Southwest-sentinel., 1893-01-10
rnE rrnnlronrAL LEuIsLATuRE.


Both houses u The legislature met I,
last Tuesday morning after the ehort &
holiday adjournment. Several Of the ii
membcrs remained in the capital during Q
tho recess, taking in tho sights OF tho /
city and getting acquainted.
Mr. Lady introduced a bill providing {
for the election Of school trustees in
towns not divided into wards. This ap-
plies to Silver City and the bill provides
that, at the next municipal election
there shall be elected three trustees,
one of whom shall serve for one year,
one for two years and one for three
years, and that thereafter, at each snnu-
al election, there shall be elected one
trustee who shall serve for the term Of
three years. Trustees must DO qualified
voters Of The Territory and must have
resided in the district ut least two yeurs
Immediately proceeding the election,
Mr.. Lady also introduced bill providing
for the exemption Of hremen from jury
duty aud the payment Of poll tax, also
bill providing for the feeding OF prisoners
in the County iails OF the Territory.
A conference committee was appointed /
by the house to confer with like com
mittee to be appointed from the council
10 revise the laws relating to the salary
and duties Of Territorial officials.
It became apparent soon after the leg
islature adjourned for New Years that
the Governor would veto the resolution
providing for increased pay for the OIL
cials Of the legislature who were paid by
the government because the organic act
provides that the Legislature shall not in
crease tho pay Of any such official and
when the legislature reassembled there
was but little time lost in getting the
resolution which had passed both houses
under advisement again. II was soon
made to conform to the provisions of
the organic act. The organic act saved
. few hundred dollars to tho Territory
J.. where Mr.. Lady's resolution, if it had
passed, would have saved several thous-
= and dollars and the employees Of the legs-
lature would then have been paid more
n than the Legislators themselves.
The bill providing for the exemption
r. of $500 worth OF property from ia xation
J. for the heads Of families has passed the
house and there Is no doubt but that
IS it will pass the council. This will very
J. materially reduce the amount OF taxable
=: property in the Territory and will neces
=. sarily make the rate Of taxation on the
p remainder higher.
h A contest has been instituted in the
r. house by Lorenzo Labadie for the seat o
A. Celso Baca, the independent member
as from Guadalupe county. A resolutlor
es was offered in the council that that bod J
n, should take no action on any contest CASE
n, at this session but the resolution wal
Of tabled.
IS The house, after having once refused t,
e, pass the poll tax bill, as it came from th,
le, council, finally passed it on Wednesda.
IS morning. The house backed squared
n down from the position it had taken Oh
TX, the bill.
OF Mr. Lady introduced resolution
eI- which was passed under suspension O
iEi the rules, asking congress to pass fre
ID; coinage bill.
Us It recitcs that s25,O00,oOO are annual
." lost to the miners and that agricultur
w. loses s1,250,OOO,OOO per year on accouu
u Of the depreciation Of silver, and 100000
=" men are thrown out of work. 1t also r,
w. cites that the parity between the metal
~ ~ was only disturbed by legislation, and tn
p" status of gold and silver should be resto
ed to its natural position. A copy is to /
'"' sent to the delegate in congress- for il
PRODUCTION in the house and to Hoi
u" VIM. NJ. Stewart, OF Nevada, for introdu,
w. tion in the senate.
'ic' There was quite a discussion in tn
= 's'- council over the 500 exemption law an
'uo some pretty hot words were exchUnge
10y between the members. Senator Fa
- made several attempts to amend Il
bill and make the exemption less and
vas was supported by Hall, Veeder, Sail
ed. Patterson and the president The bi
OF is made the special order for Monday
Ian' The council committee to which Sc
age ator Halls bill relating to feeding pri
oners was referred has reported an
ball recommends that 40 cents per day
and allowed instead of 80 cents as provid,
ute in the bill. Tho report Of the commi
aud tee was adopted, and the bill was mat
the special order for Tuesday mornh
Sir at 10 o'clock. Several Of the sherilfs
for the Territory are here trying to persua,
the members Of the legislature that Il
bill IS an unjust one.
ldes Col. McGrorty and Frank Thurmon
dc a OF Demlng are at the capital dropping
'nds word here end there in favor Of coun
division.
car DIR. stovall left Saturday with Rep
niles sentatives Bland, of Colfax, and KuC
cars enbecker, Of Bernalillo, for DENIM
They did not publish their business
the papers, but it is believed that tn
~ y went 10 Deming in order to get sol
- - pointers on the matter of county di
,'oo' sion. II the Legislature changes I
i-us county lines in the Territory to eonfol
o''o to the wishes of all those M favor
'oa4 county division in different parts Of I
~ ~ territory, it viii be necessary to get {
., o. a new map. No one win be able to r
~" ~ ognize the Territory when tho logll
sSs sso ture gets through with it.