Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-02-22
THB LEaIsLATuRE.

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of. AS IL Is against the laws Of the
United States 70 hire any help for the
legislature an Injunction was secured
stopping the payment, but before it
could be made effective most OF the
men got their money. Then the legis-
lature tried 10 whip the devil around
the stump, and a Joint resolution was
passed appropriating SO, 25O for the
president Of the council and an equal
amount for the speaker Of the house,
with the understanding that these
men would pay off all hands and Are
them. Governor Thornton vetoed this
resolution, but it was passed over his
head. The money has not been paid
by the territorial treasurer, and It will
not be paid unless a mandamus is Sc
cured from the court ordering it paid.
The employees are very wrothy over
the matter and threaten to have con-
gress pass a law declaring null and
void all laws passed by the Legislature.
II they are successful the territory
will not be very badly hurt.
Senator Ancheta's bill providing
that the county commissioners shall
levy the school tax, and that it shall
not be less than three mills nor more
than Eve, was defeated in the house.
Representative Christy has under
charge a bill, which, If 1t becomes a
law, will have a tendency to made
pedestrianism popular among the stu
dents Of the Agricultural College. 1t
prohibits gambling and the sale Of
liquors within two miles Of the Agri-
cultural College.
On Valentines day Representative
Carr received an insulting valentine,
to which he called the attention of
the house. MI. Carr had taken a de-
cided stand against the number of
employees, and some rascally clerk
thought he would get square by send
ing the valentine.
There is an institution in Albuquer-
que called Children's Home that wants
to be a territorial institution aud to
receive an appropriation of $1,000.
Each house has appointed a commit
tee on conference, to dix up bills that
the two houses cannot agree upon.
The council appointed committees
to visit the various territorial institu-
tions. The committees took. advan-
tage of Sunday for their trip, which
was made at their individual expense.
No more bills can be introduced in
the house without the consent of two
thirds of the members.
Among the bills introduced are the
following: TO prohibit the presence
of persons under twenty-one in gam
bling rooms; to abolish the Office of
solicitor general; to prohibit convicts
being witnesses in criminal cases; to
enable the probating Of foreign wills;
to regulate weights and measures; to
provide for the publication and dis
trihution of New Mexico reports; to
regulate the sale of meat, poultry and
other provisions; to give farmers abso-
Lutte title to land after five years oc-
cupancy.
The following measures have be-
come laws by receiving the governors
signature;
@. B. No. 65 al act to prevent the
introduction OF diseased cattle into
New Mexico.
II. b. No. 8, an act for the adjust
ment ana reapportionment Of the
property and debts OF Guadalupe aud
San Miguel counties.
IL. b. No. 81, an act to establish a
weather and crop service for the col
lection and dissemination Of crop sta
tistics and Chronological data.
G. b. No. 25, an act providing for the
pay of sherifTs for feeding prisoners.
G. B. No. SO, an,act to prohibit the
sale of tobacco, 6igars, cigarettes and
cheroots to minors.
G. b. No. 40, an act to amend the
law as to the office of oil inspector and
the tests for Illuminating oil.
G. B. No. 40, an act to provide for
the maintenance Of the military insti-
tute at Roswell.
O. B. No. 81, an act to provide an
addition to the insane asylum for the
accommodation 81 all insane persons of
the territory and for other purposes.
H. b. No, 8, repeating sections osS,
$50, 900 and 99l of Compiled Laws of
New Mexico, relating to the duties of
married persons.
H. B. No. 10, an act to amend sec
tion 1888 Of the Compiled Laws of 1884
of the territory Of New Mexico.
II. ]. NJ. No. 3, Mr.. Cars free silver
memorial.
II. B. Nc. 20, an act to repeal chapter
SO of the session laws OF 1889 with
reference to habeas corpus.
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subscriptions are being renewed to the
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