Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-02-01
LEGISLATIVE
POINTERS

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ports.
The big clocks in both the council anG
house were subjects of official inquiry
yesterday. They haven't been pacing
either together or in unison with the
chronometers of the president or speak
er.
| Vandals last year entered the GENE
terry at Silver City and damaged many
tombstones and monuments. Mr.. Wal
ton has pending bill to punish such
| both.
| The council committee on finance has
agreed to report favorably Mr.. Hin
kle's bill in aid of the New Mexico Mil
| itary Institute at Roswell, allowing the
issue of bonds based upon it's donation
of lands for the erection of new build
ings.
The council and house judiciary COM
mittees were in session yesterday aft :
ernoon. The council committee, among
other measures, alsr considered the
pending bill for the consolidation of the
Dona Ana and Grant county district
attorney districts.
Grant county has also entered the
race for the location OF the miners hos
pital, Mr. Walton introducing a bill
providing for it's loca tion at some suit
able point in that county. Cerrillos is
also after it, and Sierra county has two
hills in, Cnl
in the field, just says nothing, but saws
right along.
Speaker Read is ever erect and digni-
fed, but once in a while he perpetrates
a dry-smile joke. Yesterday, for in
stance, he solemnly referred Mr..
Slaughter's marriage license bill to the
committee on private corporations, but
after the house had finished its smile he
sent it to the committee on territorial
affairs.
One of Mr. Waton's bills amends
section 3345, Compiled Laws, by adding
thereto the following: when a month
ly tenant or tenants at will continues
in possession of the premises after thlr-
ty days written notice by the owner,
his agent or attorney, to vacate the
same" referring to prosecutions for
forcible entry or detainer.
Under the law adjournment of the as
sembly for more than three legislative
days is prohibited Sunday is not
strictly speaking a legislative day.
However to avoid any possible ques-
tion in the premises, the house, which
adjourned yesterday to 10 a. m. on Mon
day, met this morning at the usual
hour, and after the usual preliminares
took an adjournment to Monday.
1t developed yesterday that Council
man Hughes kindly resolution provid-
ing all newspapers with copies of leg
islative measures is non-effective. 1t
has passed both houses, and provides
that $1O0 be appropriated, or so much
thereof, etc., for the payment of post
age, but it 'omits to stipulate how the
money shall be drawn out of the treas
can the chief clerks who are directed to-
send out the copies. It's purely an over
sight, however, and will doubtless be
adjusted on Monday.
A PROPOSED WATER LAW.
House bill Mo. 63, by Mr.. Gomez, read
in full for the~information of the house
provides that the waters Of
all public streams not now under the
control of mayordomos or water conn
missioners, shall be distributed by a
of three persons named by
boards of county commissioners when
ever twenty-five property owners hav-
ing interests in such waters shall petit
lion therefor. Such commissioners shall
serve two years, make rules for an
equitable division of the water, and
shall be compensated by a tax of not
more than 81 per capita, to be paid by
all owners of land and water rights un-
der their jurisdiction. Mr.. Pendleton
said there were some good points in the
BILL and as he proposed to- offer meas
ure on the same subject, he thought 1t
ought to go to the committee on irriga-
tion, so that they could be considered
together, and it was so ordered.
LEAGUE MEMORIAL.
In the fall of 1900 the cities Of the ter
ritory, through their officials, organ
zed the Municipal League of New
Mexico, an organization of municipali- |
lies to cooperate in the study of all |
questions relating to municipal gov |
the promotion of proper legs- |
alton, etc. This body, through it's COM
nittee, yesterday presented a. lengthy |
to the assembly. To meet the
many defects set forth in it's preamble |
'elative to the tax assessment and col
ection of taxes, and other alleged weak |
points in the existing laws governing |
affairs, this memorial sug-
rests that all property shall be assessed
1t 60 per cent of it's market value, the
,aluation to be made solely by the as
essors and county commissioners. 1t
llso suggests that joint committee of
he two branches of the legislature
hall be appointed with authority to
luminous before it the county commits
ioners and assessors of the territory
md examine them under oath as to the
manner in which they or their prede
essors have assessed property in their
espective counties, and obtain from
hem such other information as will
hrow light on the subject, said COM
nittee to make report to their respect
We houses. The memorial further sug-
rests that municipal officers be elected
or term of two years; that all per-
IONS between the ages of 21 and 55 shall
,ay 81 year street tax, otherwise they
hall not vote at municipal elections:
hat authority be given cities and
owns of over $500 population to tax