Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-05
18th DAY, WEDNESDAY, FEB. a
The Council.

All members except Mr.. Andrews,
excused, answered the roll call. Rev.
w. A, Cooper offered the invocation
Mr.. Fall, chairman of the committee
on municipal and private corporations.
offered majority report on council
bill No. 20 recommending that it pass.
Mr.. Spiess dissented Mr.. Fall moved
that the report and the bill be made
the special order of business with coun-
ell bill No. 25 on Thursday forenoon to
be acted on by the committee of the
whole. The motion carried, only Mr..
Spiess voting no. Council bill No. 20
provides for the repeal of the coal oil
inspection law.
committee, reported joint resolution
No !, with an amendment striking out
the word land" and substituting with
out the" The resolution provides for
the printing of the governors message
and the amendment cuts out the ex-
hibits and tables. The report was
adopted.
Mr. Hughes, of the finance commit
tee. reported council bill No. 8, recon-
mending that the bill be referred to the
committee on public institutions. The
report was adopted and the bill sc
referred.
1t provides for an appropriation OF
s5 900 to drill an experimental artesian
well at the penitentiary.
House bill No. 20, repeating section
1871 of the compiled laws of 1897, in
regard to selling liquor to the Indians
was referred to the committee on judic
iary
Council joint resolution No. /, pro
viding 70 rthe printing of 1000 copies
one-half in English and the other hall
in Spanish, of Governor Otero's mes
sage to the Thirty-fiftn legislative as
'sembly, was passed unanimously.
A recess was taken until 2: 80 O'Clock
in the afternoon
Afternoon Session.
President Chaves called the council
to order at 2:35 p. nj.
Mr.. Hughes objected to unanimous
consent to the committee on municipal
and private corporations to report on
council bill No 19, With vote of 10
to l. 1t was decided to suspend the
rules to hear the report. Mr.. Fall,
chairman of the committee, reported
council bill No. 10, with the recommen-
dation that the bill be tabled indefin-
itely The report was adopted by a
vote of to 2, those voting in the mega
tive being Messrs. Hughes and Haw-
kins. The bill provides for a curfew
law to protect minors from vicious in
luences and was introduced by Mr.
Hughes
Council bill No 80 was introduced
by Mr., Spiess, an act declaring the
statutes of the Territory of New Mex
leo regulating the practice of pro-
cedure in certain cases to be in force
and for other purposes and relating to
real estate of infants and married wo-
men and perpetuating testimony. The
bin was referred to the committee on
puNlNidlg y
A recess was taken to give the Joint
statehood committee an opportunity to
hold meeting.
The statehood committee reported
that it had appointed Messrs. Bowie,
Albright and Turner a committee to
secure a reduction in the telegraph
rates charged for sending the state
hood memorial 10 the different state
legislatures of the west and to Wash
ington. This committee will also re-
port tomorrow on the request of Mr.
Andrews. asking that the different
state legislatures be asked by telegraph
what action they. have taken on the
statehood memorial
The council then adjourned until
Thursday forenoon.