Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-09
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.

Only one more week of the legislature
Yesterday was IA working day for com
mitteeS.
The time for making a reputation Oh
the part of the legislators is narrowing.
Now that the session is nearing an
end the reading of the journal will be
dispensed with frequently.
Insurance people from all we the
territory are flocking to the city to look
after the matters that affect their bust
ness.
From the number of bills introduced
relative to insurance matters, it is evi.
dent that the members have a grudge
against the companies.
A Las Vegas paper has sprung an
other sensation on a member of the
legislature which will grab the territory
by the slack of the pants and shake ii
from stem to gudgeon and jar the foun-
dations of the new capitol building.
The news is about six months stale in
Santa Fe, but perhaps the Vegas nal
has just awakened from a prolonged
sleep.
Liz HoHHc UullulHS uHu louH doSoClu-
tions are making a hard fight to have
their business protected by the legisla-
ture and they should be given considera-
ton. The protection of home industries
is nearest and dearest to the heart of
the man anxious to build up the terri
tory. and if these concerns are protected
| thousands of dollars per annum will re-
main in the territory for building up
homes with local money that now goes
to outside states to build homes there.
COAL OIL BILLS.
Two coal oil bills were introduced.
One by Hon. 7. A. Finical, which pro-
vides that companies shall not char ge
more for coal oil than is charged by sur
rounding states and territories and in no
event more than IS cents per gallon.
The other bill introduced by Hon. H. O.
Bursum, provides that a territorial com
merce commission shall be appointed to
look after the coal oil business and other
matters, and that dealers and corpora
tions selling coal oil must be licensed.
Hon. M. Martinez introduced a bill,
which passed, forbidding mayordomos to
lease or operate lands along the irri-
CATION bitches during their terms Of Of
flee, except such as is actually owned by
them.
The committee on insurance recon-
mended that G. B. No. 123, on insurance,
be passed and the bill was recommitted
to the committee.
duced by Hon. M. Martinez which re-
quests the Palace building be returned
to the United States, and that a nation
al museum of antiquities be maintained
in it.
A petition was read from Alamogordo
which requests that a blind asylum be
established there, the city offering to
donate ten acres Of land to the institu-
ton.
G. b. No. 1874 was introduced by Hon.
II. 0. Bursum, which defines cause for
challenging jurors in cases before the
District court.
Substitute for II. b. No. 81, to prevent
the sale of dressed meat from stolen
animals, was passed and is ready for the
governors signature.
House substitute for c. b. No. SO, to
prevent the larceny of calves, was passed
and is now ready to become law.
House substitute for ii. b. No. rs, which
requires pawnbrokers to give printed
notice before selling pledged articles,
licenses them $50 per annum and limits
their interest charges to 2 per cent per
month, was amended so that II anything
is left over from the sale of pledged
articles it shall 60 to the persons to whom
originally belonged. The bill was
Substitute for G. b. No. 2, relating to
game and fish laws, was taken up and
The house amendments concnrred in.
The bill Is o ready to become law.