Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-02-16

torial institutions, The committees
leave today. The committee TO visit
Las Vegas Is as follows; FlCm the
house. Crollott, Sandoval Baca, Gri.
ego, Lucero and Lynch.
From the council--Ballard. Miller
and Winters.
The house today passed the Martin
ez bin reviving the libel law of 1903.
Correspondence OF The Optic.
SANTA FE, N. NJ. Feb. l5.-The
first executive session during the pres
ent meeting OF the legislature was
held by the council this morning at
the end Of the morning session, the
occasion being the consideration OF a
message from the governor transmit
ting "a. long list Of appointments to,
boards OF regents and territorial com.
mittees in charge of the several edu-
cational and public institutions.
The executive session was brief and
was marked by harmony, there being
no opposition TO any Of the nomina.
tions made by the executive,
II was rumored after the executive
session had been ordered on n motion
by MIR. Greer, that the coal oil insoe
tor and Insurance commissioner were
70 be appointed. This however was
quickly disproven and when the coun-
ell adjourned until tomorrow morning
| 1t was with the announcement that II
had confirmed the following appoint
ments:
Regents of the university of New
Mexico at Albuquerque:
James II. Wroth, OF Albuquerque !:
Henry l.. Waldo, of Las Vegas, for a
term Of five years, dating from Sept.
2, 1904 and Sept Q. 1906, respectively
Members of the board Of regents Of
the Orphans home at Belen:
r. B. Dalies. Solomon Luna, John
Becker, for term of two years.
Regents of the New Mexico Normal
school at Silver City:
G. c. Shoemaker and w. l.. Ritch for
term Of five years dating fromFeb.
Is, 1904, and Feb. IS. 1906, respec-
lively.
Regents Of the New Mexico school
of mines located at Socorro:
A. II. Hilton. G. T. Brown, p. ].
Savage.
Members of the capitol custodian
committee:
Levi A. Hughes, A. d. Renehan, A.
A. Keen, for term Of two years.
Regents of the New Mexico military
institute at Roswell:
w. M. Atkinson and w. A. Finlay
for a term Of five years.
Regents Of the New Mexico Normal
University at Las Vegas:
Charles Ilfeld and A.. B. Smith, of
Las Vegas, Tor a term Of five years
from February %, 1904 and Feb %,
1905, respectively.
Regents of the New Mexico college
of agriculture at Mesilla Park:
J. NJ. Webster and H. b. Holt, for
term Of five years, dating from Sept.
2 1904. and Sept 2. 1905, respectively
The chief legislative business OF the
day was the passage Of the bill chang
ing The county seat of Sandoval coun.
ty from Sandoval TO Bernaliilc. which
went through both houses under sus
pension of the rules and by unanimous
vote.
The several parties interested In
this change. Hon Pedro Perea, OF
Bernalilo, the Sandovals and Hubbells
had agreed upon the terms of the bin
and as no one else had any interest In
It. it was passed without any oppo
sition.
There is one feature of the bill
which Is interesting: SandovaI county's
proportion of the couJ'y debt of the
old county of Bernalillo is 5000 The
Bateman law forbids Sandoval coun-
ty 10 issue more than s2i .0o5 In bonds,
under It's present assessed valuation
of little over 100000. Therefore
an agreement has been reached and Is
incorporated in this bin whereby San
doval county is to order special levy
annually sufficient 10 raise $4,000 a
year. which is all to be paid 10 Ber.
nalillo county. as per cent interest