Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-01-25
BONDING BILL
INTRODUCED
Joint Resolution Pctitionlng
Congress for Creation of
PajaritO National Park.
Caps for Artcsian
Wells.
Special to The Optic.

SPSNA"' W AhC OptiN.
SANTA FE, N. NJ, jan 25: Both
houses Of the legislature held short
sessions yesterday with little result
In the form Of active legislation al
though prospects for the future were
bolstered up considerably during the
day. In a brief afternoon session the
council passed the bill providing for
the payment Of the sllaries of the
judge and clerk of the sixth judicial
district. These salaries are provided
for in the bill as regularly paid by law
to the other judges and clerks and va
ries only in the provision that the ac.
crued salary Of the officers In the
sixth district since last July be paid
at once.
The house adjourned at noon after
several bills had been introduced, one
OF them creating the county of Artesia
In the east and others taking care of
the proposed,law to require all Off
cials to furnish security or trust com
pany bonds.
The council held brief session in
the morning which resulted in the In.
PRODUCTION of a few bills and the ro,l-
tine business left on the speakers Ia
bic, including the reference OF bills
introduced before tiis appointment n
the committees. Most Of these meas
ures went to the judiciary committee.
Among the bills introduced was
Mr.. Montoya's new jury bill, which it
now turns out is nothing more nor
less than the old, old story which
used to be old at every term of court
In New Mexico. In other words, Mr..
Montoya has revived the old law by
which jurors were selected by the
turning OF wheels, the turning being
done by the Judge Of the district court
or such substitutes as he might name.
The bill was referred.
Mr.. Winters introduced a bill by
which power is given to cities and
towns to build street crossings and
assess the cost against the property
abutting. The bill was sent to the
corporations committee.
Mr.. Ballard introduced a bill which
is designed to put stop to the waste.
fnl and unnecessary use of the water
from artesian wells in the Roswell
artesian belt II is alleged that own.
ers OF wells are In the habit OF leaving
them TO run at full pressure whether
water Is being used or not and the
bill provides that when water is not
being used the wells must be capped
so as TO stop the flow.
House Has Busy Session.
Rut one session of the house was
held yesterday and that was an hours
meeting in the morning which though
short managed to line up considerable
business for the remaining days of the
session. At II o'clock the housa ad-
journed until 10 o'clock this morning.
Mr. Howard Of Socorro opened the
proceedings with the usual protest
against reading the proceedings Of the
day before in Spanish. There Is one
member of the house this session
who does not understand English and
for him the Spanish version Of the
proceedings must be read whenever he
desires It. The debate on this old
hone Of contention occupied about
half the time of the short session.
Speaker Dalies formally called to
the attention Of the house the con.
tests against the Santa Fe county
members, elected on the Catron tick
ct. Baca and Sandoval. against whom
Celestino Ortiz and s. C. Clark have
filed contests, and also the contest
OF Clark NJ Carr OF Mckinley coun-
~ against Thomas ". wilkerson OF
Etrnalillo. The speaker had the
charges read and then referred the
whole bunch Of papers. charges and
all to the committee on privileges and
elections where they win await de-
velopments
The New County Of Artesia.
Mr. Ellis Of Roosevelt county came