Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-03-10
The LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Bills for the Organization and DIS
cipline of Territorial Militia, and
Funding of Outstanding COun-
ty, Municipal and School
Indebtedness, Passed
by Council.
The COLORADO LEGISLATURE THANKED
House Bill Providing for Teachers Ter
ritorial Certificates Fails to Pass.
BILLS APPROVED AND SIGNED.

BILLS APPROVED AND SIGNED.
Governor Thornton today approved
and signed the following bills: House
bill No. Ill, An act for the protect.or 1f
game and fish; council bill No. l6, An act
to provide for the better care of streets
and sidewalks in the unincorporated
county seats of this territory; house bsSl
No. 1872, An act relating to municipal cor
porations; house bill No. 10, An act to
provide for the payment of license by
persons owning or controlling nickle-in-
the-slot machines; house bill No. 142. An
act to provide for the protection of live
stock against injury by railroads.
LEa1sLAT1vE GOSSIP.
Seven more legislative days ahead and
a sharp lookout must be kept on militia
warrant schemes.
House bill No. 1853, An act concerning
teachers territorial certificates, was
passed by the house this afternoon.
The council, as a committee of the
whole, with Mr.. Curry in the chair, spent
the greater part of the afternoon consid-
ering the conference committees fee and
salary bill. The measure passed by an
unanimous vote.
Representative Max Luna presided yes
teraay, as speaker pro tenn of the house.
Iu this capacity Mr.. Luna displayed much
presence OF mind, was fair and just in all
rulings, and earned words of praise from
his fellow members.
The house this forenoon listened to the
report of the committee on investigation
of the territorial institutions. The re-
port is signed by Messrs. L. A. Reynolds,
Malaquias Martinez, J. D. Sena and W. A..
Cristman. The territorial institutions
are in good condition.
Two important bills were passed by the
council this forenoon, the amended mill
tia bill, which is in very good shape and
houss bill, No. g., providing Tor the
funding of outstanding county, municipal
and school indebtedness. Both bills we're
passed as they came from the house.
Petitions for the appointment of Col
onel p. Mothersill, of Engle, as collector
of customs at FL Paso, were signed
yesterday by members of the assem-
bly,, 80 we're petitions for the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Henry ID. Bowman tor
the receivership of the Las Cruces land
office.
The appropriation bill has been COM
pleted by the finance committees of both
houses and will likely be introduced to-
morrow. Councilman Curry and Repre-
sentative Sena have done large share of
the work, but all the members of both
committees, house and council, have la
bored faithfully on the bill. It makes a
large reduction in expenses for the com
ing two years.
Gov. E. s. Slower, than whom no better
friend of education lives in the territory,
returned this morning from Santa Fe.
The governor had been on mission to
the capital in the interest of the Univer-
sity. He reports legislative matters
there as gong along in the even tenor of
their way, and our county legislators do
ing their whole duty in behalf of Albu-
querque and the territory.-Albuquerque
Citizen.
The council this morning passed house
substitute for council bill No. 81, An act
providing for the organization, discipline
and regulation of the militia of the terri.
tory of New Mexico; house bill No, 81, An
act for the purpose of funding the float
ing indebtedness of counties, boards of
education, municipal corporations, and
school districts; council substitute for
council bill No. 81, An act providing the
time for holding NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..