Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-13
HOUSE.
SATURDAY AFTERNOONS SESSION.

The house at the afternoon session
took up H. B. No. 11s, e1empting sixty
days earnings of debtor or his or her
minor child from garnishment. Mr.. Hope
we'll explained the bill and it passed with
out further debate.
The speaker then announced that the
chief clerk of the council had presented a
certified copy of c. B. No. %, to the
house. No action was taken.
H. B. No. II, was then read. 1t pro-
vides for the adjustment of the Office of
district attorney and the creation of coun-
ty attorneys.
Mr.. Read moved that the bill do not
60 into effect until two years from the
the date of its approval, which was adopt
ed and the bill passed.
H. B. No. rs, authorizing county COM
missioners to erect poor houses in each
county, and levying tax to mill on all
property in each county for their sup
port. The bill passed without amend
ment or debate.
Mr.. Barela then moved that when the
house adjourned it be to meet again at
1880 p. m, which was ordered.
Under spension of the rules, Mr.. Mey-
ers called up H. B. No. 151, authorizing
towns and cities to issue bonds for the pro-
motion of railroad enterprises, building of
bridges, etc, payable in not more than
twenty years at per cent annual inter-
est. This bill was also laid on the table.
H. B. No. 102, the next on the calendar
was taken up. 1t authorizes the county
commissioners of new counties to pay for
copying records. This bill passed.
H. B. No. ST, to establish and maintain
q branch of agricultural experiment
station at Maxwell City, Colfax county,
was then taken up.
Mr.. Salazar y Ortiz offered an amend
ment that said station be located in the
county Of Rio Arriba, near Plaza de Al
calde, on fifty acres of land now owned
by Jose Salazar y Ortiz.
Mr.. Meyers moved to lay this motion
| on the table, but withdrew it, and on a
vote the amendment was lost.
! Mr.. Barela made speech against the
, division of the experiment station, say
ing that if the other counties had any
right to divide this institution, Dona Ana
|
mines, and the bill was simply in the in
tsrest of lot of land grabbers.
The bill was laid on the table indef.
nitely.
Fl. B. No. 1876, for the protection of
game and game birds, was taken up and
| passed.
The house then adjourned until 7:3O
p. m.
| SATURDAY NIGHTS SESSION.
The house met at 1880; and Mr.. Meyers
attempted to call up H. B. No, 142, to
provide for police judges in towns of
over 1000 inhabitants, but on Mr.. Hope
wells objection it went over.
Mr.. Barela introduced H. B. No. 1879, to
provide for salaries of treasurers in the
different counties, which was read twice,
ordered translated, printed and referred
to the joint conference committee.
II. B. No. 81, to tax sleeping car COM
panies, was then referred back to the
finance committee.
H. B. No. 81, introduced by Mr.. Read,
was, on motion of that gentleman, tabled.
1t provides for salary for the judges of
the supreme cou1t of New Mexico,
H. B. No. rs, to create the Office of tax
collector, was laid on the table ON motion
of Mr.. Read, the author.
H. B. No. 81, providing that the sheriffs
of the counties shall receive so cents per
day for feeding prisoners, was laid on the
table.
H. B. No. II, to make the sheriffs col.
lectors of taxes, which was on motion of
Mr.. Read laid on the table.
Fl. B. No. 103, providing an occupation
tax for merchants, was on motion of Mr..
Montoya, its author, referred to the gen.
eral conference committee.
H. B. No. 143, providing that the acts
of notaries public appointed from San
Miguel county, and who, by reason of the
creation of Guadalupe county, now reside
in that county, be ratified. The bill
passed.
H. B. No, 109, to provide service of pro-
cess by publication in some newspaper
in the county where the suit is commenced.
A motion was made to lay the bill on
the table.
A Joint resolution was then received
from the council to the effect that the
house and council stand adjourned until
Thursday at p. m. The resolution was
put through its various readings and
passed.