Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-01-16
THE ASSEMBLY.
A Fracas in the House Over Employees
Compensation - The Council
Wants New Quarters.
Mr.. Victory Defends Secretary Miller's
Aotion--President Curry
Legislative Chit-ohat.
The Council.
YESTERDAY AFTERNOONS SESSION.


Yesterday afternoons session of the
council was exceedingly brief, it being
the desire of the members to reach an
early adjournment SO that the committees
could consider the bills which have been
referred to them for attention. I'm
mediately after roll call, Mr.. Ancheta rose
to question of personal privilege and
submitted the following resolution from
the committee appointed on the subject.
The resolution, while not very germane
to the ground upon which the floor had
been obtained, met the full approval of
the council and was unanimously adopted
and ordered transmitted to the house.
The report was as follows
"Resolved, That the duties of the COM
mittee on engrossed and enrolled bills
shall be to examine and carefully COM
pare all such bills presented to them for
that purpose and when found correctly
engrossed and enrolled, after careful COM
parison with the original bills or other
documents, to present their reports to the
council and if approved that the said bill
or other document shall be taken to the
house of representatives by the chief
clerk of the council or his assistant
An additional resolution was passed
requesting the house to conform to this
rule, thereby avoiding the sending of a
committee of it's members and their I'M
necessary absence from the immediate
presence of their respective bodies when
the duties of representatives and council
men are especially demanded and re-
CURED"
committee headed by Councilman
Bunker, Immediately after the adjourn
ment of the council, went over to the
house to urge the adoption of this rule.
The council then took an adjournment
until this morning.
THIS FoRENooN's SESSION.
The council opened this morning with
every member present.
After the reading and approval of yes
terday's journal, message was received
from the house announcing the passage
of H. R. No. 5, affecting the oompensa-
tion of employees; also that house officers
hal signed H. B. No. 4, the Eddy county
line bill; and returning council com
munication which had not been numbered
before transmission.
The chief clerk announced that the
communication returned had been car
ried TO the house without his knowledge
and that he was at a loss to know how il
got there.
Mr.. Ancheta stated that the committee
on enrolled and engrossed bills had car
ried the resolution to the house.
4 4 r. TT
The matter was settled by motor
from Mr.. Perea that it take it's regular
course under proper Endorsement from
the clerk. ....
The president announced that he hat
signed Fl. B. No. 4, the Eddy county lint
bill. ..-
The committee on finance reported Il
B. No. by substitute. The original bill
provided for $4,000 appropriation fol
the solicitor general and the board Of
aualization. The substitute makes ar
appropriation of $S6l.6O for the PEI
diem and expenses of the territorial
board of equalization to be paid from
the mercantile license fund.
The substitute leaves out entirely the
claim for an allowance by Solicitor Gen
eral Bartlett. $3.50
The report of the committee wa
adopted and the substitute was read il
full the first and second times under sus
pension of the rules.
Mr.. Ancheta wanted the bill read thu
third time and put on its passage.
Mr.. Larragoite wanted an explanation
in view of the fact that the bill appro
priated public funds, .5
Mr.. Desmarais stated that the bill ap
prepriated money to meet just obliga
tion for which an itemized statement hat
been made by the territorial auditor, an
that the bill should be passed wlthou
delay.
Colonel Chaves explained the presen
status of the bill and its history.
Upon the question of placing the sub
stitute ON it's passage, the roll was calle
at the request of Mr.. Victory, and twelv
affirmative votes decided that tho bi
should now be put on it's passage.
Mr.. Victory moved that the bill be RI
ferre3 to committee of the whole.
Mr.. Perea raised the point of orde
that it was too late to refer to a commit
tee, the bill having gone to its third reat
ing.