Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-11

determine the guilt of the corporation.
If any corporation attempts to do bust
ness in the territory without having OBJ
tanned a license, or, if after a license
has been revoked, it's agents shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
fined not to exceed $1,000 or imprison-
ment not to exceed two years. Every
person, firm or corporation entering into
a contract to purchase or sell any of the
products mentioned from a company
which has no license or whose license
has been revoked, shall be considered an
agent of the corporation and subject to
the penalties prescribed. The commits
sion shall have the power to inquire in
to the cost of production and transpor-
tation of the products mentioned, and
from time to time fix the minimum and
maximum prices at which the same may
be sold within the territory, and when
ever it shall appear that any corporation
or it's agents are selling such products
at less than the minimum or more than
the maximum price fixed, the license
may be revoked. The bill passed the
council yesterday afternoon.
TODAY'S BUSINESS.
In the house the special order for to-
day was the bill for the erection of a
dormitory in connection with the School
of Mines at Socorro. 1t was taken up
and tabled indefinitely. A resolution
was passed %instructing the chief clerk
to place the name of Domingo Ortega on
the pay roll as house postmaster and
pay him the sun of 81 per day during
the entire session. Council bill No. 81,
to provide rewards for the arrest and
conviction of persons of crimes, was
tabled. The bill amending the act to
complete the territorial capitol building
was passed and is ready for the gov
ernor. An attempt was made to call up
Mr.. Bursum's coal oil bill and pass the
same, but the effort failed and the bill
will take the regular course. The bill
to provide for the taxation of land grants
by making the tax lien secondary to the
United States survey lien was passed and
is now ready for the governors signature.
HI. b. No. 112, To protect secret order
men against blacklisting by railways
was passed. The insurance bill was ia
bled indefinitely and a substitute sent
back to the council which reestablishes
the clause creating a department of in
surance and the Office of insurance COM
missioner. The amendments of the
council to H. b. No. 90, which provides
that incorporated towns shall not levy a
special tax for improvements, except for
the payment of past Indebtedness, were
concurred in, and the measure is now
ready to become a law. A bill requiring
the treasurer of the Chilli land grant
to give bonds in the sun of 81, 500
was passed. The bill to include
fire and life insurance companies
! n the antitrust law. was passed.
A petition from the citizens of White
Oaks was read which protests against
the separation of Lincoln, Chaves and
Eddy counties for District court pur-
poses and requests that a miners hospi-
tai be erected in that place, was read.
A similar petition was previously intro
duced in the council. A bill was intro
duced by Hon. M. Valdez to create the
office of river commissioner in each
precinct of the county of Dona Ana
needing the same. The house refused
to concur in the bill to protect the
public health by providing compulsory
vaccination and quarantine regulations,
as amended by the council and a
conference committee was asked for.
The house %concurred in the council
amendments to the bill relieving UNI
patented mining claims from taxation
for a period Of n year after patent has
been granted and the same is now a
law.
In the council, c. B. No. 81, relating
to duties of probate clerks, was passed.
Mr.. Chaves by unanimous consent, intro
duced a bill to correct a clerical error.
in the Laws of 1897, relating to county
clerks. The bill was passed. H. B. No.
81, referring to estates of deceased
persons was favorably reported. Mr..
Martinez introduced a bill relating to
liens and mortgages, which was re-
ferred to the committee on judiciary.
c. b. No. ZAP, relating to salaries of
probate clerks in first-class counties,
passed; this bill slightly increases the
salaries Of the probate clerks in Berna-
lilo and San Miguel counties. House bill
No. 81, relating to estates of deceased
persons, was referred to the judiciary
committee. Council adjourned until
Monday morning.
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