Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-02-04
THIRTY-FOURTH DAY,
A TwO-thirds Rule Adopted on the
Militia Warrants Question in
the House.
Many Committee Reports-The Cap
itol Bill-An Outside View on
Insurance-Legislative
Pick-ups.
The House.
THIS FoRENooN's SESSION,

At the beginning of the morning SEES
sion Mr.. Christy presented petition
from over 300 taxpayers of Dona Ana
county protesting against H. B. No. 35,
consolidating Grant, Dona Ana and
Sierra county into one Judicial district.
This petition sets forth that there is no
desire on the part OF the people for such
change; that it is a movement on the
part of certain politicians and that the
amount of business on hand necessitates
two district attorneys instead of the one
contemplated by the bill.
Representative Martin presented Pc
tition from number of the constituents
of precinct No. of Socorro county in
favor of the passage of H. B. No. 50, re-
lating to the assessment of damages for
animals killed by trains.
Fl. B. No. 70 was introduced by Mr.. S.
Martinez. This act provides for the resi-
dence at county seats of county officials.
H. B. No. "a was introduced by Mr..
Sanchez. This provides for an appro-
priation Of 800. to pay Mrs. Jose D. Sena
for certain important documents and
papers pertaining to the volunteer militia
service of the citizens of the United States,
,, to be added to the archives of the ad
jutant generals office.
H. B. No. 70, regulating the distributing
of water for irrigation purposes, was read
the second time and referred to the COM
mittee on irrigation.
CD. M. No. l, Mr.. Larragoite's Jlcarilla
Apache petition, was referred to the COM
mittee on Indian affairs.
O. No. 8, Mr.. Abeyta's rubbish-in-the-
streets BILL went to the committee on
roads and highways.
C.B.No. is, Mr.. Desmarais' medical
board bill, was referred to the committee
on judiciary.
c. B. No. II, Mr.. GALES game law, went
to the committee on judiciary.
Substitute for G. B. No. % went to the
committee on judiciary.
G. B. No. ~, the building and loan as
ISOLATION bill, went to the committee on
private corporations.
C.B. No. 81, Mr.. Perea's Bernalillo
county acequia law, went to the commit
tee on irrigation.
G. B. No. AZ, Mr.. Ancheta's public
school fund bill, went to the committee
on education.
C.B. No. SIS, Mr.. Hadley's no -cigarettes-
to-minors bill, went to the committee on
judiciary.
H.B. No. SIS, Mr.. Christy's bill, provid-
ing for change of boundary lines of
Grant county, came up under An unfavor-
able report from the committee on county
and county lines; but it's consideration
was temporarily postponed on account of
Mr. Plno's absence.
Mr.. Martin introduced H. R. No. Is,
| ,hrn
cept by two thirds vote, consider any
measure at this session looking to the
payment of militia warrants.
Mr.. Martin asked the immediate pass
age of the resolution.
There was no discussion and the reso-
luton was passed by vote of to 10,
those voting in the negative being
Messrs. Christy, Gallegos, Leaden, Lopez,
M. Martinez, Pine and Thompson, and the
absent members being Messrs. Gutierrez,
Lacome, Mora ana Padilla.
| Mr.. Pine said that he voted "no" on
the proposition because while he was OPP
posed to paying fraudulent warrants he
was not in favor of shutting off an invest
| ipaton of those warrants that were con-
coded to have been honestly issued.
The judiciary committee adversely re-
ported H. B. No. "a, Mr.. Clancey's bill,
repeating the law providing for police in
county seats.
The committee on counties and county
lines adversely reported, through Chair
man GaIlegos, H. B. No. Sc, Mr.. Christy's
bill as to the boundaries of Grant county.
A majority of the Judiciary committee
reported favorably H. B. No. IS, the bill
making Grant, Dona Ana and Sierra one
district for the purposes of district attor-
| ney.
Messrs. Christy and Carr submitted a
minority report adverse to the passage
of the bill.
The same committee favorable re-
ported the following bills:
H. B. No. so, Mr.. Hinkle's bill, relating
to practice in district courts.
H. B. Ne. So, amending section 1901 of
title Al, chapter of the Compiled Laws
of 1884, with certain amendments.
H. B. No. 20, amending the board of
pharmacy laws.
H. B. No. 81, Mr.. Carr's bill relating to
the duties of married persons.
H.B. No. 38, Mr.. Martins bill, amend
ing chapter 81 of the laws of the 2Sth leg
H.B. No. 55, Mr.. Lacome's act to i'm
prove the method Of keeping records in
the office of county clerks.
Fl. B. No. 81, an act to repeal chapter
| g. of the session laws of 1898.
H. B. No. 20, an act to repeal chapter
| 80 of the laws of 1880 on the subject of
habeas corpus.
ON. No. l, abolishing tax payment as
a perquisite to jury service, and adverse
| ly the following:
H. B. No. 30, repeating chapter l of the
laws of the last legislature relative to the
duties of tax collectors.
The report on H. B. No. %, repeating
cha pter 6 of the session laws Of 1898, re-
lating to tax collections, which was re-
ported adversely by the judiciary COM
mttee, called forth protest from Mr..
Christy, who claimed that he had, at the
committee meeting, been allowed time to
| frame an acceptable substitute and that
this report did him an injustice.
The report of the committee was, how
ever, received.
The house then adjourned to this after
| noon.
THE CAPITOL BUILDING BILL.
H. B. No. IA, which provides for the
| rebuilding of the capitol in Santa Fe,