Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-02-06
LEGISLATIVE
POINTERS

Representative Harry Howard is
making a good record in the territor-
ial legislature. Albuquerque Citizen.
Councilman w. E. Martin felt ex-
fceedingly good Saturday. Governor
Otero has signed Council Bill No. 40.
the Martin Relief Bill" and it is now
law.
The Council met at o'clock this
afternoon only to adjourn until tomor-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock out of
respect to Councilmen Ballard, Greer,
Miller, Leahy and Winters who were
absent
1t is rumored about the Capitol that
House Bill No. "A, providing that any
county funds may be applied for the
payment to sheriffs, of charges for
| feeding prisoners, is being critically
considered by Governor Otero and
that the Executive has none too fav-
orable an opinion of the measure.
| AAt
House Joint Memorial No. 2, intro
duced by Representative J. Amado
Lucero, which is protest against the
creating of the proposed Rio Jemez
Forest Reserve, was signed at l
O'Clock Saturday by Governor Otero
and copies of it were forwarded to
Washington by Secretary J. w. Ray
nolds today
The House committee ON judiciary
| is considering the bill introduced by
Representative Ellis providing for a
system of appeals to the Territorial
Supreme Court 1t is understood that
the committee did not favor the pro-
ject, placed it on ice" where it is
likely to stay until killed by the House
when reported.
Councilman Jacobo Chaves' bill for
the enlarging of Torrance County and
fixing the county seat thereof at Es
tancia has been signed by Governor
Otero and is now law. The people o1
the county are we'll pleased with this
piece Of legislation, and are under obli
cations to Councilman Chaves for the
active and energetic work he did ir
pushing it through both bodies of the
Assembly.
A visitor to the legislative halls who
has come to Santa Fe regularly for the
past twenty years to take look at as
semblies, informed a New Mexican
representative as follows: Il visited
the House the other day. l have seer
and known the members Of ten legis
lative assemblies and have heard
much of buying and selling votes II
these bodies although nothing has
ever been proven of these charges.
will give the man who wants to &c
any buying this time pointer and
that is that the members of the pres
ent House do not look cheap, some OF
them may have their price, but II thai
is so it will be found very high"
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/ Representative Howard has intro
duced "by request" bill providing
that all accounts against the severa
counties before being allowed and pait
by the county commissioners be sub
ject to the inspection and approval b!
the district attorney for each county
Mr.. Howard is not an enthusiastic ad
vocate of the measure and is not lyinl
awake nights trying to devise way
and means for its passage The bill
is supposed to be reform measure
but the various boards Of county com
, missioners object to 1t and say the!
: might just as well turn their dutie
} over to the district attorneys If tn
bill should become law, although the,
are of the opinion that the district al
[ torneys are pretty we'll provided TO
with the good things of this life" a
lit is. The New Mexican predicts tina
!, Mr.. Howard will not weep salty tear
. If the bill should 60 the way OF al
} flesh.