Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-01
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.
TO-DAY,S BUSINESS.

INEDA > BUSlN ESS.
In the council of the legislature to-day
the following business was transacted:
The committee on finance reported a
substitute for c. Bs. Is and IS relating
to civil trials and compensation of juries
therein. Hon. II, o. Bursum introduced
c. b. No. 100, prohibiting the throwing
of carcasses or trash or the emptying of
sewers into any streams in the territory,
and providing that all such trash or
refuse shall be burned. Hon. r. B,
Catron introduced a bill providing for
the punishment OF persons guilty of con
sriracy and fixing conspiracy as the
acts of two or more men who combine
to give false evidence, to iniure char
acter, to prevent competition or letting
contracts. C.B.111 introduced by Hon. H.
o. Bursum. provides that a committee of
| control known as the palace Control
Committee shall be empowered to re-
ceive and diSburSe moneys and have full
charge and control of the buildings and
grounds occupied by territorial and
federal officers on the north side of the
| plaza in Santa Fe. Hon. E. Romero
introduced a bill which was passed,
authorizing boards of county commits.
sioners to change the names of unincor-
| porated towns and villages or settle
ments or precincts, on a petition of a
majority of the voters in any precinct.
G. b. No. Is was taken up and passed,
which regulates the practice in guar
nishment, very slightly changing the
present laws and bringing together the
various acts, and providing that where
the holder Of property is forced to take
the place of defendant he shall be re-
cJmpensed by the court out of the prop
erty in his hands. The council is now
considering the Bursum bill for refund
ing the, entire territorial Indebtedness in
4 per cent bonds.
In the house the following bills were
introduced: By Hon. w. H. Schultz.
for the protection of secret order labor
ing men by prohibiting the publication
Of names for blacklistening purposes; by
Hon. Frank Staplin, to authorize boards
of county commissioners to levy taxes
for current expenses not to exceed AZ
mills; by A. d. Mcintosh, to give m
equal suffrage in the matter of voting
on school questions; by Hon. r. Gallegos,
to give sheriffs 80 per day for attending
probate court and meetings of boards of
county commissioners; by Hon. R. p.
Barnes, a good roads bill, which incor-
porates all the leading features of pre-
vious bills on the subject. The ON
mittee which visited the normal school
in Silver City reported favorably on the
institution. A substitute for II. Il. No.
67 was passed which makes it unlawful
for butchers to buy dressed beef carcass
sed unless fully able to account for pos
session of the same, and fixing a fine of
$25 to $1,000 Or Imprisonment for six
months to three years for violation of
the act. Substitute for G. B. No. 2, was
passed for the protection of fish and
game in the territory. 1t strikes out the
clause making crossing an enclosed field
with dog, tackle or gun prima facie evid-
ence of trespass and provides that a petit
ton of 25 resident property owners of a
county is sufficient to induce boards of
county commissioners to extend the
time for killing quail.
II. B. No. 81, relating to the deaf and
blind asylum at Santa Fe, has been
passed by the house as amended by the
council and is now ready to become u
law.
G.. B. No. IL, which provides that rail-
way companies operating in the territory
may transact business in the principal
place of business of the corporation, has
passed the house and is ready for the
governors signature. 1t also provides
that the guardian or trustee, executor
or person holding stock in railway com-
panies as collateral security or in pledge
shall not be held personally subject to
any liability as a stakeholder of the COM
pany.