Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-01-24
HALF GONE.
Is the Legislative Session To-day, But
it Finds Business Moving
Briskly.
Taxing Insurance Companiss-Female
Suffrage Assessors Fees-The
Miners Bill Shelved-Chat.
COUNCIL.
YESTERDAYS AFTERNOON SESSION.

The council came 10 OrQer al Oclock,
and the president presented the report
of the St. Vincent hospital at Santa Fe,
which was referred to the finance COM
mittee.
On motion of Mr.. Hubbell the council
then went into committee of the whole to
consider c.. B. No. 80, providing for the
taxation of insurance companies upon
their gross returns at the same rate as
other personal property, and that 25 per
centum of the amount of said tax shall
be levied for neglect to pay such tax.
Mr.. Hubbell moved to amend so that
section l should read, THAT every cor
poration, company, association, partner.
ship, firm or person doing business with
in this territory for insurance of life OF
property against accidents or the like,
which was adopted.
Mr.. Veeder moved to insert in line
after the word taxed" in the clause "be
taxed upon the gross income derived from
said business" the words "for territorial
county, school or municipal purposes
which was adopted without debate.
Mr.. Veeder also moved to amend line
by inserting after the word "buslness" the
words sin the territory" which was also
adopted.
The first section was then adopted.
Mr.. Hubbell moved to insert certain
words in line one of section 2, SO that il
shall read "every corporation, company
association, partnership, firm, officer
agent or person engaged in insurance
business in this territory who shall fai
or neglect to make such return, which
was adopted.
In line S. of same section, the wore
"principle" was struck out and insert thu
word "principal' inserted on motion o
Mr.. Veeder.
Section 2 was then adopted.
Section provided that failure tt
comply shall be subjec to revocation
of its license. Mr.. Hubbell from the Fl
nance committee moved to amend so tina
the section shall read ''shall be liable il
the sum of $780, and it shall be duty o
the district attorney of the district il
which said business is transacted to pros
ecute for the recovery of said penalty
and the failure to fully comply with tn,
provisions of this act shall work an i'm
mediate revocation of any license" which
was adopted.
Mr.. Patterson moved to insert the fol
lowing at the beginning of section s
mo insurance company shall after the
passage of this act increase the rate Of
insurance in the various locations of the
territory when such insurance company is
doing business at the present time"
Some little debate which was wholly
out of order ensued between Mr.. Patterson
and Mr.. Fall, the latter saying that the
amendment would not make any differ.
ence to the companies, but it was
adopted.
The title of the bill was Their adopted
and the committee rose to report pro-
gress.
The council on motion of Mr.. veeder
then passed the bill.
The council then in committee of the
whole considered c. B. No. 21, providing
the duties of the mine inspector and for
the protection of the coal miners.
Mr.. Fall moved to insert after the en-
acting clause the words in section l,
that sections 1875 to 1885 inclusive, of
the Compiled Laws of the territory of
New Mexico of 1884, be and the same are
hereby repealed. Section 2. This act
shall be in force from and after it's pass
age, and to strike out section "a of the
bill, which was adopted.
The committee rose, reported progress
and the bill was passed by the council
as recommended.
Mr.. Hubbell introduced council resolu-
tior No. IA, that a Committee of three be
app" .i..ei to wait on the territorial audi
Tor and ascertain whether tho act ap-
proved February 26, 1891, taxing express
companies had been complied with. The
one day for consideration.
The following bills were introduced,
read a first and second time, ordered
translated and printed and referred:
c. B. No. 73-By Mr.. Hubbell, to COM
pei co-owners of land to contribute pro
rata toward obtaining title to same; Judi
ciary committee.
C. B. No. 74-By Mr.. Saint, to change
the name of the cattle sanitary board of
New Mexico to the live stock sanitary
board; committee on live stock.
G. B. No. IS, to provide lien on live
stock for care thereof under contract;
live stock committee.
c. B. No. 76-By Mr.. Hail. to pay the
usual commission on taxes, interest on
delinquent taxes, licenses and fines col
lected to collectors of same; referred
without printing to joint conference COM
mittee on fees and salaries.
c. B. No. 77-By Mr.. Burns, to promote
better discipline in the territorial peni-
Tertiary; penitentiary committee.
The following bills were read third
time and action taken as follows:
c. B. No. A, relating to the procedure
in criminal cases; laid on the table indei-
nitely.
G. B. No. As, concerning chattel mort
cages, providing that the mortgages
shall be void unless properly recorded.
Under suspension of the rules the act
was passed.
G. B. No. 46, relating to practice in the
district court, was amended by Mr.. Fall
in section 2, that service of notice of APP
pearance may be made upon plaintiffs
attorney or in person, or through the
mail to his usual place of residence.
Mr.. Veeder moved to amend by stating
that this act shall be in effect from and
after its passage. Both amendments
were adopted and the bill passed.
c. B. No. 48, relating to executions,
providing that the provisions of sections
1886 and 1887 of the Compiled Laws con-
corning garnishments in suits original
ing by attachments shall be equally APP
plicable to garnishments under execu-
tions, was passed.
H. b. No. 66, regulating the sale of
drugs and poisons, was read first time
and referred to the committee on terri
torial affairs.
H. B. No. GO, to prevent usury and fix
ing the legal rate of interest ut per cent,
was read first and second time.
Mr.. Veeder said the legal rate of inter-
est was already fixed at per cent; and
on motion of Mr.. Hubbell the enacting
clause was stricken out.