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the reading in Spanish be suspended,
which was carried. Mr.. Bursum moved
hat the bill be translated, printed and
referred to the committee on judiciary.
Mr.. Richardson asked unanimous
consent to introduce a bill, which was
granted, c. B. No. 5, entitled, A act
in relation to the number and qualifl-
cation of jurors in the district courts for
the territory of New Mexico and for
other purposes" Read first time by IT,
tie. Mr.. Richardson moved that the
rules be suspended and the bill read the
second time by title. Carried. Mi.
Bursum moved that the bill be printed,
translated and referred to the commit
tee on judiciary, which was carried.
Mr.. Catron moved that the council do
now adjourn. Carried.
THE HOUSE.
Morning Session, January II.
The house was called to order with
the speaker in the chair.
Roll was called and the following
were present:
Marcelino Baca, r. P. Barnes, Pablo
Crespin, c.. Gallegos, r.. Gallegos, Emil
Ito Gutierrez, John r. Guyer, Ramon
de Herrera, Venceslao Jaramillo, Will
lam Fitzpatrick, T. d. Lieb, w. H. H.
Llewellyn, A. d. Mcintosh, Victor Or
tega, B. A. Romero, Benjamin Sanchez,
Pedro Sanchez, w. H. Schultz, Frank
Staplin. Marcial Valdez, ]. E. Wharton,
Frank H. Winston, Mr.. Speaker.
The journal was read in English and
on motion of Mr.. Sanchez the reading
of the journal in Spanish was dispensed
with.
Mr.. Romero, chairman of the commit
tee on privileges and elections, stated
that the committee desired to make a
report.
His wishes were granted and the fol-
lowing report made:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
33d Legislative Assembly of N. M.
Mr.. Speaker-Your committee on priv
ileges and elections, to whom was re-
ferred the election contest of Pablo Tru-
jillo VS.. Benjamin Sanchez for the Office
Of representative from the 7th legislat-
i've district of the territory of New Mex
leo, composed of the counties Of So
zorro and Sierra in said territory, have
had the same under consideration and
l am directed to report hereby to the
house of representatives as follows:
From the face of the returns of the
it appears that in the county of Socorro
the contestant, Pablo Trujillo, received
1905 votes; that the contestee, Benja-
min Sanchez, in the county of Socorro,
received 1855 votes and in the county of
Sierra AIS votes, being a total of 1,67O
votes and a majority of S votes over
contestant, Pablo Trujillo.
Your committee, however, finds that
there were II illegal votes cast by per-
sons who were not citizens of the Unit
ed States, which were counted and re-
turned for the said contestee, Benjamin
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illegal votes as cast and counted for the
said Benjamin Sanchez from the votes
he received, as shown by the face of the
returns, your committee finds that he
received 1859, and that, therefore, the
said Pablo Trujillo received a majority
of 6 of the legal votes cast at said cleo
ton in the said counties of Socorro and
Sierra, and is entitled to the office of
representative from the 7th legislative
district of the territory Of New Mexico,
and your committee recommends that
the said Pablo Trujillo be declared
elected to said office and sworn in to
hold the same.
Mr.. Llewellyn introduced the follow
ing resolution:
Be it resolved, by the house of rep
resentatives of the 33d legislative as
sembly of the territory of New Mexico:
First-That the report of the commit
tee on privileges and elections be and
the same is hereby adopted.
Second-That in the judgment Of the
oNoS " iSPiC oCllIdllNCS D6IlJdUlll Sdu-I
chez was not elected to the office of
representative of the 33d legislative as
from the 7th legislative district
OF the said territory of New Mexico
composed of the counties of Socorro and
Sierra and is not qualified to hold said
office, and it is the judgment of the said
house of representatives that Pablo
Trujillo was legally elected to said Of
and is qualified to hold the same.
Third-That the seat of the said Ben
Sanchez be, and the same is
hereby declared vacant as to him, and
Pablo Trujillo be and is hereby admit
ted to a seat in this house of represent
as a member from the 7th legis-
lative district of the said territory Of
New Mexico composed of the counties
of Socorro and Sierra.
On motion of Mr.. Gallegos the reso-
luton was adopted.
Mr.. Gutierrez moved that the speaker
a committee of three to accom-
pany Mr.. ,Trujillo to the bar Of the
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Motion prevailed and the following
were selected: Messrs. Gu
Eierrez, Llewellyn and Lieb, who &C.
sompanied Mr.. Trujillo to be sworn in.
rhe committee performed it's duties and
we're discharged, and Mr.. Trujillo was
worn in as a member of the house of
representatives.
h speaker announced the following
lcuse committees:
Judiciary-W. H. H. Llewellyn,
Sanchez. Lieb, Guyer and
Wharton.
Railroads.&c.. H. H. Llewellyn, X. A.
3aca, Jaramillo, Gutierrez, Lieb.
County and county lines-B. A. Ro-
nero. R. A. Baca, Victor Ortega, Nc /,
ntosh. Lieb, M. Baca and Herrera.