Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-06
The BILL.

. House Bill No. 20 providing I
. for the creation Of Garfield
. county. said county to be taken Z
. from the present county Of San
. Miguel. and futher provided
. that the city Of Las Vegas shall I
. be the county seat. u takes In Z
. no part Of any other county.
. The bill 10 quite lengthy. IL
. required twenty-five minutes 4
. 60 read 4 in the house. Va
. copy Of II can be obtained II
. will be published In full In The
. orele tomorrow. Z
The house of representatives did
not meet until II O'Clock this morning
owing 10 caucus meeting which was
called for 10 o'clock. Represer.ta .tative
Holt asked that the rules be suspended
and joint resolution No. 1. providing
for the pay of employees for the first
fifteen days Of the legislature be pass
cd. His motion was carried and the
resolution was passed by a vote Of 2i
10 /. Hudspeth voted In the negative
The resolution appropriates s2,3e6
for the council and s3,3G2 for the
house. Should this ratio be maintain
ed during the remaining forty-five
days of the session, the total amount
will be s23,03o, This will be several
hundred dollars less than the expenses
of the great reform legislature of 1908.
The council has passed council bills
eight and nine and house bills -. Is.
n, 70. 20 and a.
President Spiess appointed Senators
Miera and Martinez to confer with n
committee from the house regarding
the appropriation OF 500 for printing
pocket editions of the legislative ro2,
ter.
Representative Mdllins introduced
house bill 4S relating to incorporated
villages and towns and for other pur.
poses.
House bill 50 by Studley amends the
laws of 1900.
House bill 81 by Moran Is calculated
to regulate Sunday business. II was
attacked by Holt and Sanchez on the
ground that 1t was unfair TO the keep
ers of saloons. After some discussion
1t was laid on the table. A resolution
was then introduced by Holt and
adopted that put the bill forever to
sleep.
A bill appropriating $4,000 for re-
lief of the courts in Torrance county,
known as council bill No. q. was taken
up out of its order in the house this
morning and passed.
House bill So, which disqualifies all
members of the legislative assembly
from accepting appointments of any
nature. was referred to a committee,
where it should and probably will re-
main.
Yesterdays Business.
Santa Fe. Feb. 5.-The legislative
assembly was in session this after
noon. the principal feature being a
lively debate in the house upon the
enforcement of the Sunday closing law
brought up by the unfavorable report
of the judiciary committee on Mr..
Beach's bill to modify the law. Mr.
Holt, Mr.. Abbott Of Santa Fe, Mr.
Ruppe and Mr. Hudspeth took part in
the oratory. The bill was finally tab
led indefinitely. The proceedings Of
today's sessions are as follows:
The committee on judiciary, Mr..
Holt chairman, reported favorably up
on house bill No. IA, an act prohibit
ing conspiracy against trade. and re.
commended the bills passage. The
judiciary committee also reported un
favorably on house bill No. 10. an act
to modify the Sunday closing law.
The report of the committee on judi
ciary was adopted after speech by
Mr.. Beach In defense of his measure.
House resolution No. / was intro.