Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-01-31

eiIls-Fail Introduces Bill to Re
| peal Coal Oil Law-vargas Wants t.
| Repeal the Sunday Closing Law
Hughes Introduces a curfew Law
SANTA FE, Jan. 80, 1903
Special Letter to The Optic.
Very little work was done in the
council today. Councilmen Hawkins
Andrews and Spiess were absent. Tht
following bills were introduced:
Council bill No. 10, by Mr.. Hughes
an act for the protection of you'll
from vicious Influences. Mr.. Hughes
wants the curfe VITO ring every night
at 9 o'clock, SO the youths will be
kept from lettering on the streets af
ter that hour. Referred to the com
mittee on municipal and private cor
porations
Mr. Fall introduced council bill No
20, an act to repeal an act providing
for the inspection and testing Of coal
oil in New Mexico. Referred to com
mittee on agriculture.
Mr.. Fall also presented council peti
tion No. 2, from the people Of the
proposed county of Roosevelt, asking
for the creation of the new county
in council joint resolution No. 6, pro-
and county lines.
Council bill, No. 21, Mr.. Fall intro
duced by request, which is an act to
create county boards of horticultural
commissioners in New Mexico Re
ferred to the agricultural committee.
Council joint resolution No. l, was
referred to the finance committee.
This resolution provides for the print
ing Of 1000 copies in English and
1000 copies in Spanish of Governor
Otero's messages. The committee is
to consider the advisability of printing
the exhibits that go with the report.
message was received from the
house stating that it has cOncurred
in council joint rsolution No. 6. pro-
viding for the pay of extra employees.
The council then adjourned until
Monday at 2 o'clock.
In the house the first business to
come up was council resolution No. 6,
providing for the pay Of extra employ
es. A messenger from the council an
nounced that the resolution had been
vetoed by the governor in the follow
ing message:
II herewith return to your body,
being the house in which it originated,
Council Joint Resolution No. 6, pro-
viding for the payment of employees
and contingent expenses of the legis-
lature. without my approval My OBJ
jections to this resolution are that It
diverts from the Territorial treasury
large amount of money which has
been collected under appropriations
made for specific purposes by the pre-
vious legislature, which should not be
changed from their purpose unless the
necessity is great and an emergency
exists. This is not shown in the re
solution nor are the objects for which
this money is sought to be appropriate
ed stated in any except the most
vague and general terms, from which
it is impossible for me or the tax-pay-
ers to know to what objects the ex-
penditure of SO large sum Of money
is to be devoted 1t is only proper
that the executive should be informed
by the terms of the resolution or act
submitted to him for approval of the
purpose of such legislation, in order
that he may know whether he is
authorized by the law to approve the
same; the treasurer of the Territory
is also entitled to such information
in order that he may not exceed his
power and the taxpayers who have
contributed this money should be de-
finitely informed of it's disposition.
Therefore l feel unable to place the
executive approval upon this act
Very respectfully.
MIGUEL A. OTERO
The house Immediately passed the
resolution over the governors veto.
Republicans and democrats voted un-
animously for the resolution. This af-
ternoon the employees we're made
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