Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-03-12

the latter defending II, the bill passed,
as amended in the conference cor.
mittee. Messrs. CruicKshank. Easley
and Fielder in the negative.
Council bill No. Al. relating to
appeals from probate judges. was lie.
called on motion Oh Mr.. Springer.
from the house. in order to make Ger.
tain notifications. and the vote b.
which 1t passed was reconsidered and
the bill sent back to the committee on
judiciary.
House bill No. G. the deaf and dumb
asylum measure. was called up. and
the council substitute therefor was
read and duly passed. The act as at
present framed is very nearly con.
structed along the lines originally
adopted by Mr.. Read in his house bill
on the subject.
Mr.. Spiess, from the committee on
railways. reported council bill No. "a,
for the protection Of discharged en-.
ployes and to prevent blacklisting,
with an amendment providing that
employees should be entitled to a prop
er letter OF service discharge unless
the applicant Is dismissed because OF
drunkenness, carelessness or the wan
ton destruction OF property. The
amendment was adopted.
BY unanimous consent Mr.. Cruick.
shank introduced a bill. II proved
to be council bill No. 101. repeating all
laws In respect TO the inspection Of
coal oil inspector. Mr.. Spiess in.
weighed against any such sweeping
measure, saying he was opposed to
the Standard OIL company, making
New Mexico a dumping ground for
its most infiammable, cheap and dan.
gerous products, and declared that he
favored some such law as that pro.
posed by Representative Barnes,
which would cut down the inspection
fees, but raise the grade OF oil to he
marketed in New Mexico. Mr..
C~ruickshank pressed his bill for i'm.
mediate passage, Mr.. Spiess moved
to refer II to the committee on terri.
torial AFFAIRS. with instructions to re-
port 1t back to the council in three
days. The thing to do, said Mr.. Criuck.
shank, Is to repeal the old law and
then ena a new one with proper
safeguards on this subject. Mr.. Har.
rison agreed with Mr.. C~ruickshanx.
After a lengthy and spicy debate the
bill to repeal the coal oil law and abol.
ish the ofice OF inspector passed, 10
to 2, Messrs. Spiess and Navarro In
the negative.
Mr.. Fielder introduced a bill, coun
Gil bin No. 1902, to provide for the Is,
sue OF $35, 900 in territorial bonds for
the agricultural college, interest and
principal TO be met by the income dc
rived from the sale-ot $1,000 OF the
100000 acres OF lands donated D
congress for the benefit Of that insIi
tuition; referred TO the committee O,
finance.
Council bill No. 1913, introduced b,
Mr.. Hughes. providing for the propel
inspection OF coal oil. etc. was re-
ferred to the committee on finance
This bill authorizes the governor q
appoint an inspector at a salary OF 81,
900 per annum, with an allowance oI
$500 per year for travelling ex
penses, who snail make monthly r.
ports to the governor II is made
misdemeanor to offer for sale in New
Mexico any oil OF less than $50 hr'
test and AZ specific gravity. or gasl
line OF less specific gravity than g.
and for every gallon OF such illumir
ating fluids inspected and placed o,
the market in this territory the %
companies shall pay monthly into tn
= territorial treasurer ] cent per gallo
az per the report filed by the inspoG
tor,
! Mr.. Hughes moved to reconsider IN
! vote by which Mr.. Cru%ickshank
council bin No. l0l, repeating the co,
9 oil inspection law, passed. and refe
! that bin TO the finance committee,
be considered along with his bill o
the subject. On motion OF Mr., Harr
! son. Mr., Hughes motion was table
indefinitely, s to 4, those voting [
reconsider being Messrs, Hughes, N
x varro, Spiess and Springer. NJ
= Hughes bill was ent to the nnanc
y committee.
Council bin No. SO. the Luna count
d bill, then came up as n Of the sp
n cial orders for the morning hour, bl
q on motion OF Mr., Spiess its consider
&, ton was postponed to 10 a. m, toda
d Mr.. Spies asked unanimous conseI