Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-01-17
THE FIRST JOINT
SESSION HELD
House and Council Spend Afternoon
of Second Day Together and Hear
the Governors Message.

morning at 10 o'clock Chaplain A
= RabeyroIle having beer called to Al
! buquerque on urgent business prayer
was dispensed with. The minutes
were approved as read. Speake
. Dalies was in the chair. Both foo
and gallery were crowded with specta
J tors as it was expected that Governor
] Otero's message would be read
A committee from the Council con
sisting of Messrs. Martin, Catron ani
Montoya announced that the. Council
had been duly organized and was ready
to receive any communication thai
the House desired to make. The com
munication was received and upon
motion, Speaker Dalies appointed sim
liar committees, one, consisting OF
Messrs. Wilkerson, Pendleton and de
Baca of Leonard Wood, to notify the
Council, and one, consisting of Messrs
Sanchez, Stockton and Lucero to noti
fy Governor Otero.
A motion to adopt the rules of the
Thirty-fifth Legislative House until a
committee on rules, with the speaker
as chairman, had been appointed, and
its report adopted was carried unani-
mously.
Mr.. Baca, of Santa Fe, introduced
the first bills of the session, as fol-
lows:
House Bill, No. 1, An act to appro-
! pirate public funds for the completion
of the Scenic Route Road. The bill
carries an appropriation of $4,000.
II House Bill, No. 2, An Act to appro.
pirate 100000 for the purchase of
lands from the Board of Education of
the City of Santa Fe and erect there
on an executive mansion, the ground
to cost not to exceed $4,000.
l House Bill, No. 3, An Act to pro-
vide for the paving of the public plaza
of the city of Santa Fe with vitrified
brick by convict labor.
The bills were placed upon first and
second reading and will be referred
to the proper committees after such
are appointed by the speaker.
A committee of the Council, con-
sisting of Messrs. Read, Winters and
Ballard, announced that the Council
was ready to hear the Governors
message and asking the pleasure of
the House.
Mr.. Dalies appointed committee
consisting of Messrs. Crollott, Howard
and Mirabel to confer with the Coun-
Gil committee and decide upon the
hour of the joint session to hear the
message of Governor Otero.
After the committee reported, the
House took recess until 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon when it went into joint
session with the Council.
| Councils Second Day.
During the roll call, upon request
of Mr.. Montoya, Mr.. Greer was ex-
cused having been called to Albuquer-
que On business.
The reading of the minutes was dis
pensed with.
The rules of the Thirty-ifth Legis-
lative Council were adopted upon mo-
tion until the new rules are formulat-
ed by committee on rules of which
the president is to be chairman.
Messrs. Read, Miller and Ballard
were named committee to notify
Governor Otero that the Council was
ready to receive communications. 1t
reported back that the Governor had
ready his message for communication
to the Council and Messrs. Read,
Winters and Ballard were appointed a
committee to arrange with the House
for joint session to hear the Govern
lor's message.
Messrs. Martin, Catron and MontO-
va were appointed committee to no
| tify the House that the Council had
duly organized and was ready to re-
ceive communications. A committee
Of the House notified the Council that
the House was similarly ready to hear
communications from the Council.
Mr.. Martin moved the adoption of
the rule on standing committees of
the Thirty-f1fth Legislative Council, as
the permanent rule of the Thirty-sixth
Legislative Council, in order that the
president might 60 to work on his
committees. Mr.. Montoya objected
and Mr.. Martin withdrew his motion.
The Council then took recess un-
til 2:30 o'clock this afternoon when it
went into joint session to hear
Governor Oteros message.
Joint Session.
The chamber of the House of Rep
resentatives was crowded this after
noon to hear Governor Otero's bien-
nial message, the fourth in his seven
years as Governor of the Territory.
Many ladies and quite number of
out of town visitors were present, des-
pite the inclement weather delicate
compliment to the popular chief ex-
ecutive of the Territory.
The members of the House rose in
their seats as the members of the
Council filed into the chamber OF the
House of Representatives Speaker
Dalies yielded the gavel to President