Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-08
THE LEe1sLATURE

Auc OuuuCll pdS>tu n WemetlAl ASK
Ing congress to allow the building Of
drift fences, and the house promptly
tabled IL.
Sumo Of the men from the sheep
country want peddlers 10 pay y license
OF $3.50 a year 10 each county 10 which
they travel.
A joint resolution was offered pro-
viding for the division uf 81, 1000, which
was raised for a childreu's home 10
Albuquerque, but which home never
materialized, among the nther charIt-
able institutions Of the territory.
which are the two hospitals at silver
City aad the ones at Deming Eddy,
Santa Fe, Las Vegas and the orphans
hume at Santa Fe.
A bill has been introduced provid-
Ing people must be supplied with a
license before they can he married.
Aunther bill provides that cattle
buyers coming into the territory to
purchase live stock must pay n license.
Representative Walton's vagrant
law provides that M Migrants shall be
sent tu the county Jail, hut must be
made to work on the streets Of the
preclhcJ In which they are arrested,
that they shall be supplied with meals
by the constable. which meals shall
noe cost more than twenty-five cents
each, that the cOnstables shall receive
two dollars a day for watching them
work. This bill is evidently meant to
allow the county commissioners 70 get
square with the coustables in Deming
and LOrdsburR.
Thursday the legislature adjourned
until Monday, tH allow the various
committees plenty nf time in which to
consider the bills before
them. Theoretically all the bills have
TO be considered by a cOmmittee- ne
fore they can be acted on, and most nj
the actual work of the legislature il
done ia the committee rooms. The
wise unes say this recess is really a
saving Of time.
When the legislature met on Non
day the members evidently we're feel
ing the effects OF their vacation, and
did not feel much like attending TO
business. A ''blue Monday" as IL
we're.
Senator Hughes introduced a joint
memorial, which Immediately passed
the council, inviting President Nc
Kinley to visit the larger towns Of the
territory, when he comes west in the
spring.
A bill was introduced giving the
governor authority 10 iii all vacancies
in county. oflces that may 0ccur.
,Uuder the present Law the count,
commissioners ill most Ot the vacan-
cies.
Representative Barnes has intro
duced a bill providing for the Austria
Ian ballot for the territorial elections
There are a Rund many kinds of
Australian ballots hut Mr.. Barne,'
bill provides for a variety similar t.
the me used In Arizona.
A large number Of bills amending
the road law have been introduced
and referred 10 the committees on
uads. II is expected the committee
will boil Own all the bills into a FIRST
class road law.
The bill making n district attOr.
uey district nut Of Grant, Sierra, Dona
Ava and Otero counties passed the
council, although Senator Fielder
fought hard against IT,.
The hill appropriatlng S25, 900 IN
bonds for the Roswell military acad-
envy passed both houses, aud was the
first bill that did 80.
The hill allowing SheriiS TO spp0int
more deputies than no~ permitted by
law. was amended so that the depntieS
must be residents IT the county in
which they are appointed.
A petition signed hY aOOut 900 resi-.
dents OF Gallup las been presented
asking the legislature TO aDpoint q
committee To investigate the strike
In the coal mines az Gallup,