El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-11
DoingS of
NEW MEXICO
Legislature

Especial to The Herald.
| SANTA FE, March S-Governor
Otero today sent his first nominations
to the council. They are Ex-Governor
L. Bradford Prince of Rio Arriba coun-
ty; Hon. Granville A. Richardson of
Chaves county; and Herbert H. Holt
of Dona Ana county to be regents of
the New Mexico college of agriculture
land mechanic arts. The council went
nominations.
Wrangle Still Continued
The wrangle over the miners hospi-
tai bill was continued in the house to-
day but finally resulted ina decisive
victory for Gallup. the house voting to
locate the miners hospital there. There
We're some remarks in the course of
the debate about the house OVERRIDING
the territorial institution racket and
that it were wiser to take the revenues
from the land donated to the miners
hospital to congress than a direct ap-
preparation out of the territorial treas
ury to establish the hospital The bill
passed by a vote of Is to 6, every
member of the house voting. Those
who voted in the negative were Abbott,
Bateman, Gomez. Jose Sanchez, San
chez of Rio Arriba, Walton, Winston
and Speaker Read.
Extra Buildings For Insane Asylum
In the council this afternoon Spiess
introduced bill for providing extra
buildings for the territorial insane
asylum at Las Vegas. The measure
passed the council this afternoon 1t
is drawn somewhat on the same lines
as that providing a bond issue of $25,-
600 for the military institute at Ros-
well. which passed both houses and has
been signed by Governor Otero The
bill authorizes an issue of territorial
bonds to the amount of $500 for the
purpose of erecting new buildings pro-
viding too that the income from the
public lands donated to the institution
by cat of congress shall be used to
meet the interest thereon and create a
sinking fund to pay the principal
Hinkle moved suspension of the rules
SO that the bill might be placed on
third reading but the motion failed
At the afternoon session however the
bill was called up again and passed
without much difficulty the diplomacy
of Mr.. Spiess having cleared the way
Cruickshank Called on Committee
On Railroads to Report Bill.
Cruickshank called on the committee
on railroads to report his council bill
No. "a to prevent blacklisting. but only
two members voted aye. Hughes and
Cruickshank. Cruickshank then called
up council bill No. 20 by Fielder but
Mr.. Martinez explained that the chair
man of the committee on territorial
affairs. Navarro, was unavoidably alb |
sent and had the bill in his possession.
of the committee on privileges and
elections was directed to report count
ell bill No. sc on Monday morning.
Substitute Referred Back.
The council substitute for the house
deaf and dumb asylum measure as
amended by the finance committee was
referred back to that committee to re-
port on Monday morning.
Following House Bills Taken Up.
House bill No. 2O3 on delinquent taz-
es. was called up by Cruickshank and
passed.
House bill No. Is. the Gallup hospi- !,
tai bill. was taken up and referred to
the committee on public institutions. /,
On motion of Springer all measures
of new territorial institutions We're re-
ferred to this committee also.
Another bill introduced in the coun-
ell by Hinkle, relating to the qualifi- |
cations of county school superintend- |
ents. requiring that such officers shall |
either he graduates of some recognized |
territorial institution of learning or |
must earn first grade teachers certi- !
ficate.
The Bateman bill to simplify the |
manner of keeping tax roles was eX-
planned by Spiess and upon the |
strength of his argument was passed. |
The bill relating to appeals from |
probate judges to district courts pass
ed the council as was council bill No. |
63. relating to the advertisement and |
collection of delinquent taxes. Council |
bill, No. "A, relating to contests in will |
cases also passed.