Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-03-02
rnEnEorsLArrvE ASSEMBLY,
The Business That Occupied The At
tention ofBoth Bodies In Santa
Fc Yesterday.

Special 10 The Optic.
SANTA FIX. N. M, March LIST, 1897
THE council was mol IN session yer,
long, to-day, but the body did SOM
very important work, the first being
the "killing'' Of council bill No. IL
"the code bill" This is a law il
which every lawyer in the Territory Il
Interested and ono that. will probably
pass, at the first session after statehood
IL obtained.
1t seems that q county all Of your
own, is not what II Is talked up to be-
as a petition was filed In the council,
to-day, by the citizens OF Guadalupe
county, asking that this county be an
nexed to Union county. Many people
OF Rio Arriba and Taos counties de-
sire consolidation. In connection with
the Guadalupe petition, it must be adj
ded that the same was tabled indefr-
itely.
The council rather summarily dis
posed of house bill No. %, which was
the subject of so much contention in
the house, last Friday. by tabling the
same indefinitely, without the formal
ity Of referring it to = committee.
Substitute to council bill No. IA,
"the ustice-of-the-peace BILL" which
was made q political issue in both
houses, was also skilled" in tho coun-
oil, to.day.
In the absence OF President Antonio
Joseph, Senator Martin ably presided
as president pro tenn.
THE HOUSE,. Al
This morning, Mr.. Reynolds, rep
r~esentative from Sierra county, who
is ever watchful OF tho interests Of the
miner, introduced house joint memorial
No. s, a memorial to congress praying
that the law passed by congress.
establishing q court of private land
claims be corrected. 1t seems that
while this law expressly says that all
grants confirmed by this court, shall
leave the property Of all gold, silver or
quicksilver mines in the United States
and subject to entry by miners under
the United States law, there Is q
conflicting clause in the law which
makes such entry subject to the ap
proval OF the owner Of the grant.
Congress should correct this and open
up new fields for the Investment OF
capital.
Three bills were introduced in the
to day. They are as follows:
No. 1872, an act providing that any
teacher in the public schools who has
successfully taught school in this Ter
ritory for a period Of ten years, shall
oe granted a license for the next ten
7ears, without an examination.
No. 1888, an act to provide for the
'emoval Of tho capital to the city OF
Albuquerque.
No. 1874, an act to create the
ounty of Sacramento. This bill was
lot acted upon, however, as it did not
eceive the necessary two-thirds vote,
equired 10 the house to bring up any
ounty division bill.
The compilation bill was the subject
t another heated discussion in the
louse, this afternoon, and the commit
to whom the same was referred. was
ERECTED to report the same at
o'clock p. M, Tuesday. and before
his reaches the eyes of the public. 10
'rint, the much-talked-of bill will
'robably either have been killed or
The only bill that passed the house,
o-day, was council bill No. 81. an act
'roviding for the fling of certificates
i Incorporation by Incorporated COM
'anies and charging a fee therefor.