Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-04

ard and President Chaves voting ma,
Mr.. Fall. in explanation of his vot'
said he saw no necessity for rushin
through such a bill as this. The bi
was then referred to the committee o
territorial affairs. The bill was table
and those voting for tabling it wer
Messrs. Albright. Fall. Maritime, Pr
ard. Amado Chaves and Presiden
Chaves.
Mr.. Fall moved that unanimous cor
sent be granted Mr.. Hughes to presen
a petition. This was done and the pc
tition presented was from citizens o
Fscondido. precinct 2, Socorro county
demanding the passage of house bill
No. 26. the Ortega acequia bill Mr.
Albright presented a petition from pre-
cinct 10, Bernalillo county. asking The
passage of the same bill. Both wer,
referred to the judiciary committee.
Council bill No. 20, an act regulating
the filing of statements by insurance
companies and for other purposes, was
then taken up. The recommendation
of the committee was to strike out sec.
ton 8 which requires that no fire in
urance company may do business in
New Mexico without first depositing
with the treasury $4,000 in money or
approved securities as a security
against losses. Mr.. Fall moved to
amend to make the fees for filing char
tiers of deeds of settlements, payable
q, tbo torrftOrio1 +rooc,ror 10 Io ,ocd
for the school fund, instead of to the
auditor. Mr.. Fall said he did not want
70 increase the auditors income. Mr.
Spiess seconded the motion. AmadC
Chaves desired to recommit the bill
u Mr.. Fall insisted that the bill, a:
amended pass so that the $3.50 should
go to the school fund. The amendment
was lost. Messrs. Albright, AmadC
Chaves, Duncan, Jaramillo, MARTINEZ
and Spiess voting nay. The bill then
went to the third reading on motion
of Mr.. Martinez.
Mr.. Hawkins opposed the bill and
said he wanted to know what the aud
itor is getting. He declared that every
territorial officer should be forced to
give statements of his He
said he was opposed TO pouring public
money into the pockets of private in
dividuals. Mr.. Fall said that by re-
pealing section 3 the council would re-
peal all laws requiring insurance com
panies to file bonds of any kind. He
again insisted that the council was
doubling the fees of the auditor when
he does not need it. He declared the
auditors office to be a magnificently
the officers who would refuse it If the
present salary was reduced. Mr.. Fall
moved to recommit the bill to the ju-
dietary committee. Mr.. Spiess thought
it should go to the committee on terri
torial affairs. Mr.. Duncan discovered
that Mr.. Hughes had moved to have it
recommitted to the judiciary commit
tee and that the motion was seconded
by Mr. Albright. Mr.. Spiess said it
made no difference where the bill went
and Mr.. Jaramillo agreed with him
Mr.. Hawkins said it vas a poor state
of affairs where councilmen were indif.
ferent when a private snap was being
fixed up. Then by unanimous consent
the bill was recommitted to the com
mittee on education.
Council bill No. 8, an act to appro-
pirate $4,000 for the drilling of the ar
tesian well at the ~penitentiary, was
taken from the presidents table. Mr.
Fall moved to make the appropriation
nent improvement fund from the sale
of penitentiary lands. The amendment
was adopted and the bill as amended
! was passed.
Chaves introduced council bill No. SO
an act granting certain lands in the
city of Santa Fe to the Women's Boar(
of Trade as a site for a public library
The land is on the west side of Wash
ington avenue and has a frontage o
100 feet. 1t was referred to the CON
mittee on territorial affairs.
By unanimous consent Mr.. Hawkin
introduced council joint resolution Nc
4, calling on the treasurer, auditor an,
secretary to report at once the amour
of salary received by each and of fee
from all sources. 1t was adopted.
Mr.. Spiess from the committee OF
judiciary, reported house bill No. &c
the Ortega acequia bill, and recon
mended that it be passed with tn,
amendment that it shall apply only t.
B~ernalillo nand CESofcnxzfif xzfiffff
Bernalillo and Socorro counties. As
amended the bill was passed.
The council then took a recess until
2 o'clock in the afternoon.
The Council.
(Afternoon SESSION.
When the council met Tuesday after
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