El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18

1'r1eS and were supported by the
Judges of the territory and the leading
attorneys of New Mexico.
SANTA FEE, n. NJ. March Icon
trary to expectations. the passage OF
the Luna county bill by the house has
not left sore spot. Those opposed to
Luna county were permitted to make
their protests and many protests they
We're. Especially Mr.. Walton made a
clear. cogent and eloquent statement
that set forth his reasons for opposing
the Grant county division. He made
the best out of the arguments that
could be advanced against creating a
new county out of Grant county. He
received respectful attention and there
was no unholy joy over his final defeat
Mr.. Walton is man and the opposition
respected him.
Yesterday considerable business was
transacted, mostly of a minor nature.
Speaker Read appointed a strong COM
mittee to facilitate business and to
which all bills should be referred but
when he referred the appropriation bill
to this new committee there was a
storm of protest and the house went
back on it's own decision and the bill
was referred to the finance committee.
The steering committee consists of Alb
bOtt. Dalies. Cristobol Sanchez. Martin
Sanchez. and Walton. Speaker Read
in saying that two hundred bills re-
main to be disposed of in the next four
days. ruled that he would allow each
member only five minutes to debate
and one minute for explaining his vote.
Council bill No. %, providing for an
increase of salaries of probate judges.
was recalled from the council and
amended so that it did not know itself
any more. In it's present shape the
bill provides an increase of $3.50 a year
for probate judges in counties of the
first class, $500 per year for probate
judges in counties of the second class
not including Santa Fee county: 5000
per year for probate judges of the coun-
ties of the fourth class. Third class
county probate judges are excluded
from the measure altogether.
BY unanimous consent resolutions
were introduced and passed. one max
ing an appropriation of 5000 for editing
and revising the journal of the council
and the house after the legislature ad-
journs. and the other providing that
typewriter copies of bills should be
reconsidered and passed the edict to do
No. 204, by DalieS. providing for the
sale of the public lands granted the
territory by act of congress for a re-
form school. was first defeated and then
reconsidered and passed, tie edict to do
so having gone forth from the leaders.
This was for the benefit of the proposed
reform school at Belen. Valencia coun-
ty.
A bill by Trujillo. providing that tax
collectors be required to visit every
precinct of the county on January and
July ! for tide purpose of collecting
taxes was defeated after a considerable
struggle in behalf of the measure
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strong speech by him. the law exempt
ing the beet sugar factory at Carlsbad
from taxation, was repealed. only
Chapman voting against the bill!
House bill No. 165. extending the 5000
tax exemption laws to widows the head
of Il family. failed to pass IL to 6.
House bill No. 1856. providing for the
payment of the outstanding indebted
ness of counties, passed.
House bill No. 1879. by Sena. amend
ing section 1893 of the compiled laws of
1897, increasing the percent to be paid