Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-02-17
WILL PETITION
FOR HOLD UP
OF LltiIefield Bin, Should II
Pass and Become a Law,
Until January, 1907.
MEMBERS or SCHOOL BOARD SIGN

ffridsy. February Cd
With iho probability of the Little.
neld anileambllng hlli looming up
0n ihe horizon OF New Mexico al a
possible law iu tie very near fuefe.
much agitation he's been started. With
Yiow 90 getting ihe operation OF tne
hlll should.N pass and become a law.
held up Cos q iIme. 40 as 90 allow
ni q rcadiuaimcni 0f iho school sys
tenn income which, under present con.
dit'ona. is derived almost entirely
from revenues collected from the gam
bling fraternity.
" Is understood hat number OF
ihoao having the welfare Of New Mex
lco'a public school system at heart.
lre preparing 90 chocolate a petition
90 che above eject claiming that In the
event TIE hiii passes and becomes a.
law The revenue that has heretofore
maintained the schools. aiii at once
'paac. and as a result OF this cessa.
lion they claim the bubble schools
win suffer temporarily az least aG
there Wiil b. no income with watch io
keep up iho schools until q tax ays.
cm could be- arranged lovied and COS
iacicd. and This. 80 sag those who
have taken the above stano. WoHld
fake some time.
m is our Intention" said a member
lf ric Albuquerque rchcul board 40
ask that the bill BIZ hold up from be.
omlug effective in the event OF ita
massage. until January T. 1907. az our
uflrO revenue. almost ia derived from
aia 9ouTcr. ana q cutting on oi thi7
revenue would mean that we would
haze to 80 out ard borrow thn money
In continue operations un until such
tlmc az d special school iax could
De levied and collected Tho csmmis.
sionera would make this levy ln March
ami ihc first collection would ho made
lhe following December, and the bai
1nct IA July. 1907 So you see. va
would have no inc me for school pur
rcaea until that lime unless we Dor
rowed ca a good rate of interest n
ine hiil were held up from hocOmlnr
effective Il would not hurt ua 30 much
ns hy that time we would be IN ahape
with Tho special achloi tax that will
Of n nCccnsliy, De- levied"
A lawyer "a this city has been called
upon ga urepare a petition, ana is now
al work drawing q up When finish
cd this petition viii be signed hy the
momnrra of the local school hoard
and uihcrs tniereEted. and sent on 90
i.as Vegas Santa Ne end other places
I 90 Do signed by me members OF the
school board there.
While there 10 little doubt bat what
he gambling fraternity favor thii
I az A d.
age, lnaamuca as C would mean a
posipuning Of the cioairE up OF th0I
places Tor year or more after the hil
had passed, bui aa Now Mexico has
long been the stamping ground 0f ~
ccnsed gamhiiug % would only mean
The continuance ol tho ovli for the bet
terment Of the puhiic rchools. nnd Cor
a short time ai that SO New Mexico
could well AFFORD 90 harhor the evil
ior yenr or go longer. n o. con.
tended, however that the gambling
I fraternity are not aeilatluE the petit
ton as much as are those VINO really
have the public schools welfare and
best interests az heart
nc that as o. may, there a. no de-
nylng that with the enforcement OF
I The litlehold Law, the largest ltom
cf revenue OF the public ach3ol ava
tenn 90 the territory, would be- With
| drawn, aud that 1t would seriously
cripple the schools. temporarily. NJ
least, cannot be- galnsaid.
Although nothing definite has beer
decided upon among the members o.
the school board here as yoi. mas
much as there was moi q quorum pres
eni at the last meeting OF the board
r. W Hopkins, OF the school boart
STATED 90 representative OF The
Evening Citlz0n that tho matter 81
I 3chding oui n petition 20 congress wal
/ being agltAted. 4 as the intouiion q
ask c0ngrcEa not io make the law 81
I foctiyu until the territorial lpgislntur'
/ could meet and make arrangcment.
I for tnc Increase ~ che school levy
! which nt present O. aut 7it mills al
fhe legislature does not meet unit
I March. 1907, congress viii Do askCl
90 hold up the law until january
/ 1907. 90 least According % TIE Bate
man law, the school hoard cannot an
cur amy Indebtedness beyond the pres
ont fiscal year therefore even tn
borrowing of funds Is denied them
I'm case the law becomes effective
and until the assessment OF a gchoo
| levy by ODE legislature of 1907, NJ
funds could possibly be forthcoming
81 the revenue from the gambling Ora
! ternlty is cut Of. beyond the nroson
levy of 7M mills The matter win b
taken up at the next meeting Of en-
school board and in an pr0hasNlt
; congress viii be neiiiioned 20 nnHi
pono making the Ililloncld ban. 4
the event OF lts passage. a law mt
January 1907.