Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-01-19
A GREAT GRlST.
An Interesting Debate Preceding the
Passage of the Cattle Sanitary
Fund Bill in the House.
The 5000 Tax Exemption Bill Passed
Many Sensible Speeches-The
Militia Bill--Chat.
COUNCIL.
Yesterdays AFTERNOON SESSION.

| YESTERDAYB AFTERNOON SESSION.
The council met at 2 p. M, and on mo-
ton of Mr.. Hubbell resolved into COM
mittee of the whole to consider c. B. No.
8, and II. B. No. 7, relating to the militia.
The president presented the Board of
Trade invitation TO attend an informal
reception to the Press association which
was accepted.
Mr.. Falls amendment that no funds
should be appropriated out of the terri
torial treasury was voted on and lost.
Mr.. Hubbell moved to amend section
% of H. B. by adding "the further sum of
$500 is hereby appropriated for the pur-
pose of armory rents and incidental eX-
penses of duly organized national guards
provided, that the territory shall not in
cur any expense or Indebtedness what
soever beyond the sum hereby appro
priated."
The committee rose to receive mes
sage from the honse, and on the commit
tee again assembling it agreed to report
the bill favorably to the house, which was
done. The house bill was then read a
third time, and Mr.. Fall moved to strike
out the title of said bill and insert in lieu
thereof the words ian act to provide for
the issue of additional militia warrants
which was lost.
The previous question was then. or
dered and the bill passed as amended by
vote of to s.
c. B. No. 65-By Mr.. Saint, creating
the Office of city assessor, wasintroduced by
unanimous consent, read a first time. and,
under suspension of the rules, a second
time; ordered translated and printed and
referred to the committee on municipal
and private corporations.
| The committee on judiciary reported
favorably on G. B. No. 81, to repeal sec
tions 9S9, 800 and 991 of the Compiled
Laws; also II. J. resolution No. 4, appro'
priating 500 to purchase copies of the
Compiled Law; also C. B. No. IS, to re-
peal chapter IL of Session Laws of 1889;
also the following was unfavorably re-
ported:
Fl. B. No. 23, repeating the libel law;
also G. B. No. IA, to repeal chapter II of
the acts of 1889; also H. B. No. 20, relat-
ing to change of venue.
Mr.. Hubbell then moved that the re-
ports on G. B. No. IA, and H. B. No. 20, be
adopted. A good deal of debate followed
most of which was not germane to the
motion. 1t was finally lost.
| Mr.. Fall moved that II. B. No. 20 and
G. B. No. Is be made special order for
II O'Clock next Friday morning, which
was adopted. Adjourned to 10 a. m.
|
| The council met at 10 o'clock. Mr..
Patterson from the committee on mines
and public lands, reported H. B. No. s,
providing for the weighing of coal at the
mines, and the Bernalillo county citizens
petition thereon, with a recommendation
that it pass; which report was adopted on
motion of Mr.. Hall.
that the adjutant generals report be
printed.
The following bills were then intro
duced, read first, under suspension of
| the rules second time ordered to be
printed. translated and referred:
G. B. No. 66-By Mr.. Burns, requiring
territorial and municipal printing to be
done within the territory; committee on
printing.
C. B. No. 67-By Mr.. Patterson, to
amend section 1872 of the compiled laws;
judiciary committee.
Under the head of business on the presi-
dents table.
c. B. No. 81, repeating SO. 80 and IO1 of
the compiled law, was read third time.
| These sections of the compiled laws per-
mits man to take summary process
against his wife and have her committed
to Jail if she refuses to live with him.
On motion of Mr.. Hubbell the bill
passed.
The report of the judiciary committee
on H. j. resolution No. 4, appropriating
800 to purchase copies of the compiled
laws, recommending that single copies
shall not cost over $40 each, was read, the
bill so amended, and on motion of Mr..
Hubbell passed.
q. B. No. 23, and G. B. No. IS, repeating
the libel law, then came up and the ques-
tion required on the recommendation to
lay the report on the table.
Mr.. Fall moved to postpone considera-
tion of the bills and report until to-mor-
row after the regular business.
Mr.. Hubbell moved to amend that mo-
ton SO that it read that the report be now
adopted.
Mr.. Veeder called for the previous
| question, which was carried, and on a vote
Mr.. Falls motion was adopted.
House joint resolution No. 6, to ap-
point committee of four members of
each house to arrange for transportation
to Denver, was taken up and passed, and
Mr.. Veeder, Fall and Saint and the presi-
dent were named.
Attempts were made to take recess
and then to take up H. B. No. 60, after
which the council adjourned until 2
| o'clock.