Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-18

The council held no session this after
noon, the committee consisting of Messrs.
Bunker, Larragoite and Perea, who went
to Las Cruces, not having returned.
Representative Gutierrez, of San Miguel,
is one of the most level headed men in
the house. His assistance in the passage
of measure always counts, as was shown
in the house proceedings on Saturday.
The council committee appointed to
visit the public institutions at Las Vegas
returned from their trip last night.
Council Page Pablo Delgado and Council
Clerk w. R. Ascarate accompanied them
on the trip.
Representative Leaden's bill for the
publication of New Mexico supreme court
reports, passed to-day, is drawn on
on lines very similar to the measure re-
Gently passed by the council and post
poned indefinitely by the house.
bill of great interest to justices of
the peace and constables was that consid-
cred in the house Saturday afternoon. It
fixes the amount of their fees for the Re-
moval and shortage of property under
execution. The consideration of the
matter was postponed.
An important bill passed by the house
this morning is one allowing Indian chill
dren to attend public schools in this ter
ritory, the government to foot the bill.
It ia estimated that when the necessary
agreement with the interior department
has been perfected the attendance of the
Indians will prove source of great help
to the county schools.
None of the committees appointed by
Speaker Dame to visit the territorial in
stitutions have gone on their tours of in
adjourn over until Wednesday prevented
their going yesterday and it is probable
that they will not again find time to do
SO between now and the end of the SEES
sion SO rapidly approaching.
| The famous Dona Ana county chicken
law, which graces the pages of the New
Mexico revised states, was to very con-
siderable extent the subject of discussion
and facetious comment at Saturdays
house session. The bill was fathered by
Don Eugenio Romero, of Dona Ana, and
fair sample of the nature of the law is
shown in the provision that every person
'shall close up his hogs and chickens,
male and female, large and small, in pens
and coops we'll secured, 80 that they can
not get out to damage the inhabitants y
Mr.. Clancey's bill, as to the inspection
of provisions, introduced last Friday.
changes the law as contained in sub-sec-
ton 20 Of section 1922 of the Compiled
Laws, so as to make it within the power
of incorporated towns and cities to reg.
ulate the sale of "meats, poultry, fish,
butter, cheese, lard, vegetables, flour,
meal and other provisions" Municipal
corporations may do this by appointing
inspectors, by requiring bond to be
given by dealers and by exacting a Ii.
cense for the sale of such articles.
The several bills as to repeal of the
present change of venue law have been
considered by the house judiciary COM
mittee ard Chairman Pine will this week
draft and report to the house substi.
tute covering the subject matter. The
practical effect of this substitute will be
to leave the law as it stood before the
passage of the statute now in force; that
is, the question of a change of venue will
be left to the discretion of the presiding
Judge. II will be remembered that the
repeal of the present law was strongly
urged by the governor in his message to
the assembly, and by citizens generally
when expressing themselves on needed
legislation.
Representative Locke is very much de-
lighted at the news which comes from
home to the effect that the bridge across
the Animas river at Harrington is being
pushed rapidly to completion. Ths
bridge is being erected solely by sub
scription from the neig hborhood, viii
; cost about $4,000, and when completed
will stand as a monument to the enter
prise of one of the most progressive
communities in the west. Mr.. Locke
states that it will be the first bridg'
across the Animas in San Juan count!
and will greatly facilitate internal com
munication and trade, which have hereto
fore been carried on through ferries.