Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-20

Representative Walters. the All
burn haired reformer Of San JaaU
county. has . very active bee cir
ealaiing around beneath his era
nium cover and It IL not n political
bee either. This afteEnaon he iatro
dueed a bill providing Tor the tnspec-
ton Of bees and creating al office
Of bee inspector. Mister Walters
does not believe in doing lluls
things. So he has Introduced q bill
that the house minority will un.
douDtedly take an interest In. Tht
honorable gentleman does not state
whether diseased bees which are u
be ferreted out shall die by the dou
ble shingic route or By just being
stamped on or that they are 10 be
killed in some other manner.
Yesterdays Proceedings of House.
House bill No. 105 by Mr. Walters
Is an act providing for the inspec.
ton of bees and creating an office
OF bee inspector, The bill gives
power TO the board Of county com
missioners upon the request Of bee
owners. power TO appoInt an inspec
tor who shalt hold his office during
the pleasure of the board. II shall
be his duty to inspect bees for dis.
eases. and II he finds any sick bees
he Is to destroy them.
February 2oth.
The council this morning passed
several bills. Council bill No. %, au
act entitled an act for the projection
OF highways and bridges and for
other purposes. Il relates to the
passage OF vehicles and horses over
bridges. and provides a fine OF not
more than $500 for driving faster
than walk over bridges fifty feet
long Or more. The bill was passed
by vote of IL to !. The council
also unanimously passed the Council
bin No. &c, an act to amend certain,
sections OF the Compiled Laws Of
1897. House bill No. 13, an act re-
lating to territory repositories. was
amended by striking out the provis,
ions that trust companies with
capitalization OF s25.000 will become
territorial repositories and that ma
tional banks with a capitalization Of
S25,"oo instead of $4,000 may be-
come repositories. The bill was
passed unanimously.
Council bill No. -, providing that
for the purpose Of aiding and en-
cOuraging the construction OF beet
sugar factories, wooden mills, smeIt
ers, refining and reduction works,
water ways. pipe lines, bitches, can.
ais. fumes and other means of con
veying water for the purpose of sup
plying water for such establishments
shall be free from taxation for a per
iod of six years after Its completion
The bin was passed by a vote of II
to J., Sargtnt voting no.
House bill No. "a, an act to
amend section 1928 Of the Compiled
Laws of New Mexico of 1897 in re.
gard to larceny by embezzlement,
was passed by vote of II to 0,
Council bill No, 90. an act provid
ing for the taking of depositions in
the territory of New Mexico for use
in other states and foreign countries
was passed unanimously.
The house substitute for House
bill No. 25, an act to amend the
laws OF the crime OF assault. The
bill defines the crime of assault by
words and the bin was passed by
vote of s II 3.
Council bill No 16, an act to r,
peal the session laws of 1905 relating
to the feeding of prisoners. The
bill leaves the feeding OF prisoners
to come out Of the general expense
fund Of the county. This bill was
passed unanimously.
House bill No. 102, empowering
the board Of regents of the New
Mexico Agricultural college at Ne.
silla Park to lease TO the Y. M. c. A.