Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-03-22
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

| words, eloquent in their simplicity
made the presentation address. Colone
Chaves responded feelingly and thu
closed happy incident Of the council
sessions.
The crowd in both houses was large
and many remained until .he adjourn
ment in the house, and until the coun.
ell went into executive session to con.
! irm the nominations sent in by Gov.
| ernor Otero. Considerable business wal
| transacted in both houses, and at one
time the house was passing bills at tn,
rate of one every five minutes. The fol
lowing are the bills passed by either
one of the houses last evening and
signed by Governor Otero in time to be-
come laws:
BILLS THAT BECAME LAWS LAST
EVENING.
House bill No 200, authorizing the
appointment of a capitol custodian
providing an appropriation of $40, 900 for
a New Mexico exhibit at the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition at st. Louis in
1908; house bill No 150 an act to amend
section 4141 of the Compiled Laws of
1897 relating to peddlers; council bill No
1O2, an act authorizing the issue of
bonds to the amount of 900 for new
buildings at the New Mexico College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Me-
slla Park; house bill No. 233, an act
amending sections 1 and of council
bill No. 60, relative to droves of cattle,
ETC., trespassing on private land or wa
ter; house bill No. 1857, amending sec
ton 4132 of the Compiled Laws of 1897
relative to the United States census !;
council bill No. 113, an act amending
section 241 of the Compiled Laws Of
1897 relative to cattle, ETC., killed by
railroads; house substitute for council
bill No 95, the appropriation bill: coun-
ell bill No. 81. relative to the salaries of
the judges of the territorial supreme
court; house substitute for council bill
No. "a, amending chapter 50 of the Com
pIlCh La" VI loJi ltldlIfS " militia, !,
council bill No. 81, providing for the
transaction of business by fire insur-
ance companies; council bill Ne g.. ex-
tending the provisions of section 19.
chapter 30, of the session laws Of 1899
to cities and towns; council bill No. g.
an act REGARDING the location of houses
of i'll repute; council bill No. 125, an act
relative to appeals and writs of error;
house bill No. 243, an act amending an
act of the legislature relative to the
rights of married persons and grounds
for divorce: council bill No IS, an act
to require the territorial institutions to
account for moneys received; council
bill No. 12O, an act relating to the
compensation of court stenographers;
house joint resolution No. II, an act
providing for the sending to members
of the Legislature copies of the journal,
compiled laws and governors message
resolution No. 10, regarding the COM
pletion of the clerical work of the as
sembly; house bill No. 49, an act to
provide for the payment of approved
indebtedness of counties; council bill
No. 124, an act providing for assessment
and taxation in Luna and Mckinley
counties; council bill No. 4S, an act re-
quiring corporations to publish their
incorporat ton notices. house bill No. 49,
an act amending section 1856 of the
Compiled Laws of 1897, regarding race
distinctions in the public schools; coun-
Gil bill No 109, an act regarding dam
a ges to fields by cattle, etc.; house bill
No. 239, an act concerning the district
attorney of Mckinley county; council
bill No. Al, concerning the method of
and administrations of es-
tates, and providing methods of appeal
from probate courts to the district
council bill No. 11S, an act to
amend chapter 80 Of the session laws
Of 1899, concerning appeals in criminal
cases; council bill No. ~, an act pro-
viding for a geological survey of New
Mexico; council substitute for council
bill No. 1913, an act amending section
+046 of the Compiled Laws Of 1897 re-
sarding delinquent taxes; council sub
'titute for council bill No. IA, an act
section g. chapter %, Of the
session laws of 1899 regarding exemp-
ion from taxation; house bill No. 1874,
IN act providing for the refunding of
bonds issued for school purposes; house
bill No. 164. an act amending section
20 of the Compiled Laws of 1897 re-
tie; house joint resolution No. IA, pro-
viding for an increase of pay for the
Journal and the reading clerks; council
Joint resolution No. IA, providing for
he control of the Legislative halls and
rooms for the ten days after
The close of the session; council bill No.
IS, an act authorizing cities and towns
to straighIten streets and alleys; council
bill No. 81, an act requiring that public
buildings be insured; amended house
bill No. 1853. an act in regard to license
taxes; council joint memorial No. 12,
inviting President Mckinley to visit
the cities of New Mexico: council bill
No. so, an act for the licensing of dogs
council bill No. SO, an act prescribing
procedure and practice in the supreme
and district courts.
Before adjourning. the council also
passed resolution of thanks to it's
clerical employees for their painstaking
work and efficiency.
Speaker Read, before adjournment.
thanked the members of the house and
The clerical employees for their courtesy
and manifestations of kindly feeling to-
ward him.