Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1905-02-24
THE LEGISLATURE.

to inspect the territorial institutions
took the latter part Of last week, aud
the first Of this to visit these instltu-
lions. As the legislature has to make
appropriations to conduct these insti-
tutinns it is %emlnently proper that
members Of the legislature should
visit the institutions and see what was
being done, ADD what was needed.
Then more intelligent appropriations
can be made.
A bill passed the house exempting
benevolent and church societies from
paying a license fee when they give
entertainments.
4 bill passed both houses and be-
came a law abolishing " county Of
Saudoval snd establishing a new
county OF Saudoyal, with different
boundaries. There was only a small
change in the boundary line, just
enough to be az Reuse for passing
the bill, the real object OF which was
TO adjust the debt Of SandOval county,
and change the county seat from San
doval to Bernalillo, Sandovai is in
the interior Of the county and Berna-
lilo is on the Santa Fe railroad.
When Sandoval was formed by the
last legislature a commission was an.
pointed to adjust the debt OF Berna-
lilo county and charge a proper pro
portion to Sanduval county. An error
was made 10 the figures and Sandoyal
was charged with SS4 900, when its
proper proportion should have been
$50, 600, and 1t required an act of the
legislature to rectify this mistake.
A bill was introduced authorizing
Miss Sue Greenleaf to write a history
of New Mexico. This to take the
place Of the work Col Chaves had un.
der way when he was murdered.
Representative Neblett, of Silver
City endeavored to get in With the
appropriation push, and introduced a
bill approprlating $35, 200 to be used 10
building armories for the use Of the
territorial troops at Silver City, Santa
Fe and Roswell.
A bill was introduced in the council
amending the Martin relief bill, which
made an appropriation for the flood
sufferers aud for building dykes. The
effect OF the bill would be to allow the
counties of Bernalillo and San Miguel
to spend all OF their proportions of the
money for building dykes, instead Of
spending some of it for the relief Of
the sufferers. Mr.. Martin did not like
to see his law amended, and succeeded
ia getting the bill to amend laid 90
the table indefinitely.
Col, Greer introduced a bill. which
covered 125 typewriter pages, to reg
ulate the formation aud government
of corporations. 1t is said that this
is very comprehensive, and is the work
of several attornies and men interest
ed 10 corporations, who have studied
the laws of all the different states,
aud taken the best features in all of
them, especially those which have
stood the tests of the courts. The
bill provides not only for the protec-
tion Of the corporations but for the
protection Of the stockholders. 1t is
thought that If this bill becomes a
law New Mexico will be a popular
place for the organization of com
panies. The bill provides for such
fees as will produce a good venue to
the territory.
The governor sent to the council a
list of nominations for regents OF the
various institutions and capitol custo.
dian committee, which nominations
were all approved by the council.
The bill providing for the registra.
tion OF trade marks and labels passed
both houses and became a law.
In 1889 the legislature passed what
was known as the Oatron libel law,
which defined libel, and fixed various
penalties on those who committed
libel. A subsequent legislature re-
pealed the law. The same law was
introduced into this legislature and
passed. The only nan in the council
who voted against it was Mr.. Catron.
He probably remembered some of the
things said about him for the part he
took in passing the law in 1889. Some
Of the newspapers in the territory are
very sore over the law. A persual OF
! it seems to show that so long as a
paper tells the truth it Will have to
suffer no penalty.
A bill was introduced creating the
Office of territorial irrigatlng engineer
With the national government il
charge Of the irrigation business it is
not explained what the territory needs
T Of such an officer.