Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-07
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.

Mrs. Warren, the bright and r~ustline
Silver City insurance agent, visited the
legislature yesterday.
Chief Clerk 'Billy" Martin reads
Spanish as fiuently as a bright Sunday
school recites the Lords prayer.
H. B.. No. "a, providing for four
| plainly marked posts to designate the
boundaries of mining claims, has passed
the council.
The Colfax county division fight has
| sufficiently recovered from it's first knock
out to be again in evidence in the legis-
lative ring.
G. b. Nc. 121, introduced by Hon. 7.
B. Catron, relates to penitentiary SEN
fences and authorizes and regulates
parolling prisoners.
III. B. No. SO, relative to placing pro-
bate clerks under bonds, was amended
by the council to make the single bond
of 5000 apply to ex-oficio clerk and
recorder.
G. B. No. 122, introduced by Hon. L.
B. Catron, seeks to provide for the
punishment of habitual criminals. 1t is
in line with the latest ideas on the
subject.
ii. B. No. AZ, relative to the salary
and accomplishments of the territorial
librarian, was amended in the council
by increasing his salary to $50 per month,
and passed.
A petition has been received in the
council from the citizens of the north
eastern portion of Rio Arriba county
requesting that the region be attached
to Taos county.
II. b. No. SIS. to relieve unpatented
mining claims from taxation, has been
amended by the council to make the ex-
emption apply to n year after patent
has been granted, and was then passed.
The fire and life insurance companies
are in a hard row of stumps with the
present assembly. 1t seems to be the
disposition to tax them. A bill to that
effect passed the council yesterday by 8
to 4.
c. b. No. 81, to repeal and harmonize
the statutes in accordance with the
recommendations of the solicitor gen.
eral, has been referred back to the com-
mittee IN Judiciary in the council, for
amendment.
Hon. 7. B. Catron has introduced G.
B. No. 100, for the protection OF attor-
neys who take land grant cases. 1t
makes the joint holders in real estate
responsible for the attorneys fees and
the land is a lien for the moneys due.
c. b. No. Sc, providing for the cleo
ton of city marshals in towns of the
first class and making it optional whether
they shall be elected or appointed in
cities of the second class, has passed the
council.
Under the provisions Of G. B. No. 81,
has passed, the governor is en-
powered to hire detectives for the pur-
pose of hunting down criminals and fer
reting out crimes. He is limited to an
expenditure of 81, 900 per annum in the
prosecution of the work.
Hon. j. A. Ancheta is the author OF
b. No. 1873, which will prevent fire in
surance companies from doing business
the territory without complying with
The laws. Under its provisions certain
are declared void and the assured
nave no recognition in the courts of the
territory. A good bill and should pass.
C. b. No. So, to tax insurance COM
~ per cent on the gross amount
If premiums written has passed the
1t provides that the money re-
,eived shall 60 to the territorial treas
lrer for the interest fund and abolishes
he feature relating to creating the office
" insurance commissioner. The meas