Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-03-08
Correspondents Of TIM or1lo.

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ment.
THE COUNCIL.
In the council Mr.. Richardson intro
duced G. b. No. 1s5. an act to reguIat'
practice in the supreme and districts
courts. Mr.. Duncan offered memo
rial which sets forth that the monntair
streams Of New Mexico are particular,
adapted to trout. and for the purpose Of
supplying the streams in Arizona ano
New Mexico it asks congress to estab-
lish trout hatchery atsome p INT near
the Hot Springs in San Miguel county,
The resolution was adopted under q
suspension of the rules.
Council substitute for II. b. No. 81
relating to mining claims, which passed
yesterday, was taken upi the vote, By
which it passed, was reconsidered, the
bill further amended and passed.
G. b. No. 6S, being the Duncan bill
to regulate the doing of business by
fire and life Insurance companies, was
passed; not however, until the section
providing for a Territorial superintend-
ent of insurance was eliminated from
the bill. The act taxes companies ~
per cent on the gross amount of preml'
ums written and, it is said, will yield
the Territory $l2,t0O year.
II. B. No. 58, an act to repeal section
739 chapter IL, Compiled Laws, came VI
next.
This is the section that limits sheriffs
| from holding that Office to two consecu
tive terms. Mr. Catron opposed this
measure, and said the bill ought not tt
pass, unless it was amended so as tt
prevent sheriffs from holding but on'
term, He said it was frequently
the case that these officers, al
soon as installed in Office, began TO i--'
Ischemes to get the Office again. ofien Z
tthe detriment OF their official duties
The bill, however, passed by vote Of
Ito 5. Messrs. Aucheta. Catron, Burns
Romero and Valdez voting in the mega
tive. This and the bill which passet
the legislature some time ago, giving
sheriffs 121S cents mileage, are The
measures introduced at the instance Of
Tom Hubbell, sheriff of BernalllIt
county. who is now serving his secont
term In that office. and for the passag'
of which he spent two or three weekl
lobbying in the legislature.
THE sHERIFFs' LOBBY.
Just why Mr.. Richardson shoult
support this bill. and just what Interest
he has in the special beneficiary of thii
piece ofllegislation is hard to say. HI
is certainly almost directly responsible
for the passage of the measure. as hii
vote on the other side would have pre-
vented its passage.
G. B. No. 3, an act which revives thl
old road supervisor law, with goet
many new provisions, and which wa
recommended for passage by the com
mittee on roads and highways, Mr.
Hughes, chairman, was taken up. 1
allows supervisors So per day. but lin
its them to twenty-five days each year
requires them to give bond for faith
ful discharge of their duties, ETC., etc,
cATRoN AGAIN RIGHT.
Mr.. Catron opposed this bull and salt
thatit would cost some counties $2,50O
lie also said a bond was to be given t
the Territory which was not worth th
paper it was written upon. and coul
not be recovered upon in any court.
i Mr.. Richardson defended the bill
But, on motion of Mr Catron. the bi
was laid on the table indefinitely by
rising vote of 7 to 5. After the vol
was taken Mr. Richardson took Nj
Catron to task for his action, and som
lively sparing took place, But Mr.. Al
cheta called sattention to the fact thi
, there was nothing before the council
and suggested that business be PR
ceeded with. This defeated measur
: had been reported from the committe
with the recommendation that 1t pas
The committee also had two other bill
in its hands on the same subject, an
Immediately made a favorably repo
on q. B. No 40, which does not diff
much from the former bill. Itlimi
!. tbe supervisors of roads to S25 per al
i mum, but before they can draw the
{ pay they must swear that they ha1
{ kept the roads in good repair in the
respecIIye districts. Mr.. Calron su
gested that this bill be laid aside; tn
!. the committee on public high wa
! might report any other bill on that SD
! ject. This was done and the semi
% member from Bernalillo sent up su
/ stituie for G. b. Nos. and 80. with
> favorable report. Thus within fe
minutes the committee made favorab
G reports on three measures treating
the same subject, and no two resei
= = bling each other. 1t shows that th
y committee can adapt itself to circul
stances at least, After considering Il