Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-03-10
The house.

iHS
(monday's Afternoon SESSION.
When the house was called to order
prayer was offered by the chaplain.
The journal was read in full and ap-
proved.
The governor announced he had
signed house bill No. 81, an act in re-
lation to payment of taxes by the
Santa Fe Pacific Railway company. BY
unanimous consent. Speaker Montoya
introduced house bill No. 173, an act
authorizing the city of albuquerque to
levy tax of l mill for city purposes.
Mr. Vargas moved to suspend the rules
and take up council bill No. III. Mr..
Baca moved to amend by taking up the
bill just introduced by the speaker.
to 7. The bill was passed. Council bill
No. III was called up and Mr.. Vargas
moved to suspend the rules. 1t is the
bill relating to the Indebtedness OF
segregated portions of counties and
refers to Espanola precinct. Mr. XIII
patrick moved to amend by taking up
council bill No. &c, the game and fish
1
to table the motion by Mr.. Fitzpatrick.
The motion to table was lost by II to
10. The fish warden bill was taken UP.
The house suspended the rules by IL
tot.
The bill was read in full. Mr.. 0rtega
moved to strike out the enacting
clause Eduardo MartineA moved to
table the amendment and this was
done. Mr.. 0rtega moved to make the
bill special order for 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning. MIR. Coleman moved
to table the motion and Mr. Ortega
| moved to adjourn but Il was not Sec
onded The motion to table the mo.
tion to make il special order was
tabled by vote of 20 to 1. Mr.. Ortega
alone voting for it. Mr. Ortega moved
to adjourn and the motion was lost by
20 to 2. Mr.. Ortega and Cristoval San
| chez voting to adjourn. Mr.. Ortega
tried to have the motion to read the
bill the first. second and third time
laid on the table but was declared out
of order. Mr.. Ortega insisted on dis
cussing the bill and the speaker told
him the rules of the house are made
and cannot be changed by him. He
cautioned Mr.. Ortega TO observe the
rules. Mr.. Pollard moved the passage
of the bill and demanded the previous
question. Mr.. Ortega moved to adj
journ, but was the only one who voted
for it. Unanimous consent was given
y lHfn 10 Il hA
menced criticising the members of the
house and was called to order He
then attacked the bill. Mr.. Coleman
demanded that Mr.. Ortega be called to
order on the grounds that he had ex-
ceeded his time. The speaker held his
time was not limited The bill was
passed by 20 TO 4. Messrs. Cristoval
Sanchez Ortega, Romero and Cutter
Tez voting no.
BY unanimous consent, a resolution
was presented that after March ~. no
bill shall be introduced except by unan-
imous consent 1t was referred TO the
committee on rules. House bill No.
ia was introduced by Mr.. Coleman. It
is an act to abolish fees and place
county officers on salaries and was re-
ferred to the committee on judiciary.
House bin No l75, by Mr. Coleman, is
an act to amend section 1887 of the
compiled laws of 1897, Referred to the
judiciary committee House bill No. 176.
by Md. Pollard, is an act to repeal sec
tion 1894 of the compiled laws of 1897.
Referred to the judiciary committee.
House bill No. III, by MIR. Pollard, is
an act to repeal sections clio, chapter
80 OF the session laws of 1901 Re-
ferred to the judiciary committee.
House bill No, 17S by Mr. Llewellyn, is
Concluded from page five)