Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-01-31
BUSINESS OF MOMENT.
Many Measures of Note to the People
Passed Upon by the Legisla-
tive Assembly,
To Suppress Gambling Judges Salary
Bill Killed New District Attorney
Appropriations Bill.

Two OF the most important measures
thus far offered in the assembly were in
troduced in the council yesterday by Hon.
J. Frank Chaves. One prohibits all gam
ding, provides heavy penalties for viola
ton of the act, and gives one-half of all
fines arising from such violations to the
person informing the authorities. The
other bill repeats the $500 tax exemption
clause in the present law. This latter
will probably be incorporated into the
pending general appropriation bill.
COUNCIL.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOONS SESSION.
The following new bills were introduced,
read and referred to proper committees:
By Mr.. Chavez, G. B. No. 100, relative
to assessments and taxation, amending
section 2SOS, Compiled Laws OF "a, also
c, B, No. lOl, relating to gamble I'M
bling and gambling devices. MIR. Jara-
milo moved that the rules be suspended
and the bill he read third time. Motion
lost.
On motion OF Mr.. Ancheta the bill WAS
referred to the judiciary committee.
A message announced that the house
had failed to concur in the passage of G.
B. No. 81, entitled An act to prevent the
disposal and sale of liquors and tobaccos
by the use of Observation-Disclosures
Chimes" and other devices; also had
passed H. B. No. 1903, an act to amend
section l, chapter 63, of the session laws
of 1889; also that the house had failed to
concur in the passage Of G. B. No. 9, an
act to regulate the practice OF dentistry
and punish violation thereof; also that
the house had passed house joint resolu
ton No. 4, providing for joint session
of both houses to be held at 10 O'Clock on
February z, 1871, for the purpose of elect
ing public printer.
On motion of Mr.. Perea the council
went into the committee OF the whole to
resume consideration Of G. B. No. 81, ,
making appropriations for the AID and
43d fiscal years, and considered the mis-
cellaneous fund. For postage, express,
printing blanks and publications of the
quarterly report of the auditor, $500; for
postage, express, printing blanks and pub
locations of the quarterly report OF the
territorial treasurer $3.50; for postage and
stationery in the librarians office,
800; for the purchase of books for the
Library the payment Of express, etc, 81 300 !;
protecting and maintaining property OF
the Historical Society of New Mexico,
and for the purchase of historical objects,
Jopt,,,,a,,to and honlyo x,,ll fpp tha h.
lication, express and postage of the Blu
reau of Immigration and compensation OF
secretary thereof $1,000 for catalogueing,
numbering, indexing and translating the
old Spanish and Mexican archives be-
Jnging to the territory OF New Mexico
81 200. Provided that the governor shall
contract with competent person to cata-
ogue, number, index and translate same !;
only documents OF historical interest to be
translated; the translator shall make
clean copies, with proper indexes in
Spanish and English for publication as
historical documents, to be arranged
chronologically; for rewards to be offered
by the governor for the apprehension Of
criminals 81 800; for expenses in serving
acquisitions and securing the return OF
luRlllNeS lIOlll Juri' l,OuO ltl lllC ClS-
ters' hospital, St. Vincent's, at Santa Fe,
$500; for the Grant county hospital at
Silver City $500; for the Sisters OF
Mercy hospital at Silver City $500; for
the orphan school at Santa Fe $4,000; for
the Ladies' Relief Society at Las Vegas
$4,000; for the school for the deaf and
dumb $2,4O0; for printing tax books,
license books, schedules and necessary
blanks $3.50; FOR printing reports of su-
perintendent's of public schools $500 !;
lor the militia fund, including salary and
office rent of the adjutant general, AMI all
other actual and necessary expenses in
Cured bv the territory under the laws in
reference to militia, 1000; for printing
the laws and journals in Spanish, reports,
ETC., of the present legislative assembly
$4,000; for translating the laws and jour
nails of the present legislative assembly
and for other necessary expenses incident
thereto $500; for the pay of additional
employees of the present legislative assem-
bly, $3.50. Provided, that the last men
toned account shall BIZ paid out of the
surplus of any one or more OF the funds
appropriated for the forty-hrst fiscal year
after deducting the amounts requisite and
necessary to be paid out OF such funds
according to law, for said forty-frst fiscal
year.
All the above items we're fsvorably re-
ported upon.
Compensation Of assessors was allowed
as follows:
For the county of Santa Fe, 81 $50 !;
Rio Arriba, $500; Taos, $500; San Juan,
$40; Bernahllo, 1920; Valencia, 1917 !;
bona Ana, 81 $50; Grant, 81 800 Sierra,
$40; San Miguel, $4,000; Mora: $3.50 !;
Colfax, 81 $50; Socorro, $l,360; Lincoln,
$500; Chaves, $500; Eddy, $500, Total,
7,l65. Provided, that the foregoing
compensation OF assessors shall be for the
fiscal year commencing the first Monday
IN March, 1891 the assessors shall only
be paid on the amount OF tax actually col
ected, and receive 8 per cent of the
licenses collected, which said provision
shall also be applicable to the county
funds and no assessor shall receive any
compensation on account of any amount
assessed or collected for the school fund
provided further, that it shall be the duty
Of each assessor to make out, perfect and
com plete all assessment books, rolls, lists
and abstracts of assessme nts required by
law to be made for any purpose whatever,
Tree OF any additional charge therefor,
and no further or other compensation
shall be paid to any one for making out,
perfecting or completing any tax or as
sessment books, rolls, lists, schedules or
other abstracts required by law to be made
10 any county, either for the use of the
board of county commissioners or for the
auditor OF the territory or for the collector
of such taxes.
For transportation Of conyicts to the
penitentiary and executing death WAY.
rants 81, 900 was allowed. Provided, that
no sheriff shall employ more than one
guard in conducting prisoners to the PEN
itenliary, unless there be more than thru Q
prisoners, and for every three addition. ]
prisoners he shall be entitled to one ad-
litional guard. Deficit fund (salary),
80 600. Provided, that only 80 much