Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-01-21
EXECUTIVE OFF1oE,
Territory of New Mexico, (
Jan. 81, 1893. }

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Jan. 81, 1893. }
To the House OF Representatives,:
I hereby return to your honorable body,
as the house from which it originated, H.
B. No. 3, without approval.
The failure to receive approval in this
case does not arise from any objection
to the substance of the bill, but to mis-
takes in it's wording which would render
it imperative.
The title to this bill is "An act to amend
section of an act of the 29th Legislative
assembly of the territory of New Mexico,
entitled an act to define and regulate the
drawing of jurors, approved February
rs, 1891" There is no law of 1891 thus
entitled. The act evidently intended to
be amended is chapter IS of the laws of
1891, entitled can act to define the quail
tications and regulate the drawing of
jurors" Again, in the first section, the
act to be amended, instead of having its
proper title, is called San act relating to
defining the qualifications" ETC..
The bill then proceeds to amend the
act of 1891 by erasing the words land all
persons that may be above GO years of
age" These words do not occur in the
original act, and therefore, of course, can
not be stricken out. The words probably
intended are land all persons over the
age of 60 years." 1t is needless to say
that absolute exactitude is required in a
statute of this nature.
I recommend that the action of the
legislature in passing this bill be recon-
sidered; that its title be amended so as
to read Gan act to amend chapter IS of
the laws of 1891, entitled An act to
define the qualifications and regulate the
drawing OF jurors" that the title of the
original act in section l, and the language
to be stricken out be made correct, and
the bill then repassed, when I will ap-
prove it with pleasure.
Let me add that the repeating clause
in section 2, while not illegal, yet is i'm
proper IN such a bill, which is itself a
repeating and amendatory statute. In
fact, that repeating clause which has be-
come so common at the end of the New
Mexican laws is almost always unneces-
sary and very frequently productive
of legal mischief, uncertainty and in
jury. j..
Such clause is never used in the laws
of the United States or of the older states
where the forms of statutes are carefully
studied except in very rare and peculiar
cases, and it is to be hoped that it will
disappear from the statutes of New Mex
leo which 1t has too long disfgured.
l.. BRADFORD PRINCE, Goyernore
The speaker explained that this act
was substitute offered for the house bill
by the council. The message was sent to
the judiciary committee. sGg w. +
Mr.. Read rose and said that a message
sent in by the governor on the 18th of
January was very differently treated.
The speaker called Mr.. Barels to the
chair and taking the floor said he would
always be ready to treat a message similar
to the one mentioned by Mr.. Read In the
same manner, but would always treat
proper message from the governor in
courteous manner. -
Mr.. Read moved that the house recon-
slider it's action with regard to the former
message of January II, and that it be
spread ON the journal. '
Mr.. Branch raised the point of order
that it was too late to make the motion
W ESCOuSluoTs duu Wob ouovhAuous
The following committee reports were
made:
Committee on territorial affairs, favor
ably on H. B. Nos. 10 and 80, and that
the report of the insane asylum be re-
ceived and referred to the finance COM
mittee.
The judiciary committee requested
further time TO consider h. B. Nos. IL,
40, So and SO, and reported favorably ON
G. B. Nos. 10 and 86, and H. B. Nos. 50
and 50, and that n. B.. No.. rs. be re-
ferred to the committee on territorial
affairs.
The finance committee reported favor.
ably on Il. B. Nos. 81, 50 and 81, and
council Joint resolution No. 4, and un-
on H. B. Nos. 50 and SO.
The irrigation committee reported
on II. B. No. "A and substitute
for house joint resolution No. 8.