Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-01-08
HOUSE.
rO-DAYS SESSION.


House met at 10 a. m.
Roll called
Prayer by the chaplain.
Journal read and approved.
The following report from the commit
tee on privileges and elections was read {:
Your committee on privileges and cleo
tons announce that the contest case of
Francisco Perea, contestant against Mel
quiades Chaves, contestee, for seat in
the house of representatives OF the TWEEN
ty-ninth legislative assembly OF the terri
tory of New Mexico, from the county OF
Bernalillo, has been duly heard, and the
following report is respectfully submitted {:
Your committee finds that Melquiades
Chaves holds the regular and legal GER
tifcate of election as duly elected mem
Der of this house from the county of
Bernalillo, having received upon the face
of the returns from said county, ma
jority of 720 votes over Francisco Perea,
the said contestant, at the election held
November 4, $780, that there WAS no
other testimony presented to your COM
mittee in said case as none bad been
taken in the manner provided by law F.;
nor did either party desire to present any
witnesses or take any testimony.
And your committee begs leave to offer
the following resolution:
Resolved, That the contest proceedings
in the case. of Francisco Perea against
Melquiades Chaves be dismissed, and that
said Melquiades Chaves be and he is here
by declared duly elected member OF this
house and entitled to his seat therein.
WV. G. MCDONALD,
Charm of Com.
l.. r. Z. PAULIN.
Mr.. Mcdonald announced that he
would state for the information of the
house that the report was signed by only
two members Of the committee because
Mr.. Chaves, the contestee, was a MEM
Der OF the committee, though he took no
part in the proceedings as member, and
of course did not sign the report. And
there was nothing presented to the COM
mittee in the shape Of legal evidence ex-
cept the certificate of election of Mr..
Chaves.
Mr.. Montoya moved that the report of
the committee on elections be received
and adopted. The roll being called re-
suited ayes %, nays none; excused, Mr.
Chaves.
The chair announced that by the
unanimous vote OF the house the member
from Bernalilo county retained his seat
in the house.
The following bills we're introduced,
read the first and second time, ordered
translated and printed and referred.
By Mr.. Read, H. B. No. As, providing
for the election of river commissioners for
the different streams OF this territory; re-
feryed to commtte on roads and irriga-
ton.
By Mr.. Fall, H. B. No. 46, to create
commission to codify and revise the laws
of the territory Of New Mexico AT
special request Of Mr.. Fall the bill was re.
ferred to the judiciary committee without
being printed. This bill provides that
the governor appoint commission OF five
attorneys to revise the laws within the
next forty days 80 that law upon the
subject may be enacted before the adj
iournment of this legislature.
Mr.. Hubbell stated that he had been
by several Spanish speaking
members, to inquire Of the chair if no
bills were to be printed in Spanish. The
chair stated that the order of the house
was that all the bills be printed in Span
ish, but the chair had information from
the secretary Of the territory that there
were at present no funds to print the bills
in Spanish.
By Mr.. George, H. B. No. Al, regulat-
ing the qualifications OF attorneys to
practice and other duties, referred to ju-
dietary committee.
Owing to the unseating OF John II.
Young, OF Taos county, the Republican
memb Der and the seating Of Henry J.