT, to repeal the act relating
to fences in special cases, was passed.
H. B. No. As, creating q commission to
codify and revise the laws, was referred to
the committee on judiciary.
G. B. No So, to provide fer the issue OF
county current expense bonds, was de-
bated at length and on motion of Mr..
Catron recomnitted to the committee on
judiciary.
Adjourned to 10 q. m. tomorrow,
HOUSE.
ro-DAY's SESSION.
Mr.. Montoya presented petition from
the residents of San Miguel protesting
against the working Of convicts at the
penitentiary. Referred to the peniten-
tisry committee.
Mr.. Walker, from the finance commit.
tee, reported back H. B. No. 66, to tax
com mercial travellers selling spurious
liquors and cigars in the territory, and
recommend that it do pass; also H. B.
No. 81, requiring the appointment of a
committee Of the legislative assembly
to settle with the auditor
and treasurer, and recommend that it do
pass.
Mr.. Mcdonald, from the committee on
roads and irrigation, repoNod back a sub
stitute to Fl. B. No. 20 and Il. B. No. 30,
and recommend that it do pass.
Mr.. Gable, from the committee on
municipal corporations, reported back H.
B. No. "a, in relation to special assess
ments by municipal corporations, and
recommend the passage Of substitute.
The committee appointed by the house
to confer with similar committee of the
council in reference to the number and
pay Of the employees Of the two houses re-
ported as follows:
Your committee heretofore appointed
to confer with like committee of the
council upon the matter of pay of the
employees of this legislative assembly, beg
leave to report that pursuant to instruc-
tons we conferred with said committee
and failed to agree. The honorable coun-
Gil delivered their ultimatum to the effect
that no contingent expense bill, nor any
appropriation bill for pay Of employees,
should pass that honorable body except
as contained in a general appropriation
bill which, We we're informed, would likely
be presented within q short time. Our
reasons for not agreeing to this were that,
as expressed by an honorable member Of
the council committee to member oil
this committee recently and IS implied in
their aforesaid utimatum, "they proposed
to hold the employe appropriation matter
as club over the house," and your CON-
mittee not having had the pleasure of in
structing themselves by an examinatlon
of the mysterious but doubtless perfect
appropriation bill mentioned by the hon
orable member of the conference commit.
tee, and, not being empowered, could
make no pledge that this house would
pass the aforesaid general appropriation
bill. especially in view of past financial
legislation enacted by the territorial as
sembly of which three of the honorable
committee were illustrious and leading
members. Further, we could not give
our consent, as representatives of the
people who sent us here, to pledge our
selves as q committee, as representatives
or as men, to the support Of the aforesaid
general appropriation bill without being
informed as to the coatents of the same.
The report was accepted and the com
mittee diechar- Cd.
Mr.. Otero (by requAst) introduced H.
B. No. SO, to amend section l, chapter q,
of the session laws Of 1887. Read the
first and second time, and referred to the
committee on public property.
Mr.. Mcdonald offered the following:
Resolved, That the special committee
appointed by this house to investigate the
affairs of the auditor and treasurer, be
and the same IL hereby instructed to in
quire without delay into the affairs of the
treasurer's office and report 10 this house
The sums OF money received by the treas
urer for each fund, and from whom, since
Sept. l, 30. The sums paid out, to whom
and for what purpose, during the same
time. The amounts new in the treasury
belonging to each separate fund; where
said funds are now deposited
and in what manner. And whether the
funds in this territory are being used d.
rectly or indirectly for the benefit Of any
person or persons now sitting as a men,
Der or members Of the 10th legislative Of
the territory of New Mexico.
Read and on motion Of Mr.. Pedro San.
ches it was adopted.
The chair presented to the house Il.
B. No. 66, to tax commercial travellers
selling spirituous liquors and cigars, and
on motion Of Mr.. Walker it was postponed
indefinitely.
The chair laid before the house Fl. B.
No. 50, relating TO settlements with the
auditor and treasurer. Mr.. Read moved
that the house be resolved into the com.
mittee OF the whole to consider the same.
Mr.. Walker in tho chair. Mr.. Paulln
moved to amend in section line Is, by
the words mot more than two members
of one political party" Adopted.
After some other amendments the chair
man reported the bill to the house and II
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