Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-03-13
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS
EINEN AN GnME

Santa Fe, March 13.-The house
yesterday afternoon passed the ap
preparation bill by a vote of IS ayes
to nays; those dissenting being
Hudspeth, Mullins, Moran, Ruppe and
Walters. 1t is currently reported
here that Ruppe voted against the
bill after having signified his inten-
tions of supporting 1t and expressing
approval of the manner in which 1t
treated Bernalillo county and the
University of New Mexico.
In spite of the statements of the
Journal and other anti-republican or
gans to the contrary, the bill which
was reported by the finance commit
tee to the house yesterday afternoon
at o'clock, makes no discrimination,
political or otherwise. Its provisions
are liberal but not extravagant. 1t
embodies in addition a number of
matters demanded generally by the
great credit upon the finance COM
mittee, which has worked steadily
over a week preparing this measure.
1t is known officially as house substi-
tute for house bill No. 142.
In addition to the usual current
expenses and other appropriations, it
contains a most stringent coal oil
inspection law. and names as in
spectors Clarence T. Stockton of Col
fax county, Eugenio Romero of Las
Vegas, and r. L. Baca of Santa Fe.
The territory is divided into three
districts, each inspector having jur-
isdiction only in his own counties.
This section defines minutely the du-
ties of the inspectors and of those
selling oil, how the oil is to be in
spected, sold, transported, etc.
Those interested in educational
matters particularly approve of that
section which provides for a bond is
sue of $125,000, to be known as ter
ritorial institution bonds. The funds
from the sale of these bonds are to
be used for permanent Improvements
TO the territorial institutions and are
divided as follows:
University of New Mexico, $50, 900.
Military Institute, 100000
900.
Normal school, Silver City, 10000.
College of Agriculture. $35,O00.
School of Mines at Socorro, $4,000.
These funds will be used for i'm
proving the present facilities of these
schools, for additional buildings, etc.
In connection with this appropria-
ton is a section which gives to each
member of the thirty legisla-
tive assembly the right to select by
competitive examination or otherwise,
and also the boards of county COM
missioners, students who shall receive
scholarships in one of the above
mentioned institutions free of charge,
and then apprOpriates $l2,50 to paw
the expenses of these students for a
term Of four years each.
1t also contains radical section
for the election of district attorneys,
beginning at the next general election.
In the interim the council shall select
the district attorneys This is sim
liar TO the district attorney bill now
pending before the judiciary COM
mittee Of the council, and is a meas
ure generally demanded by the people
of the territory.
The bin abolishes the bureau of i'm
migration, substituting an immigra-
tion agent, and desgnates Max Frost
as such for a term Of two years. He
receives a salaray of $500 per an
mum, which includes clerk and stem
ographer, and an additional appropri-
alton Of $4,000 for contingent ex-
penses of the office.
The measure abolishes the office of
public printer, providing that the sec
retary of the territory shall enter into
contracts for all printing, with the
publisher or publishers of daily
papers in the territory, at moderate
rates specified in the bill. This
eliminates any extra expense result
ing from the present system of hand
ling the territorial printing through
q public printer.
Convict labor for the betterment
and Improvement of public roads
and highways plays an important
part in this bill Convict labor shall
be used in building uncompleted por-
tlons of the Canine Real In Dona
Ana county and $1,000 is apprOpri-
ated To aid in paying expenses of this
work.
The bill provides for a scenic high
way from AlamOgordo TO the Sacra-
mento mountains in Otero county, to
be constructed by convict labor, and
appropriates $4,000 for that pur-
BOse.
II also provides that a petition sign
cd by 100 taxpayers i'm any county,
together with the board of county
commissioners. shall secure the use
II conyicts, not TO exceed twenty-five
.u number, for improving highways
and building roads In any county,
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