Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1899-02-28
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Correspondence Of TIE or1Io.
! SANTA FE, Feb. "a The Legislature
assembled in both branches, as usual
the absentees In the council being
Messrs. Catron. Chaves and Valdez,
Ia the absence Of the president Mr.,
Ancheta presided. and. by the way, he
is an exceptionally good presiding Of
Iicer. After the usual reports OF stand.
ing committees, the following BILLS
were introduced: G. b. No. LOG. BY Mr..
Burns. an act to protect fire insurance
companies and the assured therein,
This bill makes Il unlawful for fire in
surance companies to over insure prop
erty Of any KIND; requires the agent to
personally inspect the property in
every instance and makes the insur-
snce companies liable Tor The full
amount of the policy. The bill was re-
ferred to the committee on Insurance.
OH LORD, WHAT NExr2
To q person who knows anything
about fire insurance. such legislation is
most ridiculous and one must feel like
holding up his hands and exclaiming.
"Ohl Lord, what next2g
These statesmen must know that
such legislation would drive more IN
surance companies out Of business 10.
New Mexico and, if any remained, they
would greatly raise the rates at which
insurance could be obtained.
g. B. No 107. by Mr. Hughes, is an
act authorizing the publishing Of 800
copies of the official roster of officers
and men who served in the late war
with Spain. It's bad day when Mr.,
Hughes can't think of something to
have printed. There's nothing like
standing in" However. he 10 going to
unnecessary trouble in this matter by.
introducing a bill. Council bill No. 8,
signed by the governor on the 24th day
of January, covers all this. It'snot neces-
sary even to pass joint resolution I;
the bill only requires resolution Of
either house. Mr. Hughes attempted
to pass The bill without reference, but
Mr.. Richardson took the wind out OF
his sails by having it referred to the
committee on military affairs,
\ g. B. No. 10S, by Mr.. Martinez is an
act tosrepeal certain sections Of the
Complied Laws. relating to the taking
up and safe OF animals. Therule we're
suspended and the bill passed. 1t linn
its the expense of keeping the animals,
so taken up. to 10 cents per day.
OTHER LEGISLATION
Under the call for bills on their Sec
ond reading O. B No. 85 was taken up.
The committee on education recon-
meuded substitute. which was passed.
This Diii relates tp ttle uuIdlng OF
school houses and requires directors to
build them as near tbs center of the
school districts as possible. and imposes
a fine on directors who do otherwise.
Substitute for II. b. No. 3, which i'm
poses an occupation tax on all classes of
business, other than tho sale OF liquors,
was referred to the committee on
finance.
II. B. No. go, an act requiring all
trustees of Territorial institutions to
keep all Territorial property under
their control insured against loss by
fire; and county commissioners to keep
county buildings so insured, was taken
up and passed.
H. B. No. S4was then considered. 1t
relates to the keeping of records of
marriages, etc. 1t allows those author
lied by law to perform the marriage
ceremony a fee of So. and 10 more. On
motion this bill was referred to the un-
married members of the council. with
the Hon. T. Adonis Finical, the Berna-
lilo kid, as chairman. After which the
council adjourned. 49,
THE HOUSE.
The lower house transacted more
business tLan usual and acted on nu-
merous measures.
Following are the new pills: Ii. d.
No. IS, by Mr.. Trujillo, an act to define
certain proceedings in district courts.
H. b. No. 90. by Mr.. Barnes, an act
relating to municipal corporations.
H.B. No. 100. by Mr. Winston, an
act to pay one G. H. Laidlow for SER
vice rendered, or expense incurred, or
both at the Worlds Fair
@. B. No. 101, an act to provide for
building and keeping in repair side
walks Ia cities and towns.
House Joint Resolution, No. 8, which
provides for certain work in preparing
the records of the legislature for publi-
cation after the assembly has adjourned
G. b. No. 81. an act to dispense with
the necessity Of seals aud scrolls on
deeds. bonds, ETC., was taken up but
failed to pass.
E0RH HIGH SALARIES.
c. B. No. 81, an act to regulate the
compensation of county school super
Iintendents IN Grant, Socorro and Santa
Fe counties was considered. As the
readers of THE 0PTIo are aware. in
the high salary bill the salaries of these
officials were raised from $60) to 5000
In second class counties; generally. it
must be said. over the protest of repre-
sentatives from counties of that class
This bill which was introduced to REM
edy the salary bill las to thsss countie
1t plaeed the salaries at s40O) passed
the council. aud. on motion of one Of
Santa Fe's members, Mr. .Kilivatrlck.
Santa Fe county was stricken from the
bill. leaving tito apply only to Grant
and Socorro counties. Thus amended