Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-14
SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE
Our Correspondents Again Looks
Critically Into the Letis-
lators' .DoInes.

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Correspondence Of Tzz opzsc. ~ !
SANTA FE, Feb. Is. The leehlatiy'
council met 10. ner2ine s&1I6n n
usual. Messfs. Hughes Valdez an'
Burns being absent. After the feadinl
OF the journal, Martinez arose anl
stated be was absent ct the last session
Of the council. when G B. No. "a
Known as the Duncan revenue bill. waI
passed. Mr.. Martinez said he was op
posed to the bill Is passed, and though
itwonld work a great hardship to tn,
people Of Taos county and elsewhere
and wanted the passage Of the bill re
considered, and the journal To- shol
that fact.
AIr Catron stated that the gentlema
from Taos had his rights any tima<
ing the legislative day. The pre-
also stated it would be necessal
some member who was present L
voted for the bill, to move its reconsI|
eration. With these explations the joul|
nal was approved as Fezd, aud
nez' vote aeainst the measure
corded.
Mr.. Ancheta introduced Q. J. M'
No. 8. II memoriaIizes the President,
secretary of the interior. and commits.
sioners Of the general land Office
against the establishing Of the contem-
plated forest reserve in the Mogollon
mountains, in Grant and socorro coun-
ties, or elsewhere in New Mexico, until
the school land selectionhad been made.
The rules we're suspended on motion Of
Mr.. Bursnm, and. on motion Of Mr..
Martinez, the memorial passed
Mr.. Ancheta, from the committee on
education. made favorable report on
II. b. No. SO, an act making an appro-
priation Of s.. .0l0 to complete the Nor
NAL school building at Silver City.
The only bill introduced was by Mr..
Finical, being q. b. No. So, an act to
amend section 1886 Of the Compiled
Laws, which was. under suspension OF
the rules, ordered translated, printed
and referred to the committee on judi.
cialy.
In the house the reading of the jour
nal was dispensed with, and the speaker
took up the order of business. The fol-
lowing bills were introduced: H. B.
No. r. by Lieb. an act to preserve the
public health. H. B. No. 73, BY Kilpat.|
rick, an act to maintain an industrial
school. H. B. No. IA, by Guiterrez, an
act to create the county Of Mckinley.
and provide for the government Of the
same.
This bill was not read In full. The
new county is to be taken from the
western part of Bernalilio with the
town of Gallup as the central figure.
FL. B. No. 75, by GalIegos. is an act
in reference to pawn brokers. Mr. Tru-'
jillo moved to suspend the rules and
take up G. B. No. 80, an act to attach
the county Of Lincoln to the Socorro
district for district attorney purposes.
Wharton opposed taking this bill up at
this time and said he was opposed to
the bill; as there would be another
judicial district, he thought it would
complIcate matters in his county: and
the motion to suspend the rules was.
defeated. After several committee re-
ports, next on the docket came II. ]. r.
No. 4, which provides for the printing
Of 100 copies in EAglish and 100 copies
in Spanish of the report Of the superin-
tendent Of public instruction, for the
use of the members of the legjsle
This passed, Of course. On motion of
Fitzpatrick H B, No. So was taken up
and passed, II is an act to promote
discovery and development OF mining
claims. 1t exempts them from
taxation. On this bill Mr.. Wharton
voted In the negative. Following this
H. p. No. 81 was taken up and passed..
It repeaIs existing laws as to mining
claims, etc.
THE PRINTING BILLS.
II. B. No. Sc then came up smiling