Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-21
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The Legislature has Returned and ~
Trying 70 Make up Lost Time.
The special train e the Santa Fo
Southern and the Denver and RIO
Crande railroads which took the men,
bers Of the New Mexico Legislature 10
Denver, arrived in that city a little after
5 o'clock on Monday afternoon OF last
week. Most OF the members Of the leg
islature, several Of the employees and a
number Of other persons we're in the
party. They we're driven to the Brown,
American and Windsor hotels aud in the
evening they we're rendered a grand ban
quet az the Windsor at which there were
over 300 people.
The address Of welcome was delivered
by Governor Waite, Of Colorado. New
Mexico was represented on the program
by J. Francisco Chaves, A. L. Branch
and Felix Martinez. On Tuesday the
visitors we're driven over the city and
visited the Legislature in a body. The
party left Denver Wednesday morning
on a special train over the Atchison, To
peka and Santa Fe and arrived at Pueb-
10 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon where a
halt Of several hours was made. At
Pueblo Senator Fall responded to an
address OF welcome. The journey was
resumed after supper and the party ar
rived in Santa Fe on Thursday morn
ing.
When the legislature met at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon there remained six
aud a half days Of the session and there
we're about 75 bills to be considered.
Some of the committees did a little work
on the trip but unless the joint resolu-
ton introduced in congress by Delegate
Joseph passes there will, OF necessity, bel
number Of bills left Enacted upon. Dele
gate Joseph has wired that the resolution
granting ten days extra time passed the
house and that he would urge its pas
sage in the senate.
A bill is pending before tho council,
which will be passed lift can be reached,
relating to legal advertising. The rates
for most advertising remain about tho
same as they are now fixed by law buC
this bill goes much farther than the old
one. 1t provides hat all laws passed by
the legislature of this Territory shall be
published at least three times in at least
ono weekly paper in each county, and
that it shall be the duty Of the Terrific
rial secretary TO furnish a proof sheet Of
each law within so days from the ad-
journment of the legislature, to the sew
eral newspapers in tho several counties
authorized to publish the same. On the
completion, and copies Of such publica-
tions furnished the secretary, the secre-
tary Of the Territory shall adjust such
accounts on the square as fixed in the
act, which is to consist OF 240 ems Of the
type in which the matter is set. The
publication Of the laws 10 the newspa-
pers will cut off a considerable part of
the Of the secretary Of the Ter
ritory who has heretofore furnished
certified copies of the laws to those who
were obliged to have them before the
session laws could be obtained in book
form. 1t usually takes from three to
five months after the adjournment Of
the legislature to get the session laws
out and during that time the secretary
reaps a harvest
The house has passed a bill providing
that sheriffs shall not receive more than
six cents a mile for the distance neces-
sarily travelled in the service Of process
and that If more than one process il
served on the same trip, only n mile
age shall be charged. Heretofore sher
ifs have been in the habit of charging
mileage for each process served and il
frequently happens that as many as q
dozen processes are served on the samC
trip.
From a letter just received from n reli.
able correspondent at Santa Fe wequote
the following extract: 1.-THE passage Of
that bill Qhe normal school bil) in the
council Is due to the efforts Of A. B. Fal
and j. w. Fleming, and its passage il
the house is due to the efforts Of Perry
! B. Lady" We quote the foregoing
! with pleasure, as it is always we'll tina.
we should know who are our friends ant
who are our enemies Mr. Fall has, al
though from another county, Away
been a consistent friend to Silver City
Mr.. Lady has always been a good citizel
, aud has worked hard and earnestly 70
his constituents since going to Santa Fe
while as for Mayor Fleming it is wei
known that he has never failed to sa,
] and do everything he could to advanc
Silver City's interests; he has in th
a past, rs he did in this instance, willingl
z spent bis time, money and labor to ad
= vance his towns welfare. Let Silve
y City remember her friends, and, whei
+ her opportunity comes, show her appre
8 citation of the work they have done.
There was quite an exciting time 1
+ the house on Friday when the Unto
county bill came up aud every effort wa
8 made to defeat the bill but it inall
; passed by a vote of Is to IL, The bi
which was before the house was a Gel
titled copy Of the bill which passed tn
council and which was stolen from th
! clerks table in the house. A point wa
made that it was absurd that a c%ertiie
g copy could DO made OF a bill which coul
9 not be- found but the speaker decide
o that the bill could DO properly consiC
cred. Since the passage of the bill tell