Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-03-05
SANTA FE N M. TUESDAY, MARCH s. 1901
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS,

In the legislative council this fore
noon, work commenced promptly at i
O'Clock, the reading of the journal be
Ling dispensed with. Numerous report.
were received from standing commit
tees. Council substitute for council bill
No. Is, providing for the refunding Of
house had so lively time last week
came up for consideration, and the
/ house amendments thereto were non
concurred in on motion of Mr.. Springer
and conference was ordered, Messrs
Cruickshank, Spiess and Hnkle being
named as conferees. In discussing the
amendments, Mr.. Springer read parts
thereof and pointed out several incon-
sistencies. Mr.. Hinkle also adversely
criticised the amendments.
substitute was presented for
Mr. Ascarate's house bill No. 11S,
amending the game law, and the same
was discussed and passed. AS altered,
this bill permits the killing Of grouse
oi'N tAthCy III luC lIlOIllIlS VI OClOUeT,
November and December, and quail
during the months Of October, Novem-
ber, December, January and February
OF each year; all species of phaasaats
not to be killed for period of five
years.
Mr.. Spiess called up council bill No.
SO, authorizing county commissioners
to order surveys of lands for assess
ment purposes. Mr.. Springer opposed
the bill, saying he understood it was
offered in the interest of one county
only. Mr.. Spiess said the bill left it
entirely optional with county boards,
whether they chose or not to order such
surveys and make the mills levy for
the purpose called for in the bill. Mr..
Cruickshank moved to cut the levy
down to one mill. This prevailed, 6 to-
5, Mr.. Fielder absent. On motion of Mr..
Springer the bill was made operative
dufng the year 1901 only, and 1T then
passed unanimously.
Mr.. Martinez, by request, introduced
council bill No. "a, entitled an act ito
establish department of insurance in
New Mexico. The bill provides for the
appointment by the governor Of COM
missioner of insurance at salary of
$4,000 per annum. It also requires that
fire and accident companies shall pay
certain fees and per cent Of premiums
into the territorial treasury. Mr..
Hughes sought to have the bill sent to
the committee on finance, which pre-
the council voting down Mr..
Martinez's amendment, that 1t be re-
ferred to the committee on insurance, 7
to 4. Adjourned to 10 a. m. tomorrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
A full hour and ten minutes was ex-
hausted this morning in reading the
journal of yesterdays proceedings. At
10:40 this proceeding was interrupted to
council had failed to concur in the
house amendments to the Harrison re-
funding measure. council sps stitute for
council bill No. 15 and asking for a
conference thereon. The chair appoint
ed Messrs. Barnes, Gutierrez and San
chez of Rio Arriba as house conferees
on the subject.
Finally at 11:20 the house got down
to business, and took up the special or
der of the day, which was Mr.. Burns
council bill No. %, on the construction
and maintenance of public roads. The
house committee on highways present.
ed an adverse report on the measure.
On motion of Representative Dalies this |
report was rejected by vote |
Of 13 to s, and the house went into COM !
mittee of the whole Mr.. Barnes in the |
Slaughter also had framed a rather |
complete bill covering the subject, and |
he sought to amend the Burns bill in |
several particulars and incorporate the |
principal features of his own therein. |
Mr.. Dalies, Mr.. Pendleton, Mr.. Sanchez !
If Mora declared the bill had been care
fully framed, was admirable in all its |
and they were opposed to
any amendments by the house. Mr.. |
supported Mr.. Slaughter, say
ng one of the defects in the council |
DILL was its failure to provide that a
person liable to road tax may employ
substitute to work on the road. After |
twenty minutes spent in a warm de-
bate, pro and con, the Slaughter sub
stitute for section 1 Of the council bill |
was adopted. Mr.. Sanchez Of Mora |
moved the committee rise, and that the |
chair be empowered to name a commit
Zee of three to confer with like COM
nittee of the council to draft satis-
factory bill covering the whole subject
# highways and their improvement
md maintenance. Mr.. Read moved to
amend by having the committee Of the
whole rise, report progress on the bill,
and ask for further time to consider |
bill No. %. Amendment adopt |
ID. Mr.. Sanchez of Mora. moved to ad-
ourn. Lost. Mr.. Pendleton asked |
ina nimous consent to introduce three |
pills. Mr.. Walton objected. Adjourned
% 2:30 p. m.
Legislative Pointers.
Judge F. D. Morse, editor of the Ra-
on Range, was chatting with friends
about the capitol to-day.
Hon. Pedro Sanchez, of Taos, occu-
,ied seat beside Speaker Read during
he session of the house yesterday