Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-21
LEGISLATIVE cHAFF.

Bill Passed Extending $500 Tax Ex-
emption to All Heads Of Families,
Whether Property 10 Real Estate or
Personal-An Interesting Diversion
on Loans, Interest and Non-Pay-
ment Of Taxes-counciImen Poke
Fun at Luna and HubbeIi-BiII to
Use convicts to Work on Santa Fe's
Streets and Park and Erect BuiIei-
.. ings at The capitaI-Hughes Wants
To Abolish Louisiana Commission
Bill to License Pawnbrokers-coun
Gil Unanimously Passes Bill Making
Term of Mayor Two Years and City
counciImen Four Years-Quay and
Roosevelt Counties created-An Act
Providing for Annexation Of Contig-
uous Territory BY Cities And Towns
Santa Fe, Feb. 2O-The Thirty
third days session in the house opened
without prayer, and all members
present but Mr.. Vargas of Rio Arri-
ba county. Representative Pedro Ro-
nero Of San Miguel county, moved
that the rules be suspended and that
substitute for H. -. No. Ga be taken
up for consideration. Mr.. Bowie of
Mckinley county, objected to the
rules being suspended as he thought
that it wasted a good deal OF time,
ana tnat the regular order of business
should be taken up. as there was no
GOOD reason for this bill taking a
special course; that if the regular
order was followed the house would
transact twice as much business.
Furthermore the substitute for Fl. B.
No. ga had not been printed and the
members did not know what It con-
tanned Mr.. Pollard moved to have the
bill recommitted to the judiciary, but
this motion was lost by Z to 16. Two
reports were received from the COM
mittee on agriculture and manufac-
lures. On this bill the majority re-
port was signed by Messrs. Romero
and Ortega and the minority by Mr..
Pollard of Luna. Mr.. Pollard said that
chapter 95 of the laws of 1901 contain
ed substantially the provisions incor-
porated in the substitute and therefore
it should not pass. The bill finally
passed after some talk by vote of
19 to 4. The bill allows:
Section /. That hereaf-
ter, all persons who are
heads of families. and who actually
reside within New Mexico. stall be
exempt from taxation in the sum of
5000, which shall be deducted from all
property. be it personal or real es-
tate, which said person may have or
possess.
Section 2. That section land 2 of
chapter 95 of the Session Laws of
1901 be and the same are hereby
amended in any and all parts, which
in any way may conflict with this
asst. The intent of this act being that
II the valuation of the property of
any such persons as herein provided
is only 5000 or under, he shall be ex-
empt from taxation, and shall only
pay taxes on the amount which he
possesses over 5000.
Section 8. All acts or parts of acts
in conflict with this act are hereby
reptaled and this act shall take ef-
feet and be in full force from and
after it's passage and approval.
Messrs. Howard, Pendleton, Pol
lard and Turner voted against the
BILL
The committee on finance, who were
speaker reported the accounts O. X.
The committee, however, found that
ten employees were under paid fifty
cents a. day and the chief clerk was
instructed to draw deficiency checks
of SIS each, as payment in full for
the second ten days. For the first
twenty days the house paid extra
employees just $4,364 The finance
committee recommended that the en-
ployes named by Messrs. Coleman
and McCash, having been paid in full
FOR services performed since their ap-
pointment should not be paid for any
time prior to the date of their ap-
pointment The pay roll for the third
ten days will be $2,185. The finance
committee, composed of Messrs. Da-
lies. Pollard, Celso, Sandoval, Nc
Ivers and Howard in the ending par
agraph say: We wish to more es-
pecially commend Chief Clerk SAT-
ford for the efficient and business
like manner in which he has handled
the accouts of the speaker, the same
being accurate in every detail, and
furthermore, we commend the speak
er for the discretion and exercise in
disbursing the contingent expense in
his hands,"
Here is a fact that exists in New
Mexico: Twenty years ago A loaned
b $4,000 at IL per cent. B paid A
during the twenty years 100000 and
still owes the principal to A. In all
mean time A has Lever paid the Ter
ritory or county cent for taxes. If
he had paid taxes at the rate of 3
per cent he would have paid $780,
900.
Mr.. Pendleton of San Juan. said
he had been waiting for three days
in order to introduce two bills in reg
ular order Of business. but it had not
come, and he now asked the unani-
mouse consent of the house to do SO,
and it was granted
H B. No. lis, by Mr.. Pendleton,
an act to amend section 1543 of the
Compiled Laws relating to levying
taxes for school house bonds. etc.
Education.