Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-03-01
SANTA FE, N. M, FRIDAY, MARCH L, 1901.

| stood IL TO l0, ana the Dill was thl
. killed. But to clinch the matter, NJ
Gutierrez moved to reconsider the vol
to table and to lay that vote on the te
BILE indefinitely. Mr.. Bateman called fC
:, a separation Of the two proposition
which was agreed to, and the speake
i, then put to the house the first part c
Mr.. GutierreZs motion--that is, to re
consider Three members had vote
when confusion again took possession
of the house, caused by Mr.. Bateman'
clever parliamentary tactics. Half
dozen members arose for information
wanting to know where they were al
and what would be the effect. The chai
attempted to elucidate the situation
but before finishing Mr.. Gutierre
sprang up and withdrew his motion
with the consent of his second, and tn
chair then ruled there was nothing be
fore the house, while Mr.. Bateman wa
loudly proclaiming that the motion
could not be withdrawn, after roll-cal
had begun, even with the consent o
the second. Then the gavel began work
ing vigorously, and the regular orde,
was taken up. The following new bill:
We're introduced and referred:
House bill No. 172 by Mr.. Read (by
requesD, relative to bitches; committee
on irrigation.
| House bill No. 173, by Mr.. Valdez, te
amend section 1898, Compiled Laws, rel
| tixya tn ba Of tnxy
tee on judiciary.
| House bill No. ia, by Mr.. Dalies, to
amend section 1924, Compiled Laws,
| changing the time for the election of
| justices of the peace; committee on
privileges and elections.
House bill No. It's, by Mr.. Dalies, to
amend section 80, chapter /, title l,
Compiled Laws, referring to labor on
bitches; committee on roads and high
ways.
House bill No. 176, by Mr.. Dales, to
prevent burial of bodies in graves al
ready containing corpse; committee
on territorial affairs.
House bill No. III, by Mr.. Dalies, to
amend section 1858, Compiled Laws,
relative to civil procedure; committee
on judiciary.
House bill No. 17S, by Mr.. Slaughter,
to amend sections 4124 and 4425, and to
repeal section Abs, Compiled Laws rel
ative to licenses; committee on judi
ciary.
House bill No. 179, by Mr.. Walton, to
repeal the provision for certification
from the secretary of the territory for
certain Incorporation papers; commit
tee on corporations.
House bill No. 180, by Mr.. Bowie, at
taching additional territory to the
county of Mckinley and for other pur-
poses; committee on counties and coun-
ty lines. This bill is designed to in
crease the area of Mckinley county by
attaching thereto twenty-eight town
ships in Bernalillo county adjoining on
the northeast, and thirty townships in
Valencia county adjoining on the
southwest
Afternoon Session.
When the house reassembled at 2 p.
m. there was still a vast amount of or
atory on tap, and it bubbled to the sur
face on the slightest provocation
House bill No. 105, by Mr.. Sandoval,
was taken up, discussed and passed.
This act empowers boards of county
commissioners acting as equalizers of
taxes, at any time before taxes become
delinquent to alter, reduce, cut or
change any tax made by erroneous as
other person, made by mistake or 9TH
erwise.
House bill No. 80, by Mr.. Gomez, rel
ative to appeals from justices Of the
peace courts, then came up, and 1t
proved a subject for extended debate.
Among other amendments was one by
Mr.. Sanchez of Mora, providing that
such appeals shall not lie in criminal
cases involving SIS or less. Lost-11 to
10. On motion of Mr.. Gomez the meas
ure was then placed on it's passage. The |
bill was killed. to 12.
House bill No. 49, by Mr.. Bowie, au-
thorizing the reissue Of corporation |
stock certificates that may be lost, |
passed.
House bill No. 8S, on irrigation, was
adversely reported from committee an
he bill killed.
Mr.. Dalies presented the report of the
conference committee, accompanied by
he amendment which the council and |
house conferees had agreed upon, rela-
i've to council bill No. 20, the school
dill. Mr. Barnes said he did not under-
stand how a committee from. the house
,ould agree to an entirely new amend
nent, and asserted that the bill, in
tead of coming back to the house, was
low in the council, and he moved to ta-
lie the report. The speaker said it was
he first time in the legislative history
# New Mexico that such question
lad arisen. Mr.. Barnes motion pre-
'ailed. Adjourned to 10 a. m. Monday.
Legislative Pointers.
B. F. Adams, an attorney from Albu-
luerque, is about the capital to-day