Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-01-24
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ness which is before them,
Petitions have been pouring in from
OH parts Of the Territory against the
passage Of the bill TO place license taxes
collected from saloons and gaming Ia
bles in the county school fund. The
law now provides that money collected
in this manner shall be placed in the
school fund OF the district 10 which il is
collected.
The bill which forbids the releasing
from bonds Of officials who have not
settled IN full with the Territory or any
OF the counties in the Territory has
passed and will prevent compromises
with defaulting officials hereafter. The
vote was practically unanimous in both
houses on the bill.
A bill has passed the house which
provides for the confinement Of prisoners
convicted Of misdemeanors in the town
~calaboose when the town is more than 80
miles from the county seat. This bill
was passed in order to save the large
mileage fees incurred in bringing prison.
ers a long distance to the county Jail.
The house also passed a bill repeating
the law which gave justices OF the peace
jurisdiction in hsbeas corpus cases.
The report OF the Grant County hos.
pital was presented IN the council by
Couneitman Hall and was referred to
the finance committee. A resolution
was adopted i~nstructing the Territorial
orphans industrial school, at Santa Fe;
the sisters OF mercy hospital, At Silver
City; the ladies' relief society, at Las
Vegas; and tha school for deaf and
dumb, at Santa Fe, to send in reports at
once.
Councilman Veeder introduced q joint
resolution that the worlds fair commits
sion be instructed to produce the vouch-
ers Of all expenditures Of that commits
sion up to the present time. He said
that he was informed that 5000 had
been expended by this commission and
thought that the council ought to know
what it was for. He said that it could
be shown that certain members OF the
commission travelled on passes from the
railroad companies, given for the pur-
pose Of assisting the Territory to make a
good showing at the fair, and yet these
commissioner had charged up big mile
age accounts against the funds Of the
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spoke in favor Of the investigation, aud
SO did Councilman Hubbell. The reso-
luton was adopted and the outcome Of
the investigation is being awaited with
much interest.
The council bill providing for the ex-
emption Of $500 worth Of property from
taxation Of every householder in the
Territory passed the house Thursday
morning after considerable debate and
the rejection Of several amendments. A
strong effort was made by some of the
members OF the house to make the ex-
emption $500, but as it was well known
that such a bill would have been killed
In the council the majority of the mem
bers Of the house who favored an ex-
emption law concluded that it would be
better to pass the council bill without
amendment than to risk the defeat OF the
moasu . in the council il At were sent
back 70 that body.
The most interesting debate OF the
session was 10 the house over the cattle
sanitary fund bill in the house. The
bill finally passed by a vote Of Is to o.
It provides for the appropriation OF s6,-
500 to pay the deficiency expenses Of the
cattle sanitary board.
The following nominations by the Gov
ernor were confirmed by the council in
executive session on Tuesday:
Il. 4. Waldo, M. S. Otero, Z. S. Slower.
university regents.
". T. Thornton, e. w. Eaton, trus-
tees of school Of mines.
John r. McFie. Numa Raymond, w.
L. Rynerson, regents Of agricultural col
lege.
Lorenzo Lopez, director Of insane asy
lum.
E. W. Spencer, q. M. Creamer, j. L.
Zimmerman, w. c. Porterdeld, members
Of board of pharmacy.
]. j. Shuler, member Of board Of med
ical examiners.
Petitions against the formation OF
Union county have been presented to
the legislature but the promoters Of the
new county scheme have several repre-.
sentatives looking after their interests
and nothing will be left undone to So
cure the passage of a bill providing for
the formation Of the new county.
Councilman Hall has introduced a
bill providing for juries in trials before
justices Of the peace. The party asking
for a jury win have to deposit SO to pay
the jurors.
The officers Of the Denver & Rio
] Grande and the Santa Fe Southern rail
roads have rendered the members Of tho
legislature the uss Of a special train
from Santa Fe 10 Denver and return TO
enable them to VISIT the Colorado legis-
%lature. The business Of legislation will
be stopped to allow the members OF the
Legislature TO 60 on a junketing tour and
at the same time the railroads are max
ing provision against any adverse lesis-
lation at this session.
A bill has been passed providing for a
clerk for the Territorial auditor at a sal
airy Of $500 a year. The bill originally
provided for two clerks, one for the audi
tor and one for thu treaanrer bpt IL waa