Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-02-07
SESSION TO-DAY
Of LEGISLATURE
Sulzer Bill Passed
By Council Tabled
in House
MORE PETITIONS RECEIVED
Residents of Northern Part
of Torrance County Protest
Against Proposed Change.
THE HOUSE..

Fourteenth Day-Mornne Session.
Pursuant to adjournment the House
met at 1890 o'clock this morning
Speaker Baca in the chair The Chap
lain offered the invocation followed by
the reading of the roll by Chief Clerk
Staplin to which all answered pres
ent. Upon motion duly seconded and
carried, the reading Of the journal of
the previous session was dispensed
with and the Speaker was instructed
to order the journal approved after
personally approving it.
Council Bill Number 32, introduced
by Mr. Sulzer and which passed the
Council yesterday was taken up on
motion Of Mr.. Holt duly seconded and
carried, 10 suspend the rules for that
purpose. This is the bill carrying an
appropriation of $4,000 for repairing
dikes six miles above Albuquerque on
the Rio Grande. The bill was read
the first and second time by title.
AT this stage message from the
Governor was announced While the
message was being handed with due
form to the chief clerk, Council Bill
Number 80 was read in full the third
time preparatory to its passage upon
the motion of Mr.. Holt duly seconded
and carried. Mr.. Holt then moved that
the bill "be now tabled indefinitely" :"
The motion was seconded by Mr..
Beach and the House by a viva voce
vote, declared the bill tabled indef-
nitely and the Speaker so ordered.
Mr.. Abbott of Santa Fe, then pre-.
sented six petitions signed by resi-
dents of Torrance County protesting
against the passage of the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Dalies of the Council
for the creation of new county of
Torrance with new lines and the re-
moval Of the county seat from Es-
tancia to Willard. The petitions were
received and ordered filed with two
petitions on the same matter submit
ted by Mr.. Abbott on the day previous
The first petition was from various
parts of Torrance County and bore
certified statement of the amount
of taxable property upon which the
slgners were paying taxes This
amounted to $150,000. The second was
from the precinct of fatigue, Tor
rance County; the third was from
Moriarty precinct; the fourth was
from Torreon precinct; the fifth was
from Estancia precinct, and the
sixth was from East View precinct.
This makes total of eight petitions
against this proposed legislation now
in the House.
Mr.. Rupfe presented petition con-
tanning about 400 signatures from Ber-
nalillo County. asking for a reduc-
tion in fees and salaries in county
Offices This petition was referred
to the Committee on Finance by the
Speaker.
The Committee On Penitentiary Mr..
Green chairman, then reported on
House Bill Number 10, previously in
troduced by Speaker Baca, providing
for the construction of an electric
light plant at the penitentiary near
this city. The committee favored the
bill but amended it to read as an ad-
dtion to Section 3 as follows:
Provided that the price to consum-
nf c,,ph 1ios11t nd eho1 I
not be less than is charged by other
electric light companies owned or
operated by private individuals or
corporations.
Mr. Baca protested against this
amendment stating that it was aimed
to defeat the very object for which
the bill was drafted and that rather
than see the bill pass with such an
amendment, he would see it defeated
before it left the House. Il am op-
posed to the Santa Fe Water and
Light Company" said the Speaker,
"and | am working for the interests
of the people who sent me to this
legislature and of all the people of
Santa Fe County. Power and light |
can be furnished cheaper than we
now get it and I want to see that |
bill pass unamended."
Further action on the report of the
committee was temporarily postpon-
ed. The introduction of bills was the
next order of business.
House Bill Number 55 was intro
duced by Mr.. Gallegos, an act to com
pei railroad companies to furnish cars
when demanded and for other purpos-
es This bill provides that railroads
must furnish shippers with cars not
to exceed six days after request
for cars; that the railroads must de.
liver to the consigners, freight so
shipped within reasonable time after
the cars have been loaded. that receiy-
ers Of said shippings must unload the
cars within forty-eight hours after
they have been notified of their ar
rival at the point for which they were
destined and that they shall be SUBJ
Ject to q fine of $25 per car for each
"a hours the cars are left unloaded
after the expiration of the first 4S
hou.s; that the law is not in effect in
case OF strikes or other public calam-
tiles. The bill also provides that the
railroads must publish timetables of
passenger trains In at least one news.