Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1897-03-11

Roll call was ordered upon motion of Mr..
Spless and the vote resulted in the
ahrmat1ve, motion prevailed and the
council resolved itself into committee of
the whole with Mr.. Curry in the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Spiess the bill was
read the third time by title preparatory
to its passage. Mr.. Martin moved that
the bill do pass and roll call being or
dered the vote resulted In tho affirmative
and Il. b. No. 67 duly passed.
On motion OF Mr.. Martin recess was
taken until 3 O'Clock p. ID.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
The council met pursuant to recess at
D O'Clock with the president in the chair
and all members present.
The president announced special order
@. b. No. 1870, An act to provide for the
compensation of county officers and for
other purposes. Upon motion of Mr.
Chavee, the council resolved itself com
mittee of the whole to consider said bill
and with Mr.. Curry in the chair. The
committee of the whole arose eandthrougb
its chairman reported that it had had
said bill under consideration md re-
ported same back to the council with the
Recommendation that it be }assed as
amended. Upon motion of Mr.. Miera
the report was adopted. Upon motion
of Mr.. Martin the bill was read the third
time by title preparatory to it's passage
Mr.. Fall moved to amend by striking out
the first five lines of section 10 aud in-
serting in lieu thereof the following:
That sections 4, 5 and Of chapter 50 of
the session laws of 1889 entitled An act
fixing the fees of clerks of the District
courts and for other purposes, be and the
same are hereby repeated in ali the parts
aud provisions of each Of said sections
That section OF said act and the same ia
hereby amended by adding thereto the
the words "the fees herein provided shall
be retained by said clerks in full for their
compensation as such, and they may re-
qure such fees to be paid in advance
That section of said act be amended SO
as to read as follows, viz:. Sec section 8
Hereafter no costs or LICENSES shall be
allowed or charged by any clerk against
the territory or any county or municipal
corporation, nor shall any clerk of the
district court be appointed master in any
chancery case pending before any of the
courts of this territory. Roll call was
demanded upon said motion and the vote
resulted in the affirmative and the amend.
ment was adopted. The bill was read the
third time by title. Mr.. Duncan moved
that the bill do pass and roll call being
demanded the vote resulted ia the affirms,
tive and q. B. No. 12O duly passed.
By unanimous consent Mr.. Curry pre-
sented report from the committee on
finance recommending the passage of G.
B. No. 12S, An act providing for the re-
clamation of arid lands and to enable
counties to vote bonds fo. sinking ex.
perimental wells. Upon motion of Mr.
Duncan the report was received and laid
upon the table to await it's regular order
By unanimous consent Mr.. Finical
presented report from the committee on
territorial affairs, recommending passage
of @. B. No. 1876, An act to amend section
SOL Of the Compiled Laws of the territory
of New Mexico of 1884. Upon motion OF
Mr.. Archuleta report was received and
together with bill laid upon the table to
| await regular order.
Upon motion of Mr.. Finical said bill
was read third time by title preparatory
to its passage. Mr.. Martin moved that
the bill do pass. Roll call was ordered
and the vote resulted in the affirmative
and G. B. No. 1875 duly passed.
Message was received from the house
of representatives announcing concur
renee by that body in the passage of Y,
B. No. 122, An act to provide for the com
pensation of the board Of equalization
for the Forty sixth and Forty-seventh
fiscal years; alao passage of II. B. No.
149, an act to amend an act entitled An
act fixing the time of holding the Dis,
trict courts in the several counties in the
Fourth judicial district of the territory
of New Mexico and for other purposes,