Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-02-25

WEDNESDAY MORNING.

WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The house was called to order at 10 6
m. with the speaker ia the chair and al
members present. A quorum being pres
ent the house proceeded to business.
| The journal was read and approved.
Mr.. Malaquia Martinez stated tina
there having been committee appoint
cd to inquire into the cost of the com
pilation of the laws, salG committee hat
had no time to make such inquiry as ye
and much less time to report. Therefore
he moved that H. B. No. 81, An act to
provide for the compilation, publication
and distribution of the laws of the terri
tory of New Mexico, be made the special
order for Monday at 10 a. m.
Mr.. Luna moved to amend the motor
of Mr.. Martinez by saying shat we &
into the consideration of the bill at once.'
The motion on the amendment wal
lost.
Mr.. Smith amended Mr.. Malaquiae
Martinez motion to make it the special
order for tomorrow at 10 a. m. The rol
call was ordered on the motion of the
amendment of Mr.. Smith and the vote
resulted as follows: Ayes, 8; nays, Is
Whereupon the chair declared the motion
lost.
Mr.. Luna moved to amend the motion
of Mr.. Martinez that FL. B. No. 81 be
made the special order for o'clock this
afternoon.
The roll call was ordered with the fol :
lowing result: Ayes, 8; nays, Is. Where
upon the chair declared that the motion
Of Mr.. Luna amending the motion of Mr.
Martinez was lost.
Mr.. Malaquias Martinez called for thu
previous question. The ayes and nays
we're called with the following result
Ayes, II; nays, 7. The motion was de-
clared carried.
Mr.. Read stated that the previous ques
tion could not be put, unless two-thirds
of the votes of the house we're cast in
favor of it. The chair held, that under
the rules of the house and the practice
which governs this body, the proposition
before this house being in its regular
order, that it only required majority
vote to order the previous question,
The question came up on shall the main
question be now put. The proposition
prevailed. The question came up now
on the proposition to make H. B. No. 81
the special order for 10 O'Clock a. m. or
Monday. The ayes and nays being or.
dsred with the following result: Ayes
II; nays,7. Whereupon the chair stated
that H. B. No. "a, An act to provide for
the compilation, publication and dis
tribution of the laws of the territory OF
New Mexico, was made the special order
for 10 O'Clock on Monday.
Mr.. Sera moved and asked unanimous
consent that H. B. No. 96, An act with
regard to the diversion of waters, be
made the special order for Friday morn
ing at 10 O'Clock a. m. The motion pre-
vailed.
Upon motion of Mr.. Mahoney the house
adjourned until O'Clock p. m.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
The house was called to order at 2 p.
m. with the speaker in the chair.
A quorum being present the house pro-
ceeded to business.
Under reports of standing committees,
the following committees made the fol-
lowing reports:
The committee on Judiciary reported
O. B. No. Is, An act relating to candidates
and voters at elections, to the house
recommending that it be not passed.
Mr.. Read moved that the report of the
committee on judiciary on O. B. No. 15
be adopted.
Mr.. Smith moved to amend the motion
of Mr.. Read by re-referring said bill to
the committee on Judiciary for considera-
tion.
Mr.. Sena moved as amendment to the
amendment offered by the gentleman
from Union county, Mr.. Smith, that this
house do now resolve itself into COM
mittee of the whole for the consideration
of @. B. No. Is.
The roll call being ordered on the
amendment to the amendment offered by
Mr.. Smith with the following result:
Ayes, 8; nays, IA.
Whereupon the chair stated that the
amendment to the amendment offered by
the gentleman from Union that the house
90 into committee of the whole for the
consideration of @. B. No. Is was lost.
The question before the house was then
on the amendment of the gentleman from
Union county, Mr.. Smith.
The roll call was ordered with the fol-
lowing result: Ayes, IA; nays, 8.
Whereupon the chair stated that the
motion prevailed and that @. B. No, Is
was rs.referred to the committee on judi
ciary.
The committee on judiciary also re-
ported on q. B. No. 10i, An act concern
ing Justices of the peace, recommending
its passage.
On motion of Mr.. Read the report Of
the committee on judiciary was adopted
The committee on mines and public
lands reported on b. B. No. SO, An act in
relation to mining clsims, recommending
that it be passed. On motion of Mr.,
Bateman the report of the committee was
received. Mr.. Reynolds moved that the
rules be now suspended, and that h. b
No. SO be read the third time IN full pre-
paratory to its passage. The motion
prevailed, by the necessary two-thirds
vote majority. On motion of Mr.. j. P.
Sandoval the reading Of h. B. No. So in
Spanish was dispensed with. On motion
of Mr.. Malaq uias Martinez the bill was
placed upon it's passage. The roll call
being ordered, the following is the result:
Ayes, 23; Nays, none. Whereupon the
chair stated that a. b. No. SO having re-
ceived the majority votes Of this house
dAclared the bill passed.
message from the council was an
nounced stating that the officers of the
council had signed H. J.. NJ. No. 2, relat.
ing to the appointing boAa fids residents
OF the territory to federal positions, and
returned the came herewith. The chair
stated that the message wor''a be re-
csived and that u would take ill., regular
course.
Mr.. nsynolds moved that the vote by
which H.Bs NJ. 81 had passed, be recon