Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-26
SANTA FE soLONS
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ish languages is paid out of the Ter
ritorial treasury. lne report was
adopted.
The following bills were introduced:
No. 129, by Mr.. Howard, Of SOcOrrO
county, an act to extend the appI-~
ton OF sections ga, IA, Oh, 12O, 121,
1877, 1913 and 129 Of the Compiled
Laws of 1897, to horses, mules and
asses. stock and stock raising.
No. 100, by Mr.. Dalies of Valencia,
an act relating to registration boards.
Territorial affairs.
No. 1874, by Mr.. McCash of Union,
an act giving women the right to vote
at school elections for school direc-
tors and for other purposes. Educa-
ton.
No. 1876, by Mr.. McCash, an act au-
thorizing notaries public to perform
marriage ceremonies. Territorial al
fairs.
No. 1876, by Mr.. Sandoval of Bernal-
lilo county, an act providing for the
appointment of park commissioners
and for levying of taxes for the main
tenance. Municipal corporations.
No. 1877, by Mr.. Llewellyn, an act
relative to powers of probate courts.
| Judiciary.
H. B. No. SO was recommended in
| order to reconcile certain differences.
| This is to repeal section 1948 OF the
| Compiled Laws of 1897. relating to
| the making of wills.
H. B. No. 20 passed. The bill directs
| the Territorial treasurer to transfer
| from any funds in the treasury the
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| the credit of the general maintenance
fund of the p~enitentiary.
A number of bills were referred.
C. B. No. so, and act fixing the fees
Of the district attorney for Colfax
and Union counties was passed. The
bill provides for the payment to him
of $500 from Colfax and $500 from
Union.
No. 81, an act regarding payment
Of taxes by the Santa Fe Pacific rail
road company, was passed and ap-
plies only to Valencia and Mckinley
counties.
Council.
The council confirmed the follow
ing appointments by Governor Otero:
Members of the board of regents OF
the College of Agriculture and Ne
chanic Arts at Mesilla Park. Rev. w
"a. Cooper, from February 3, 1902, to
Prince; Seaman Field from September
February 2, 1904. to succeed l.. b
Lucero from September 2. 1902, tc
2. 1901, to September 2, 1906; Jose r
September 2, 1907. Members of the
board of directors Of h New Mexi
co Insane Asylum at Las Vegas, Thos
Ross from January II, 1903, to Sep
TENDER 2, 1906, to succeed N. 7. Cor
doya: jefferson Reynolds from Sep
TENDER IA, 1901, to September 2,1906
A. B. Hart from September 2, 1902
to September 2, 1907. Members Of the
board of regents of the University O
of New Mexico at Albuquerque. +
w. Clancy from September 2, 1901, t.
September 2, 1906; E. v. Chaves from
September 2, 1909, to September 2
1907. Members of the board of regents
of the lew Mexico Military Institute
, at Roswell, e. A. CahoOn from Marcl
20, 1901, to March %, 1906; w. M
Reed from March %. 1902. to Marcl
I22, 1907. Board of ~egents of the New
Mexico Normal school at Silver City
Robert Black from January II, 1902
} to February Is, 1907, to fill unexpirev
! term OF "A. r. Graham, resigned; Pei
cy Wilson from February Is, 1902, t
February IL, 1907; E.. M. Young iron
February Is, 1903, to February Il
: 1908.
The special order Of the mornin
session was the irrigation bills, H. I
No, 26 and G. B. No, Sc.
? Council bill No. "a was introduce
2 by Mr.. Hawkins. 1t is IN act for tn
grouping of the several counties i
the Territory into districts for di.
trict attorney purposes. The bill prt
= vides for districts as follows: Firs
district, Santa Fe, Taos, Rio Arrib
8 and San Juan counties; second di.
4 trict, San Miguel, Mora and Quad;
lupe; third, Colfax and Union; fourth
Bernalillo, Valencia and Mckinley
fifth, SOcOrro; sixth, Luna, DOna An;
OterO and Lincoln; seventh, Graz
s and Sierra; eighth, Chaves and Edd,
!. The bill was referred to the commi
tee on judiciary.
byMr. Hughes. 1t is an act to divid
y Bernalillo county and to create til
county of Sandoval. Referred to con
mittee On county and county lines.
Councilman Hughes says that {
9 the request of a large number of lea,
S ing citizens of h proposed county
introduced the bill.
The provisions OF the bill are som
what similar to the bill recently il
troduced in the house by Represent
Q tive SandOval. The dividing line
e about six miles north of Albuquerqu
. running due Isl and west. The Or
posed new county will include tt
= whole of lac northern portion of Be
nalfllo county, with the county seal
Coralles. The proposed county BIZ
about v thousand inhabitants ar
taxable property Of about one milk
dollars. 1t would be a solidly repu
9 lican county, only forty-four democra
o &c votes being east at the electic
il last fall within the proposed count
n b people Of the city OF Albuquerql
have held two mass meetings, at eat
= OF which resolutions were adopted t
a voring the proposed division. Pc
lions are now being circulated askir
the legislature to create the new cou
ty. abe bill is now being printed al
: will come up for discussion in II
: council in a few days.
2. The council adjourned after Il
b morning session until tomorrow NOR
81 ing 1t 10 o'clock.
~ Councilman Hughes II up to Il