Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-19

OIltt, SdnJd re, IN. NJ
March IS. 1908.
Gentlemen of the Council and House
of Representatives of the Thirty-hftt
Legislative Assembly of the Terri
tory of New Mexico:
On the assembling of YOU honorable
body, January 10, 1908, among other
numerous recommendations and sug
gestions. ! called your attention to the
celebration at st. Louis of the One
Hundredth anniversary of the Louis
lana Purchase in the following words
Your body at its last session, by
chapter 100, created a commission
called the territorial board of Louis.
lana Purchase Exposition managers OF
New Mexico, the duty of which board
was to have charge of the collection
and preparation of the exhibits of the
territory for said exposition at the st.
Louis worlds fair of 1903, and appro-
priated 100000 for the purpose of
carrying out the provisions of the act,
and made a levy of 25 of a mill upon
the taxable property of the territory to
raise that amount. The act further
provided in section . that the board
should exist no longer than January 1,
1904. 1t was then expected that this
exposition would take place in the year
1903. but for reasons satisfactory to
the management and the United States
government which had made a large
appropriation to the exposition, its
opening was postponed until the year
1904. Therefore to enable this board
to perform it's duties creditably, and in
accordance with the intent of the act,
its life should be extended for at least
n year Or until January l, 1905"
This exposition is nearer to our ter
ritory than any previous one which
has been held in the United States, and
our commercial, social and educational
interests with the city of st. Louis
have always been close and friendly,
so that we have a special and personal
interest in the success of that exposi-
ton and should take a special pride in
making a creditable exhibit there from
this territory, and to that end | believe
ii to be necessary to continue the levy
made by the last legislature, and that
the appropriation should be increased
to $50 1000. The board has already Sc
cured a most excellent site in the ex-
position grounds, and if 1t is not prop
erly utilized it would be a discredit to
the territory instead of a benefit, and
in my opinion the present appropria-
ton of $40, 900 is not sufficient for the
purpose"
Therefore, for these and many ad-
ditional reasons which might be given,
l am strongly of the impression that
your body should not adjourn without
making an appropriate provision for a
creditable exhibit at this exposition. If
you do not, it will signal New Mexico
out as a sole state or territory under
the American flag which has failed to
do so and cannot but cause unfavora-
BILE comment and perhaps in the future
unfavorable action and l earnestly
trust you will give this matter the
great consideration it deserves. Very
respectfully,
NJ. A. OTERO.
Governor of New Mexico.
Special Message No. "a.
The house then took a recess until
2:30 in the afternoon.
Wednesdays Afternoon SESSION.
AS soon as the house met at 2:30,
house bill No. 1877, an act for the relief
of Nfnp1aC TanAria fAr hfo onruiaao In
the capture and return to the Santa Fe
Jail of Alpheus Hampe and a%ppropriat-
ing $3.50 therefor, was passed by IA
to 3.
By unanimous consent, Mr.. Vargas
introduced house bill No. 220, an act
to fix the compensation of court stem
ographers and interpreters at 81 per
day. 1t was passed.
House bill No. PIT, an act to take
from Roosevelt county, certain Sec
tons of land and attach them to
Chaves county, was handed down and
passed.
House joint resolution No. 4, for ad-
ditional pay to the regular capitol en-
ployes for work during the session and
appropriating $40 for 1t. The commit
tee recommended cutting down the
daily pay from $3.50 a day to so cents
and appropriating $3.50 instead of $40.
The minority report to table it was re-
jected. Mr.. Dalies said he had been
bounded ever since the resolution was
In his hands and he had signed the re-
port only to get rid of it, although he
was against it. The resolution was
adopted by IS to 4.
Mr.. Dalies presented a resolution to
have the secretary of the territory
make a report of all bills which have
been passed, for each member of the
house and council.
By unanimous consent, Mr.. Kilpat.
rick introduced a resolution t o appro,
pirate 5 1000 for Albuquerque and
Santa Fe for the entertainment of the
president. Pedro sanchez at once took