Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-01-31

Miss Mary Maltby, sister OF MRS. w. i.
Thornton, and bright little boy, who
bears the name of Thornton Victory,
makes their home happy. Mr.. Victory is
one of the least observations and yet most
deserving and best equipped men in pub
lie life in New Mexico to-day. His work
on the council judiciary committee, of
which he is chairman, and on the other
committees of which he is a member,
shows him to be most industrious and
conscientious representative Of the peo-
pie. In all his capacities he has ably
guarded the interests submitted to his
care and has evinced degree of fidelity
to duty that makes it entirely certain that
he will long be kept in public life by his
admiring constituents.
SOME NEW BILLS.
Councilman Cesario Garcia's bill, No.
A, introduced last Friday, is intended to
provide an equitable schedule of COM
pensation for county assessors. This bill
provides that their com ensation shall be
per cent on all the amount of taxes and
licenses assessed and approved by the
board of county commissioners, to be
paid when the assessment rolls are COM
pleted and turned over to the county col
lector. Fifteen per cent is, however, to
be retained from said compensation until
ali the taxes are collected or found by
the county collector to be uncollectible.
Mr.. Victorys bill for securing the
health and safety of coal miners is an
other interesting measure. This provides
for the appointment by the governor of
one territorial mine inspector who shall
hold Office for two years. The inspector
is to be practical coal miner of not less
than five years experience. The inspector
is to have as his general duty the examin-
alton of mines and all such interests and is
required to make biennial reports of the
records of his office. He is to receive a
salary of $1,000, with actual travelling ex-
penses. The bill provides for tho fur
nishing to the inspector, by the owners OF
mines, of maps and other information as
to their properties, which shall be kept
in his office subject to public inspection
The bill further stipulates under what
conditions mines of given size shall be
operated and makes numerous provisions
relating to ventilation, outlets, etc., in
tended by its author to protect miners
from injury in case of accident. 1t pro-
vides that all safety lamps shall be the
prope rty of the owner of the mine and
that oil boilers in and around mines shall
be inspected at intervals not longer than
six months. In case of accidents the
mine inspector must be promptly notified
80 that he may ascertain, act upon and
report on the circumstances thereof. The
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tional injury of shafts, lamps, instru'
meDts, air courses, etc.
Where persons are injured or killed
through violation of this act the person
injured or his legal representatives shall
recover from the owner, lessee or oper-
ator of the mine the damages sustained
The act is not to apply to mines in which
less than ten men are employed under
ground during each twenty four hours.
The bill has been referred to the COM
mittee on mines and public property and
will be considered this week.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Curry under
the title of @. B. No. SO is quite an i'm
portant one. 1t prescribes the form of
bonds in criminal cases and the language
in which the sureties shall be required to
Justify. The effect of this bill will be to
secure uniformity throughout the terri.
tory upon subject as to which there is
now considerable divergence.
Another bill just introduced by Mr.
Curry is one allowing levy by the coun-
ty commissioners of each county of a tax
for current expenses of 5 mills on each
dollar of taxable property. The bill also
allows county commissioners in case of a
surplus ir any fund, over and above what
is needed for the purposes of that fund,
to transfer the same to any other fund, at
their discretion.
The following acts of the 31st legisia.
tive assembly have become laws by re-
ceiving executive approval:
H. B. No. 4, defining the west boundary
of Eddy county.
terms of court in the Sd judicial dis.
trict.
C.B.No. 8, which amends chapter S2C
of the Com piled Laws of New Mexico 60
as to admit to the practice of law in this
territory any person otherwise qualified
who has declared his intention of becom.
| ing citizen of the United States accord.
ing to law and has resided in the terri.
tory for two years.
Council substitute for H. j. r. No.
and G. j. r. No. 4, providing for the com.
pensation of the territorial employees oil
the Legislature.
CD. R. No. 6, providing for the ser
vices of clerk from the force of each
house to assist the bar association com
mittee in the preparation of a code.
H. j. NJ. No. l, petitioning the Wash.
ington authorities to make certain needed
changes in the irrigation work among the
Navajo Indians.
The governor has also approved Il. j
! R. No. 2, providing for the purchase Of
four sets of the compiled and session
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