Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-10
Fiffhfeenfh Days D0ings Of
LegisEativeA Assembly,
DECENT BURIAL FOR OLD SOLDIERS
Drift Fence Memorial in the H0use--ln-
p0rtant Laws Introduced.

bill covering the desire of the petit
TONERS.
The special committee to report on
house bill No. IS. an act to provide for
the INDECENT and authorizing counties
to establish poor farms, reported the
bill without amendments and with the
recommendation that 1t pass.
The following bills were introduced:
House bill No. 20, by Mr.. Vargas, an
act directing the territorial treasurer
to transfer certain funds to the peni-
tentlary fund. Referred to the commit
tee on finance.
House bill No. II, by Mr.. Baca, by
request an act to adjust water rights.
1t was accompanied by petition of
Santa Fe citizens. Together with house
petition No. S, II was referred to the
committee on irrigation.
House bill No. 73, by Mr.. Stockton,
an act with reference to taxation by
municipal corporations. Referred to
the committee on municipal corpora
tions,
House bill No. "a, by Mr.. Romero, an
act to amend sections to of chapter
Al of the session laws of 1901, Re-
ferred to the committee on judiciary.
House bill No. rs, by Mr., Pollard, an
act relative to the duties OF the cattle
isanitary board MIR. Pollard moved
that the rules be suspended and that
the bill go to the judiciary committee
lIor immediate consideration. The
quarantine bill is the same as publish
ed in The Citizen yesterday in the re-
port of the proceedings Of the cattle
! sanitary board. Messrs. Cristoval San
chez and Pedro Sanchez opposed the
suspension of the rules The bill was
then read. -
House bill No. 76, by Mr. Martin San
chez, an act to define the preference
rights of ex-United States soldiers with
Preference to leasing sections 16 and 36.
Referred to committee on public lands.
House bill No. n, by Celso SandovaI,
an act with reference to the duties of
sheep inspectors and for other pur-
poses. Referred to judiciary commit
tee.
| Mr.. Baca asked that the rules be
suspended for the reading of house
joint memorial No. which he wished
to offer. The rules were suspended
without objection and the memorial
was read. 1t urges upon congress the
passage of house resolution 170S7, as
offered by Mr.. Rodey last month and
permitting the erection of drift fences
on public lands in New Mexico that
are not needed or desired for imme-
diate settlement. The fences are not
to be in any sense enclosures, but are
merely to prevent cattle from drifting.
They are to be put under restrictions
and specifications of the commissioner
of the general land office and are to be
such that sheep will not be prevented
from going under the lowest board or
wire The memorial asked the immee
diate consideration and adoption of the
resolution and provided that four
copies were TO be sent to Mr. Rodey
for reference to the chairmen of the
committees considering the resolution.
Mr.. Baca moved that the rlles be sus-
pended and the memorial be read the
second and third time by title Mr..
Martinez of Guadalupe, objected and
said he could see that the resolution
gave power to the cattlemen to erect
drift fences that would be enclosures,
and he did not believe the people of
New Mexico are willing that the public
domain shall be so used. He believed
the resolution would be for the benefit
of few large cattle companies or
owners and he therefore opposed the
memorial. Mr.. Llewellyn said that il
the resolution meant the fencing of
one acre of the public domain for the
use of one man, he would be opposed
10 ii but 1t did not so mean and does
not contemplate such thing He read
the resolution pending in congress and
said he could see no harm in the bi.i.
but great benefit, because the provis-
ions for restricting the construction
of such fences are most complete and
leave it in the hands of the commits
sioner OF the general land office and
the secretary of the interior He stated
that the sole purpose OF the bill is to
keep cattle from drifting aud so pro-
tect them from ,he infectious diseases
in Texas, Mexico an Arizona. Pedro
Sanchez opposed suspending the rules