Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-03-02
ROUSE.

House substitute for council hili
No. rs opened up a warm debate from
the very opening Of the cessation In tho
house yesterday morning The sub.
iect came up a. special order on tho
motion made the day before " Mr..
GancheE of Mora Tho committee ON
education. through nir Barnes pre-.
aontnd majority report. accOmpan-
led by the house substitute. which In
effect authorizes the rounding Of all
county. municipal and school district
Indebtedness accruinE since January
7. 1897 up 90 February I, 1901 Mr..
Batoman, from the same committee,
presented n minority report adverse
10 the substitute. Tie moved 90 sub.
atituts the minority for the majority
report. but received no second. Tho
majority report was adopted. Mr..
BatemAn said ho was opposed 10 tho
measure because under ita provisions
certain indebtedness declared void by
the assembly OF 1897 could be- revived
and refunded. lie said the btu would
be- less Objectionable II Il provided for
the refunding OF ali outstanding void
indebtedness. Ho .d0ug. ~ better to
ave up to ali the requirements of tho
socailcd nateman law os 1897 OF re-
peal u entirely. Speaker Read called
MIR. Bowie to the chair and responded
AZ length TO Mr.. BatemRn's criticiama
OF tho bill. He declared the blil was
designed simply 10 remedy defects Ia
the latcman act. which years OF eK-
peFience had shown 90 exist The
iiatemea act, he aaiu, was very ex.
celient law In many respects, but un-
der iia operation many debta duo BY
counties had been invalidated and
nulllned aiter the oreuit OF the coun-
ties had been pledged In the prem
laes; they had been barred from pay
mcnt by tae limitations aa 90 the time
Of presentation laid own In the bate
man act. Mr.. walton yielded his time
to .dr. Bateman. who again spoke ear
nestly In favor OF HIS position, de-
Tending those PROVISIONS Of the Bate.
man act which Mr. Read had taken
exceptions TO- Mr.. Barnes said the
bill would affect some sis0O 900 OF In.
debtednoss. and he was willing just
this once to provide for refunding
these accounts. but he wanted
some guide IN tho premises for tho
future. and he therefore offered an
amendment 10 the bill providing that
any indebtedness hereafter Incurred
In violation ~ tho act OF 1887 shall be
void and absolutely Illegal. Mr.. Ab.
bott agreed with Mr.. Bateman in
many Of the criticisms and offered an
| amendment providinh that any ON.
cey violating the provisions % tho
iig eman law shall be aummaFily re-
moved by the governor Mr.. Read en-
pressed the opinion that these amend
ments had been offered with a view
20 Killing the bill. This was de-
nied by Mr. narues and Mr.. Abbott.
who explained that they sought TO
prevent for all future time any viola
tion OF the Batoman act. especially aa
relates 10 the provision prohibiting
the payment of salaries. etc, unless
there Is actually In the treasury tho
necessary money 20 make suoh pay
menfs. Mr.. Abbott eulogized tho aim
and intent OF the Bhtoman act. and
urged the adoption Of his amendment.
Mr. Read offered an amendment to
MF. AbbOtt'A amcndmcnt requiring
that 60 Taxpayers should petition tho
governor % remove Ia case any ON
Ger violates tho provisions OF thc
BatemAn law IN future. and tho
amendments were unanimously adopt.
cd. To make the provisions ~ the
hin applicable to such countiea as
Santa BE. SOcorro and Grant whose
indebtedness now ia In excess Of 10
per cent OF their taxable values, MT.
Read offered an amendment repealing
section ~ Of the nateman act Oe 1897,
which was unanimously adopted. ana
the bill passed. i6 10 7--Abbott. Bate.
man. Walton. Winston. Martinez.
Pendloton and Dalloa In tho negative.