Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-28
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Some has Been Left UndOno.
At the beginning Of the last week Of
the session Of thelegislature there we're
a large number Of bills Enacted upon and
the legislature got down to hard work.
Night sessions were held and legislative
work was facilitated in every possible
way.
A bill for the relief Of taxpayers
was passed which provides that "the
time for the payment Of taxes Of any des-
criFtion which are now due and unpaid
is hereby extended until the first day Of
July, 1893, and upon all such taxes
which may be paid on or before the FIRST
day OF July, 1893, no interest shall be
charged or collected; but this shall not be
considered as relieving the taxpayer from
the paymentof any cost or expense which
may have accrued in connection with
said taxes on account Of the non-pay-
ment thereof" This bill will give people
whose taxes have been delinquent for
several years a chance to pay up without
having an interest penalty charged
against them.
The report Of the house committee ap-
pointed to investigate the p~enitentiary
stirred up quite an animatnd discussion
in the house. The report was pretty Sc
we're on j. Francisco Chaves and Thomas
b. Catron whose name has been connec-
ted with a penitentiary brick deal in a
rather unenviable tanner. Some Of the
members objected to that portion Of the
report which reflected on Col. Chaves
and a motion was made to strike out all
Of that portion Of the report in reference
to Col. Chaves. Mr.. Hopewell stated
that the books Of the penitentiary show
an Indebtedness Of $500 against j.
Francisco Chaves and that the court in
settling the judgment against him al
lowed a set off OF. salary while he was
superintendent but not acting as such
nor performing his duties. The motion
to strike out was carried by a vote of IL
to 9 and the report was then adopted.
Representative Hopewell has spent con-
siderable time in looking up %penitentiary
matters and thought Col. Chaves de.
served all that was said in the report as
submitted, and both representatives
from Grant County were Of the same
opinion and voted against striking out
that portion Of the report.
Hereafter bankers in New Mexico will
hesitate about receiving deposites in un-
sound institutions. A bill has passed
making it a felony for any banker or
cashier TO receive funds for deposit
when the bank is i~nsolvent.
Among the new county bills which
came up in the Legislature was the bill
for the creation of Florida county. The
bill provided for the erection of a little
more than two-thirds of the area of
Grant County into Florida county. The
northern boundary Of the proposed
county commenced at the point where
the boundary lines of Dona Ana, Sierra
and Grant counties intersect, about
eight miles northeast of Cooks Peak,
thence running west a distance of "a
miles to a point about six miles north
east Of Whitewater station IN the Atch-
ison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad,
thence south six miles, thence west to
the Arizona line. Only for the six mile
jog in the boundary, Whitewater station
would have been included in the pro
posed county. The bill passed the house
by "a vote of u to 8 as follows: Ayes:
Barela, Bland, Bowman, Chaves, Clancy.
Hinkle, Hopewell, Kuchenbecker, Laba.
die, Read, Salazar y Ortiz, Stovan;-
Nays; Frampton, f. Gonzales, Il. Con.
tales, Lady, Marines, Meyer, Mirabel
Romero, Mr.. Speaker. When the bill
came up in the council it was disposed Of
very quickly, that body being unani
mously against its passage.
Governor Prince, in his veto message
on the medical bill, took occasion tc
state that there were no less than AZ
clerical errors in the engrossed bill. Sto
vail moved to consign the message to the
waste basket, but the motion was ruled
out Of order and the house adopted the
veto by a vote OF u to 8.
Councilman Hall finally succeeded il
getting a bill passed which provides fol
the payment Of one-third Of the license
tax from saloons into the general schoo
fund but the law does not become opera
tive until two years after the date Of it
passage BY hat time there will hav,
been sufficient opportunity given to Sc,
how the present law answers, and in The
meantime another legislature will hav,
convened which can repeal the law If il
is considered expedient TO do so.
By some oversight the finance bill
which provides for a Territorial deposi
tory did not have a provision in it requi
ring the bank to give bond to the Terri
tory and the Governor sent a message L
the legislature stating that he could no.
approve the bill in that form but that i
the Legislature would amend the bill o.
pass another providing hat a bond mus.
be given, he would sign the bill. TIT
necessary bill was introduced in thu
council by E. L. Hall and it was prompt
ly passed and has become a law.
The Union County bill was the onll
one Of the numerous new county bill
which received the signature Of thl
Governor. A bill was passed proYidin,
for th~eereation Of Columbia county bu
was not sent to the Governor until lat