Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-03-16
The LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Appropriation Bill Passes House with
% Amendments and the Bill is
Sent to the Council for
Concurrence.
FOR CREATION SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Much Work Yet to Be Done Before
the Hour of Adjournment.
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.

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ent school law, passed the council this
morning.
Representative Smith feels good. Hif
bill No. 141, establishing preparatory
school at Clayton has passed both houses
Hon. Max Luna presided as chairman
of the committee of the whole during the
consideration of the appropriation bill
and did it we'd.
/ Councilman Curry this morning, by
unanimous consent, withdrew council bill
No. 139, providing for the creation of the
county of Santa CLARA.
Speaker Llewellyn is preparing manu-
al of parliamentary, to be called Llew-
ellyn's Parliamentary Reference, The New
MEXICAN will do the typographical work,
The house was in committee of the
! whole all forenoon on the annual appro
pration bill, and the bill was passed,
somewhat amended, at 1870 this after
noon.
The bill repeating the statute now in
force, preventing sheriffs from succeed
ing themselves more than once was
laid on the table this morning in the
council.
Governor Thornton today approved
house bill No. "a, providing for the com
pilation of the laws, and substitute for
house bill No. Sc, amending section four
of chapter one, session laws 1895.
special council committee, consist
ing of Mesers. Miera, Sandoval and
Chaves we're engaged last night in hear
ing arguments of interested parties on
the pending bills providing for the crea-
tion of Sacramento and Ration counties
Secretary Miller is having numerous
calls from different city and county Off
cials for certified copies of H. B. No. 81.
This is the Bateman bill which almost
revolutionizes the conduct of city y-and
county affairs and the different officials
have to have the law at once.
The council adopted the following res
olutions on yesterday: No. five, provid-
ing that no more bills shall be introduced
except by unanimous consent, and No.
six, limiting all debate on any question
to one minutes time.
House bill No. AZ, providing for the
creation of a sheep sanitary board, was
referred during the forenoon session of
the council to special committee con-
sisting of Messrs. Duncan, Chaves, Miera,
Curry and Fall with instructions to re-
port at ten a. m. tomorrow.
BY mutual consent steering committees
for the council and house were appointed
yesterday to act in concert and recon-
mend the passage Of such measures as
may be found necessary and benefcient
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of Councilmen Fall, Curry and Chaves
and Representatives Luna, Malaquias
Martinez and Bateman.
Councilman Curry withdrew his bill
transferring the headquarters of the Fifth
judicial district from Socorro to Roswell,
believing that it was best in the interests
of harmony and in order to enact some
greatly needed legislation during the re-
mainder of the session; on his motion
the council this forenoon passed by
unanimous vote a memorial, praying
congress to pass an act creating the Sixth
judicial district in New Mexico, to con-
sist of the counties of Chaves, Lincoln
and Eddy. The memorial ought to pass
the house speedily.
The house this morning passed the ap.
preparation bill, after making rs amend
ments. The council passed the following
measures: Council bill No. 131, An act to
amend section 12, chapter rs of the ses-
sion laws of 1891; house joint resolution
No. 8, to provide for the expenses of the
house committee appointed to investi-
gate territorial institutions; council joint
resolution No. 8, providing that the presi-
dent of the council, speaker of the house
and the chief clerks of both houses shall
remain ten days after adjournment to
close up the business of the session. At
four O'Clock both houses adjourned to
attend the banquet given in honor Of the
members by st. Michael's college.