Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-03-12
THE HOUSE.


,, Wednesdays Night Session.)
n When the House was called to orde
d last evening to consider the apportion
re ment bill, there was large number O
II that there would be a caucus of mem
II bers to consider the bill and at
8 o'clock they left the chamber 1t wa
$3.50 when the caucus adjourned an,
the members had agreed upon the bill
And the bill was returned, the nam
Leonard Wood was substituted TO
8 each place Guadalupe county was men
i. toned. Mr.. Turner called attention tt
the fact that the Leonard Wood coun
5 ty bill had passed the House only ant
: he doubted If the name of county
that has not been created, could bt
inserted in the bill. The member:
agreed with him and Leonard Wood
was stricken out and Guadalupe coun.
ty inserted. Mr.. Vargas opposed the 5tt
councilmanic district as agreed upon
and said Rio Arriba should have more
representation. The bill was then pass
ed by the House by a vote of 16 to 8,
Messrs. Vargas, David Martinez and
Cristoval Sanchez voting against it.
The districts as the bill passed the
House, are as follows:
Section 2. That the legislative coun-
Gil districts from which councilmen
shall hereafter be elected to the legis-
lative assembly of the territory of New
Mexico shall be as follows, to-wit:
For the 1st, composed of Colfax and
Union counties. one councilman.
For the I'd district, composed of Mora
and San Miguel counties, one council
man.
For the 50 district, composed of San
Miguel county, one councilman.
For the 4th district, omposed of
Santa Fe county, one councilman.
| For the 5th district, composed Of Rio
Arriba, Taos and San Juan counties,
one councilman.
For the 9Th district composed of Ber-
nalillo county, one councilman.
For the 7th district, composed of
Bernalillo, Mckinley and Sandoval
counties, one councilman.
For the Sth district, composed of So
zorro and Sierra counties, one council
man.
For the 9th district, composed of Va
lencia and Guadalupe counties, one
councilman.
For the 10th district composed of
Dona Ana, Otero and Lincoln counties,
one councilman.
For the 11th district, composed of
Grant, Dona Ana, Luna and Otero, one
councilman.
For the 18th district, composed of
Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln, Roosevelt,
Quay, and Valencia counties, one
councilman.
Section 8. That the legislative dis
tricts from which representatives to
the lower house, or house of represent
tatives shall be hereafter elected, shall
be as follows, to-wit:
For the 1st district composed Of the
county of Colfax, one representative.
For the I'd district, composed Of the
county Of Union, one representative.
For the Sd district, composed of the
county Of Mora, one representative.
For the 4th district, composed Of the
counties of Mora and San Miguel, one
representative.
For the 9Th district, composed of the
county of San Miguel. two representa-
tives.
For the 9Th district, composed Of the
counties Of San Miguel, Quay and
Guadalupe, one representative.
For the 7th district, composed Of the
county of Santa Fe, two representa-
tives.
For the Sth district, composed Of the
county of Taos, one representative.
For the 9th district, composed Of the
county of Rio Arriba, one representa-
tive.
For the 10th district, composed Of the
counties of Rio Arriba and San Juan,
one representative.
For the 11th district, composed of the
counties Of Rio Arriba, Taos and San
Juan, one representative.
For the 18th district, composed Of the
county of Bernalillo, one representa-
tive.
For the 18th district, composed Of the
counties Of Mckinley and Bernalillo,
one representative.
For the 18th district, composed of
sandoval county, one representative.
For the 18th district. composed Of the
county Of Socorro, one representative.
For the 10th district, composed Of
the counties of socorro and Sierra, one
representative.
For the 17th district. composed Of
the county Of Valencia, two represent
tatives.
For the 18th district, composed Of the
county Of Dona Ana. one representa-
tive.
For the 1sth district, composed Of the