Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-11

SANTA FE, N. n. March 1O.-The
house die a good deal of business to-
day and all the bills on the speaker
table recommended by the steering
day will be the last day in which bills
can be introduced. The house went
into a committee of the whole to con-
slider c. B. No. q, an act requiring
police officers to enforce the Sunday
law. Mr.. Bowie took the chair. The
bill was read and Mr.. Dalies moved
that the committee of the whole re-
port in favor of laying the bill on the
table. He said he was in favor of the
Sunday closing of saloons and the bill
under consideration was strict but it
might be dangerous. Mr.. Turner took
the opposite stand. Mr.. Pendleton
made a lengthy speech in favor of
Sunday closing and his remarks were
received with applause by the large
audience. Mr.. Llewellyn favored
the passage of the bill if the section
empowering the governor to remove
United States judges was stricken out.
He said it was d~isrespectful to the
president as drawn. He read a letter
from Professor Hiram Hadley in favor
of local option. Mr.. Martin Sanchez
favored the passage Of the bill.
Mr.. Montoya opposed the bill and
said the duties of officers of the law
are prescribed under the present law
but the bill under consideration makes
these officers hounds and detectives,
for which purpose they were not cleo
ted by the people in the sense this
bill c~ontemplates- He referred to the
clause which authorizes the governor
to remove federal judges and said the
bill is deficient in many respects. The
bill vas killed.
Bills that passed the house: Pedro
Sanchez's bill requiring county Of
fcers to have their offices at the coun-
ty seats; H. B. No. $50, an act amend
ing provision contained in section 10,
1899; Montoya's bill providing that
where a defendant charged with any
crime, not a misdemeanor, and is not
able to employ counse, the court in
its discretion may assign a member
of the bar to tina. duty to whom shall
be allowed a reasonable compensation,
to be determined by the court and not
to exceed the sum of $50, and paid on
it's order by the county commissioners
who shall draw a warrant on the cOun-
ty treasurer of the county, wherein
the offense was committed; H. B..
No. 106, to amend section 1884, COM
piled laws of 1897, by adding thereto
the following proviso: Provided, that
vote of the legal taxpayers thereof,
at a regular called election for the
purpose, may have power to levy for
school not to exceed III
mills, including the 5 mill levy herein
before authorized for sIcl purp Sc;
II. b. 154, an act to amend section
16 of chapter 81 of the laws of 1861,
relating to the appointment of exc
%cutors, by striking out otter the word
.'terpitude' the words cor a married
woman" McIver's bill prohibiting he
storing of explosives in any mine, tun-
mel, shaft, drift or chambers of any
mine, pit or excavation where miners
are at work, or within 200 feet OF
or excavation; H. B. No. so, to repeal
section 46, AZ, 4S, so and 81 of the COM
, piled laws of 1897 and to amend Sec
ton 1860 of said laws, and for other
purposes; H. B. No. 10, an act to
amend section 1867, relating to the
manner in which the death penalty
shall be inflicted in private, and shall
not be witnessed by to exceed twenty
persons including members Of the med
ical profession, officers of the law,
clergymen and representatives of the
press, and the list to be prepared by
the sheriff and approved by the Judge
Of the district court; HI. B. No. SO, an
act with reference to grants and for
other purposes; H. B. No. 1913. an act
for the relief and support of the poor;
G. B. 1O4, an act to increase the fee
for license. to practice pharmacy from
81 to So; H. B. No. 1913. an act relative
to cases before justices of the peace
and how an appeal may DC taken to
the district court; H. B. No. LOT, an
] act to authorize the reissue OF lost