Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-03-16
LAST LEGISLATIVE DAY.
The Optics ambassador Reports
In Detail the Closing Hour
Sessions.


Special Correpondsncs Of The Optic.
SANTA FE, March l5.-The house was
in session until 10 o'clock last night.
The frat measure taken up was an act
to prevent the lnter-msrriage. Of white,
with muIattoes and negroes, but the
house sat down on the measure BY q
vote of IL TOT. II. B. No. 40, an act
to provide salaries for justices OF the
peace. was defeated by vote of 10 to S.
This is the first salary bill defeated at
this session.
II. B. NO. l21. an act to facilitate
business In the district courts was pass
ed and substitute for II. B. No. l10s, FOR
the preservation of the public health
and TOR other purposes, was also passed
by vote of Is TO Guyer. H, B. No.
JOG, to provide salaries for probate
clerks, was tabled indefinitely. The
trouble lies in the fact that these pro-
bate clerks and justices OF the peace did
not bring In their bills
EARLY IN THE SESSION,
when the high salary fever was on. @.
B. No.75. relating to garnishments, was
tabled indefinitely, by vote Of ii TO 8,
and the same action was taken on H. b.
No. 100, relating to public highways.
Then the irrepressible Guyer had the
rules suspended and introduced H. b
No. lat, which is a bill to the effect
that where parties get transcripts from
court clerks and don't pay for them the
judge can order them paid from the
court funds. For supreme gall this
takes the cake. What is the So, 200 per
annum, provided in the appropriation
bill, for each one of these clerks, for,
anyhow? The other treasury looters
are not in 1t, as against these fellows.
The bill was referred to the judiciary
committee, but later on MIR. Luna, cali
ing Mr.. Fitzpatrick to the chair, had the.
vote reconsidered and passed thes bill.
without any trouble, Jaramillo, Kilpat-
rick, Leib, Mcintosh, StapIlu, Wharton
ana Winston voting against the bill
The Union county man then introduced
joint memorial asking the Hon. VIM.
aicKinley when he organized the three
cavalry regiments, provided for in the
army bill. to remember the officers Of
the regiment of
ROUGH RIDERS.
Guyer had better luck with this and
1t passed without opposition. II. B
No. l39, an act to protect the fruit in
tsrests in New Mexico, passed q. B.
No. so, to cheaper the transfer of real
estate, ETC., was laid on the table inden
nitely.
H. B. No. 1877, to regulate the sale Of
spirituous and vinous liquors, was
taken up and had stormy time. 1t
was defeated finally By the close vote Of
10 to 8. Mr.. Gutierrez made, no doubt,
the speech of his life against this meas
ure. The bill provided that those who
retailsd native wine were required to
pay license fee. and that did not suit
the grape raisers little bit. The house
then adjourned. The session was lively
from start to finish. and for half an
hour at time almost every other mo-
ton was to adjourn, to table, to recon-
NIT, etc. etc. 81.
THE COUNCIL.
The council met promptly this morn
ing and. after the approval Of the jour
nal Mr.. Valdez presented petition
from the citizens of Colfax county
asking for division of Oolfax county.
1t Is quite voluminous and recites all
other efforts made for yeara past to di-
videthe county, several hundred citizens
of Colfax county being the petitioners.
1t was referred to the committee on
county and county lines.
Mr.. Cstron reported council bill No.
100, authorizing the governor and ad-
iutant general to purchase certain mus
ter in and muster cut rolls and other
papers. Mr.. Bursum wanted : limit
placed 10 the bill, and finally Mr. Catron
consented to limit of $3.50, and thus
amended tbe bill passed.
@. B. No. SO, which regulates corpo-
ration fees for fling, etc. was amended
and passed; and H. B. No. III was
taken up. This is the second interest
bill passed by the house and defeated
in the council. AS passed by the house
it provided for 8 per cent; the commit
tee raised it to 10 per cent, but on final
passage it failed, the vote being 6 to g.
Ancheta, Barnes, Oatron. Richardson
Valdez and Chaves voting against the
measure.
G. B. No. III, which provides for the
establishment of reform school
| IN GUADALUPE COUNTY
was defeated TO s. Ii. B. No. 142,
providing fer the deficiencies was
| passed, after knocking out several items
added By the house. Itnow goes back
to the house, and will probably be sent
toa csmmittesof Conference.
G. B. No. Ill, establishing commits.
sion to control and manage the Cover
nor's palace was passed, MIR. Richardson
Ivoting In the negative.
HiB. No. l02. an act creating pre-
psratory school at Clayton came up
and Mr.. Duncan moved the passage Of
the bill. but as six voted in the afiirma.
tive and like number In the negative
It failed to pass. After which the coun-
Gil took recess until 8 o'clock.
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