Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-01-26

table to be taken up in its regular
course.
Mr.. Gutierrez introduced II. Il No.
25, An act to amend sections 1853 and
1854 of the Compiled Laws of 1897 of
New Mexico and to limit the rate of
interest that can be charged in the
the Compiled Laws, fix the legal rate of
interest in the territory at IL per cent,
and provide for the penalty which shall
attach for the violation of the law. The
act bill introduced by Mr.. Gutierrez
fixes the legal rate of interest at 8 per
cent. Read first and second time by
title, ordered translated, and printed
and referred to committee on banks
and banking.
Mr.. Leib introduced H. b. No. 26,
An act to amend section 1903 of the
Compiled Laws of 1897, relating to assays
made by the school of mines, Section
1908, of the Compiled Laws provides that
the board of trustees shall require such
payments for making assays of ores as
they shall determine to be just, all
moneys accruing from such work to be
turned into the treasury of the school
of mines. Fl. b. No. 26, provides that
any bone fide resident of the territory
shall be entitled to one assay of ores
each month free of charge. Read first
and second time by title, ordered trans
lated, printed and referred to committee
on mines and public lands.
Mr.. Llewllyn introduced Fl. B. No. ~,
An act to amend sub-sections, 5, 8 and 10
of sections SGT, Compiled Laws of 1897,
said sub-sections being sections 5, 8, and
Is of an act entitled An act to provide
for the compensation of county officers
and for other purposes, approved March
Is, 1897. The effect of H. b. No. 27, is
to increase the compensation of the
probate judges: that of the assessors
from , per cent to 4 per cent upon all
money collected upon assessments made
by them, and of the county commits
%sioners. Read first and second time by
title, ordered translated printed and
referred to the committee on territorial
affairs.
Under the order of business on the
speakers table, c. M. No. 1. State
hood for the territory of New Mexico,
introduced by C. A. Richardson, was
taken up for consideration and read
in full.
The speaker announced that he had
signed G. J.. r. No. /, providing for
seats in the galleries of both houses; G.
j. K. No. 3, providing for the printing
of the governors message in Spanish:
G. j. R. No. 2, providing for the pay.
ment of the employees of the legisla.
ture, and G. J. r. No. 5, providing that
the territorial librarian should furnish
the members of the legislature with
copies of the Compiled Laws of 1897.
Mr.. Sanchez was called to the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Luna, G. J. M. No.
1, statehood for the territory of New
| Mexico. was amended that the words
on page 3, land not a single soldier tC
the Confederacy,".b stricken from the
memorial. Mr.. Luna moved that the
house one in the passage of the
memorial as amended. Motion pre-
vailed and the house therefore con.
Cured in the passage of the same.
On motion of Mr.. Barnes the house
took a recess until 8 o'clock p. IN.
Afternoon Session.
House met pursuant to recess with
the speaker in the chair.
Mr.. Guyer was excused on account of
sickness.
Mr.. Gallegos, chairman of the com
mittee on territorial affairs, to whom
was referred a resolution passed by the
citizens of Albuquerque for the re-cs-
tablishment of the Office of coroner in
the different counties of the first-class,
reported it back with the recommends
ton that it be approved. On motion of
Mr.. Sanchez the resolution was referred
back to the committee on territorial af-
fairs to be reconsidered.
A message, was announced from the
council, stating that the council had
%concurred in substitute for H. j. R. No.
2, providing for the payment of the
employees of the legislature, with the
following amendment: After the word
''house" to say ''of representatives.
after the word governor ''to be Sc
lected by him. in two places after the
word services the word ''is'' TO be in
serted; that the house had concurred in
and passed H. j. R. No. /, regarding
ports of entry and custom houses on
the international boundary line be-
tween the United States and the Re-
public of Mexico, and in G. B. No. g..
An act to extend the work of tho New
Mexico Normal School at Las Vegas
and for other purposes, and asked the
concurrence of the house in the same.
Mr.. JaramillO moved that the rules be
further suspended and the business on
the Speakers table be taken up for con-
sideration, and that substitute for II.
}. R. No. ., providing for the payment
of the employees of the legislature, be,
read in full as amended. The motion
prevailed and the same was read in full.
On motion of MI. Jaramillo the house
%concurred in the amendments.
c. B. No. s, An act to extend the
work of the New Mexico Normal school
at Las Vegas, and for other purposes,
was read first and second time by title
and referred to the committee on f.
nance.
On motion of Mr.. Sanchez the house
adjourned until Thursday morning at
10 o'clock q. M.