Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-01-19
The House.

YESTERDAY AFTERNOON SESSION.
Yesterday afternoons session of the
house opened with Mr.. Sanchez, the hui
morous representative from Valencia
county in the chair. The committee on
judiciary, through Mr.. Pine, favorably
reported, with an amendment, II. b.
No. 10.
The original bill provides that the Off
DIAL bonds of present and future tax collec-
tors and e1-officio collectors shall be in
fifty per cent of the amount of the tax
roll, and is intended to relieve the pres
emit hardship in requiring bond in
double the amount of the tax roll. The
amendment extending the time for filing
the bond from January 20, as at present
fixed, to February Is, was adopted by
the house, as was an amendment by Mr..
Hinkle, making the bond requiring the
full amount of the tax roll. Mr.. Carr
also offered an amendment inserting a
repeating cause for conflicting laws,
which amendment was adopted.
Mr.. Armijo introduced II. 8. No. Al,
an act SIN reference to mayor domos of
public aoequias in this territory"
This bill was read once by title.
Mr.. Leaden introduced H. B. No. AZ,
providing that passenger rates on rail
| roads ia New Mexico shall not exceed 8
cents per mile. This bill was read twice
and referred to the committee on rail.
roads.
FL. R. No. 6, introduced by Mr.. Leaden
providing for an appropriation of $1,000
for the temporary relief of employees, was
laid on the table or, as Speaker pro TEN
Sanchez put it, "sent to the waste
basket" by practically unanimous
vote.
H. B. No. 80, Mr.. Carr's measure requir.
ing payment for gambling licenses quar-
terly, was read second time IN full and
referred to the committee on finance.
H. B. No. 40, by Mr.. Lucero, relating tc
public and private bitches, went. alter its
second reading, to the committee on irrl.
cation.
The house at 3:15 took recess to await
a report from the joint committee on en-
ployes' compensation.
Upon the reconvening Of the house at
AIS O'Clock, Council Chief Clerk
Lucero appeared with substitute to H.
J. R. No. s, and with q. J. r. No. 4, which
be stated had just been passed by the
council and in which the concurrence OF
the house was asked. The resolutions
were read in full as follows:
Resolved by the house of representa-.
tives, the council concurring, That in ad
ditlon to the subordinate officers pro-
vided by act of congress, there shall be
the following additional officers, who shall
in no sense be considered officers of their
respective houses, but simply as en-.
ployes necessary and indispensable fol
the prompt dispatch Of the public bust
ness; they shall receive as full compen
sstion per day the amounts herein eel
forth:
One assistant sergeant-at-arms, Sc
one interpreter, s.; one translator
$S: two assistant translators, So
FIRST assistant interpreter, IS; door
keeper, IS; journal clerk, So; reading
clerk, So; copying clerk, S.; one assist
ant enrolling clerk, SIS; one assistant en-
crossing clerk, S.; one copying clerk, SIS
ono clerk of committee on judiciary, SIS
one clerk of committee on education, SIS
one clerk of committee on finance, IS
one clerk of committee on penitentiary
| IS; one porter, 81; one messenger, 81
one postmaster, s.; one assistant doc