Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-28
PROSPEC1SGOOD
FOR VEGAS BILL
TwITcHElL ADDRESSES COW
mITTEE ON THE CORONADO
MONUMENT.
MANY BILLS PASSED
couneiI Sends Many Measures 10
Governor for signatYe-Rupps
Rides in the Band Wagon onee.

Santa Re. n. M. Feb. 2s.-The
council was called 10 order promptly
on time this omrning. and at once
proceeded 10 business.
The following bills were passed.
Council bill No. 10. by President
Spiess. An act to amend section !,
chapter ., of the laws Of 1900. relat.
ing 70 railroads. The bill allow
railroads 10 build spurs. side tracks
and branch lines under one corpor.
alton. This was passed under sus
pension Of the rules,
House bill No. 95. An act with
reference 20 the sale OF intoxicating
liquors on railroad trains. 1t was
amended by the council SO that the
law will not 60 into effect imme-
diately after its passage. but win
remain the same until April /. The
vote on this was unanimous.
Council bill No. ~, An act provid.
ing a method OF fixing the assess
ment on shares of stock with nation.
al and other banks. This was pass.
ed unanimously.
House substitute for council bill
No. -. An act encouraging the cree
ton Of beet sugar factories and for
other purposes. This was passed
under suspension Of the rules by 4
vote OF II TO /, Sargent voting no.
House bill No 1876, An act to fix 4
time for holding terms Of court in
otero and other counties. This was
passed unanimously under suspen-
sion OF the rules.
The following bills were intro
duced:
Council bill No II. by Senator
Murray by request. An act to amend
section 2. chapter so OF the laws OF
1903. This was referred to the com,
mittee ON county and county lines.
Council bill No. ~, by Senator
Murray, An act to amend section
1881 of the laws of 1897, and section
/. chapter II OF the laws of 1899.
relative to change of venue. This
was referred to the judiciary com
mittee.
The following house bills were re.
ferred to committees:
House bill No. 90 to the committee
on territorial affairs.
House bills &C and "a to the COM
mittee on railroads.
Housebills 80 and sc to the com
mittee on finance.
House substitute for house bill No.
10l to the judiciary committee.
The council then adjourned unit!
this afternoon.
Col. r. Z. Twitchell appeared be-
fore the finance committee In SAINT
Fe this morning in argument of the
question of the appropriation for th'
Coronado monument to be located in
Las Vegas. The appropriation
S. 900, and it is very probable tha'
this amount will be appropriated BY
the legislature
Ruppe On The Wagon.
Especial Correspondence
Santa Fe. n. NJ, Feb. 27.-Althongn
the house session was somewhat
short this afternoon. considerable
business was transacted. One Of the
principal features of the session was
the usurption of the drivers seat on
the organization band wagon. for
short time during the consideration
of the Sulzer bill to repeal laws al
lowing the county commissioners 10
levy a three mill tax to provide for
the feeding Of county prisoners.
"Littlefield" dug around until he be-
came firmly seated on the band
wagon and successfully resisted all
attempts to kick him off
The bill, known as council bill No.
12. was favorably reported from the
judiciary committee, but met with
decided opposition on the floor OF the
house. Ruppe at first advocated the
passage of the bill and made little
speech to that effect. After consid-
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