Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-21
CITY ASKS FOR
APPROPRIATION
GILL; INTRODUCED TO onE LAS
VEGAS 5000 Foa monu.
MEsT.
CORONADOMEMORIAL

Especial 10 The Optic,

account os Washlngson'g Birthday.
Especial 10 The Optic,
Santa Fe. N. NJ. Feb. sl.-Tha
council was called 10 order promptly
On time this morning.
Should Council Joint Resolution
No. Q. introduced by Senator Miers,
become a law. Las Vegas win be hon.
ored by having n sia.oee monument
of Francisco vasquez De Coronado
the great Spanish explorer. erected
there. This resolution was intro
dueed this morning providing for the
payment out Of the territorial treas.
ury the sum OF $1,000 for tho purposs
providing . like sum 10 put up by
the Coronado Memorial association.
The resolution was referred 10 tho
committee on finances.
The following bills were passed by
the council this morning:
Council biu No. "a. by Senator
Martinez. An act amending the sss-
sion laws OF 1895. The object of the
bin is to place building and !san ~
|sociations under the travelling ausi
tor for the purpose Of Inspection
The bin was passed under suspsn
sion of the rules.
Council bin No. sc by Senator
Miera An net placing sandovai coun.
~ In the first judicial district for
district attorney purposes was pass
cd under suspension Of tho rules.
Heretofore sandoval county has
been in the same district ~ Herns-
|iiilo county and was undor the fur.
addiction Of District Attorney Frank
W. Clancy. Of Albuquerque. - >*'''
II was moved that the vote under
which House substitute for House
bill No. s5 was passed yesterday and
that amends the law defining assault
by words be reconsidered. The mo- j..
ton was carried and the bill was
laid upon the table indefinitely by
the vote Of 6 to I. II Is understood
that another bill will be framtd
that will repeal the section alto
gether.
The following new bills were In.
troduced:
Council bin No. IS. by Senator
Sargent, An act to repeal certain
laws Of 1897. The bin takes away
tax exemption OF railroads for the
period Of six years. The bin was re-
ferred to the committee on railroads.
Council bill No. 81. by Senator
Miera. An act to amend the law
creating the mounted police and rails
ing the salaries Of policemen.
II the law passes, the captain of
the police viii receive a salary Of
$4,000 per annum. the lieutenant
81 500, the sergeant $1,000. and the
privates $1,000 each. The bill was
referred to the committee on terri
torial affairs.
Council bill No. 5s, by Senator
Murray is an act providing for the
Of Jail prisoners. This
was referred to the committee on ter
ritorial affairs.
Council bin No. 50. by Senator
Murray Is an act to incorporate Sil.
yer City, was referred to the com.
mittee on corporations.
The chief clerk of the house re-
ported to the council bills passed by
the house and they were referred.
Amended House bill No. SO was re.
ferred to the committe on irrigation.
House substitute for House bill No.
10 was referred to the committee on
municipal and private corporations.
House bills Nos. 90, 10 and 73 were
referred to the judiciary committee.
The council then adjourned until
$3.50 Monday on account Of Wash
ington's birthday which is a legal
holiday.
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