Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-03-16
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
SE-SATURDAY FORENOON,


the speaker this forenoon during tn
opening preiminaries. Council bills
and 5S were recalled from the council
for correction. The latter is an act au
thorizing the survey by counties o
lands for assessment purposes. Th
former refers to the compensation o
probate judges.
Speaker Read appointed Messrs. Alb
bott, Dalles, Cristobal Sanchez, Mar
tin Sanchez and Walton a steering com.
mittee to facilitate the transaction OF
| business, to which all bills will be re-
ferred from to-day on. Speaker Read
announced that he would keep the
members strictly to business, would al
| low each member only five minutes for
| debate, and one minute for explaining
| his vote. He added that fully 200 bills
should be acted upon by the house.
Much time was wasted over parlia-
mentary wrangle over the reference of
council bill No. 95, the appropriation
bill. 1t was finally referred to the
finance committee.
Council bill No. -, r4lat II iarhe
compensation of probate judges in the
counties of the second and third class,
was taken up for correction. Mr.. SAN
chez Of Mora was called to the chair,
and the speaker explained his vote in
favor of an amendment increasing the
salaries of probate judges in counties
of the first class to $3.50. The amend
ment also excepts Santa Fe county
from the provision of the act. The
amendment was adopted. An amend
ment to except counties of the third
class from the act passed, Is to /. The
bill fixes the salary of probate judges
in the counties of the first class al $3.50;
second class counties, excepting Santa
Fe county, at $400, and of fourth class
counties al 5000. The bill passed, 19 to 6.
Unanimous consent was given to in
troduce a resolution appropriating 5000
for clerical help to edit the journal of
the house and the council during the |
ten days after the close of the session. |
The resolution passed, only Messrs.
Bateman and Winston voting against |
it.
By unanimous consent Mr.. Sanchez |
IF Mora introduced house bill No. 240,
an act giving boards of county com
nissioners authority to condemn lands
n incorporated county seats for the
of opening and widening
streets, etc. Referred to the committee
IN judiciary.
A resolution was passed 10 the effect
hat typewriter copies of bills that are
passed from to-day on should be con-
idered as engrossed. The house ad-
ourned until 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
House bill No. 204, by Mr.. Dalies,
ill to dispose of the public lands grant
d the territory by act of congress for
reform school. was defeated, II to g.
House bill No. 81 was taken ur. The
ill is to amend the law relative to the
luties of collectors of counties. Tt was
by Mr. Trujillo and provides
hat the tax collector call on every tax
'ayer in the county to collect the taxes
instead of the taxpayer going to the Of
Ice Of the tax collector to pay taxes.
'he bill was killed.
IOUSE-SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
House bill No 223 was taken up by
unanimous consent. 1t repeals section
759 of the Compiled Laws of 1897, a
ection that exempts the beet sugar
actory at Carlsbad from taxation. The
i'll is by Mr.. Bateman. The bill passed,
My Mr.. Chapman voting against It, II
OUNCIL-SATURDA FORENOON.
After the opening of the session, Mr..
was given unanimous
onsent to introduce council bill No. 119,
n act requiring life and accident in
urance companies to make a deposit,
he same as fire companies. Referred
, the committee on finance.
Council bill No. 120 was introduced I
y Mr.. Harrison, an act to regulate the t
Of official stenographers 5
| district courts. 1t allows 81 per day +
, be paid out Of the court fund, and e
so per annum for work done in cham +
ers for district judge. Is
Council bill No. SO, relating to prac- e
ce in the supreme and district courts,
as passed. l.
The house amendments to council bill c
lope and mountain sheep, were con- S
Tired in. b
In the council substitute for council h
II No. 2, an act relating to the assess h
ent of building and loan associations Il
Id savings associations, the house
nendment, was concurred in. "
House bill No. 21S, an act relating to t,
e board of public lands, increasing a
e salary of the commissioner of pub c,
, lands from $4,000 to $500, and many 4
her new regulations, passed. fl
House bill No. 219, disposing of the L
D 1000 acres of public lands granted to e.
e normal schools, was passed. h
The council went into executive ses-
IN for the purpose of considering the r
sent in by Governor Otero, j,
ID confirmed them. Adjournment was t.
en- taken until O'Clock this after ir
on. k
Council-Saturday Afternoon.
House bill No 207 was passed unani- N
ously. t.
Council bill No. 102, an act to provide a
r an issue Of bonds to the amount of t.
1000 for the agricultural college, was fl
ken up. The principal and the inter- fl
t of the bonds is to be paid out of the Il
oceeds of the sale and leasing of 75,- n
acres of public lands granted the "
,ricultural college by act of congress. W
The bill passed. However. the p
Mount of bonds to be issued was re- p
iced from $500 to $4,000. S
AFTERNOON. G.
Council bill No. SO, relating to prac-