El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-07
DOingS of
NEW MEXICO
Legislature

L
z SANTA FE. March "a nice little
= scheme to make a democratic count.
out of Santa Fe county and to create
! eventually new county with Espanol;
J.. as the capital is hidden under bill
5 introduced by Pendleton by request il
l the house under the innocent title o.
I AN act to determine the southern
boundary of Rio Arriba county" The
act provides for the annexation OF the
, Espanola valley to Rio Arriba county
Petitions have been circulated and eX'
, tepsiyeIy signed to bolster up this
: scheme of land boomers. Santa Fe
! county is the smallest county in the
territory and is hopelessly in debt and
any attempt to cripple it still further
will be fought tooth and nail even
though Ex-Governor l.. b. Prince and
Hon. r. B. Catron should be in back OF
it as it is supposed by some to be the
case. Mr.. Pendleton disclaims all re-
sponsibility for the measure and intro
duced it only upon request.
Discussion Over Collecting Licenses.
| Considerable discussion was caused
in the council this morning over the
measure providing for the collection Oh
gambling and liquor licenses by sher-
IFS. the latter to receive four per cent
commission. Cruickshank stated that
while he was opposed to maintaining
the public schools from money paid Tor
liquor and gambling licenses, yet while
the law existed he desired to see the
licenses collected something which mas
not been done in Socorro county for
two years. Hughes stated that In ber-
nalillo county those licenses had not
been collected for a year and the Albu-
querque school fund was therefore ST.
600 short and the school teachers can
not be paid their salaries. The city
schools of Santa Fe must close down
next month for lack of funds and thus
from all parts of the territory comes
the same cry of the insufficiency OF rev.
enue for school purposes. The council
passed the bill only three votes being
recorded against it.
Blind Asylum Bill Defeated in House
The house defeated the bill to locate
the asylum for the blind at Alamogor-
do. A bill having passed previously Sc
lecting Chamita in Rio Arriba county |
as the site for the asylum.
Luna County Bill Before Council
The Luna county bill was the special !
order of the council this forenoon. A !
determined effort to have the bill
passed on third reading failed and the |
bill took its regular course on the
presidents table. The report of the
committee on county and county lines
which was adverse to the creation OF
the county, was accepted after some
noon, however, the council reconsider
ed it's vote and the bill can be taken
up at any time.
Miners Hospital Bill Failed Again.
In the house Bowie made another eff
tort to have action taken upon the bill
% locate the miners hospital at Gal
up but failed again. 1t is understood ,
however that the other claims of Nc ,
<inley county, for increased area and
or an adjustment of 1900 taxes will re-
GIVE favorable action. A caucus was
leld last evening in which Bernalillo 4
nd Valencia counties acceeded to these
demands.
Walton's Bill.
Walton's bill requiring probate clerks v
o give a bond of $4,000 passed the n
ouse unanimously.
Extend Statute of Limitations.
Dalies bill to extend the statute of
mutations to eight years on notes and :,
our years on open accounts, failed to
ass.
Sanchez's Bill Passed By House.
The house passed the bill of Sanchez u
I Mora, providing for the collection y
[ vital statistics and licensing under w
lkers and embalmers, as well as re- II
uiring justices of the peace to report
lie deaths and births in their respec-I
We precincts. Ia,
Coal Oil Inspection Amendment til
Winston attempted to smuggle in a tf
,al oil inspection amendment to a bill IN
lating to arbitration of damages in -
ses of stock trespass but the chair 10
fused to entertain the amendment @i
, tho ground that II did not in tho Sa