Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-01

lHt 1ilAlfW suites court bi 'lHiliF h'
an example and a precedent He de
nied that county commissioners coul,
nov be sued at viii by private citizens
snd declared there IS nov no couiI
having Jurisdiction IN the KIND of ac.
'ion sought 10 be created by this Dill
The officer who Is charged with de
fault, he said. cannot now go into
court n enforce an accounting and
auditing ~ his accounts he De- at tho
mercy Of the county commission Thi-
law should be enacted and 10 should
be extended 10 county officers.
Mr.. Spices then moved TO reject the
amendment striking out the provis-
son relating 10 county officers The
motion was lost. & To- g. Nj CAMERON
then moved the adoption OF the
amendment. which was ALSO lost. Nj
Cameron then moved his second
amendment, limiting he law to enc
year This amendment prevailed and
when Mr.. Spices later In the session
sought 90 reconsider 10. he failed. all
though Nj. Miera. who had voted for
thr amendment. moved a feconsidel'-
tiOu. The Vote 60 reconsider Was also
o to e ana was therefore lost.
Those voting for tine Cameron
amendment or against reconsideration
were. Duncan. Murray, Sargent
stockton. Sulzcr and Cameron MI
Cameron moved to amend section .
of the bill by making II apply To-
either party Instead OF only to the
officer seeking an accounting MI
Spices objected to this upon the
theory that the county already had
such power. The amendment failed
bY y vote of Z to 4, MI stockton NOT
voting.
The consideration of tire bin on
tlnued with mucn discussion. i'm which
Mr. Cameron found himself confront
cd by more or less trouble I'm secui-
ing recognition. He finally admitted
toward the end Of the session, that
thc chairman, Mr.. Dalies, was q Hit
tlc too speedy for The gentleman from
Eddy Mr. Spiess himself offered the
amendment striking out the oXifaol-
binary provision cKempting bonds
meu serving prior To the passage Of
the act. Several sections We're added
To- the printed bill. one of them sus-
pending the statute Of limitations
upon any criminal action which may
be pending during the course of my
action Under this law. and another
making the law inapplicable to any
action begun prior to February Is.
1900 The bin passed the council by
d vote Of II to l.. Mr.. Sulzcr only
voting against II. The amended bill,
aimed, as II is. To bring about an inn
mediate settlement Of the accounts Of
tire penitentiary is a very much mod
med edition of the original.
The original bill was introduced
wednesday morning In the council by
Charles A. Spices. and appoars to
have been printed before il was intro
duced since printed copies of the bill
We're delivered in the council this
morning, which were without The
printed number thereon ndicgtfng
mat the number Of the bin was moi
1tuc wu when The nrlutinp V,s done
<'Thc original bfli is a most extraor-
nary bit Of legislation. promising as
II does 10 allow a-slnple -trtai and adj
Indication In court Of amy given case
1f rmbezzlement or theft in hubble /
the case thereafter To- become
adtudicata. and To be barred from
the courts. no matter vhat mture dis.
mlpht he made in mo roaa
IN other words IA btiI.as inter
prctcd by several able LAWYERS. would /!
this effect should n public Of
ficrr emhezzlo 0ftv thousand dollars
and should five thousand dollars Of
that amount ne discovered ana mdr-
meut be found against the official. he |
might pay the $4,000. II thereafter
the other $4,000 should be discovered |
IN his books. there would be no re-
at law either for the recovery
VI the money or the punishment of
The criminal.
The original law would allow. for
instance. that the books Of an in4ti-
.utiou might be burned or DESTROYED.
# the coort should ]unnoint u rcfnrae
who should examine the institution
report Thereon. the decision of the
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