The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-02-15

About twenty hve days OF the legiela
tive session have passed and the thirty
fourth general assembly Of New Mexico
is now down to hard labor and showing
good progress with the business Of law
making. Judge Granville Pendleton
Of San Juan county has introt ueed some
Eve or six bills, all Of them calculated to
further the interests Of the county and
the territory, There is a good prospect
that the most important If not ali Of his
measures will become laws, at least two
Of them having already paused the lower
house. Mr.. Burns road bin has passed
the council and will doubtless become q
law, tits an excellent one and just
what this county has insisted on for
sbme years.
Governor Otero has signed the bills
passed by the legislature last week, viz.
Council bill No. 80, an act for the filling
of county Offices by appointment in case
of vacancies, giving the governor Of the
territory the authority to FIJI such va
cancies by appointment, and Council
bill No. 13, an act attaching Grant and
Sierra counties to Dona Ana and Otero
counties for district attorney purposes.
These bills we're fled with territorial
Secretary Wallace Monday afternoon.
Council bill9 No. 6, providing for the
listing for taxation Of herds and flocka
in the counties where they range and
Craze, was reported back by the commit
tee with the recommendation that it dc
not pass. Mr.. Cruichshank made an
earnest effort to save the measure from
a trip across the legislative Styx, but
without avail, and after he had spoken
in behalf Of the bill and Mr.. Spiess hac
spoken in support of the committed.
adverse report, Mr., Martinez moved thai
the committee report be adopted. The
debate continued, however, for som,
time thereafter. Mr.. Spiess quotec
chapter %, section 80, acts OF 1892 ant
asserted that it was not the law, but thu
assessors, that should be complained of
The committee report was adopted anC
the bill tabled indefinitely, whereupor
MIR. Cruickshank created a laugh by ex
tending an invitation to all sheep raiserl
to take advantage of the attractive con
ditions existing in western Socorro anC
Sierra counties, and locate their fioek
in that section.
G. B. No. 2s has passed the council
This is the very comprehensive bill
drafted by Mr. Burns for the improve
ment Of the public roads. brief mention
Of which was made ln The INDEX las
week. Under it road supervisors will
be compelled to do something TOWARD
earning the s1.5o day allowed then
when on duty, and every citizen will Dl
required to either work or advance it
cash equivalent to be expended in roaC
improvements. The bill calls for de
tailed reports to be made quarterly t.
county boards; provides a simple plar
for Furnishing those who violate its pro
visions, and makes a stay Of three
months in any community sufficient
time Of residence for liability to roat
tax.
In the house. house bill No, "a, in
creasing the bounties paid for killing
wild animals ard authorizing county
commissioners to levy a tax not ex
ceeding mills on the dollar valuation
on all live stock to meet such bountiei
was taken up and discussed, amended
and passed. 1t provides for paying
bounties as follows; For each coyote ol
wild cat, 50; for each lynx, 50; for each
gray wolf, lobo, panther or mountain
lion, $40; for each bear, $40, and provides
that no bounty certificates shall bo is
sued unless there are funds in the
treasury to pay them.
Mr.. Pendleton introduced house bill
No. 1O4, to amend section 1884 and sec
tion 1544, chapter l, Compiled Laws
relating to school district leyies.