Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-02-01

county deposits at the rate Of not -
than 8 per cent on daily balaI e
This Is a provision which has / ~
lcontended for for long time. and fs
which will mean a material incre % !.
in revenue to the larger counties. .
will stop the present system OF :
county treasurer placing county fun 3
where he pleases. and drawing Il z
interest on such funds himself TIL
bill went TO the finance committee.
Mr.. Duncan. OF san Miguel. thi,
morning introduced council bill No,
is, making certain amendments In the
law relating to the equalization of
taxes among the counties OF the ter
ritory, providing for special meetings
Of the board to hear protests against
its rulings and making other amend
ments to the present law The bill
was referred to the finance commit
tee.
Mr.. Cameron. of Eddy county, intro
duced council bill No. 10, to consti-
tute the New Mexico Military Insti-
tute at Roswell a post of the national
guard, and providing for the commis-
sioning of the officers of that insti-
tuition as officers Of the nationa!
guard bv the governor. The bill went
To the committee on territorial af-
fairs. Council bill No. 90 was intro
duced by Mr. Cameron. providing for
the repeal of chapter 81 of the ses-
sion laws of 1905. granting aid to the
Rio Grande Water Users association
for the construction of reservoir at
or near Elephant Butte. This bin was
passed to make available certain
funds from the territorial irrigation
funds for the use of the promoters Of
the Engle project near Las Cruces. It
is held that the law has fulfilled its
purpose and should be repealed The
bin went to the committee on irriga-
ton
Council Refuses 10 suspend tie Rules.
An interesting feature of the council
session this morning was the refusal
of large majority of the members
to suspend the rules The motion to
suspend was made by Mr. Cameron,
of Eddy county in order to take up
council bill No. 1, which was passed in
the regular order. The bill had come
in from the Judiciary committee and
the motion was made to suspend the
rules to take It up at once. stand
ing vote was called for and only Mr..
Cameron and Mr. Dalies voted to
change the regular order.
The Vest Pocket Manual.
Representative Beach's Joint reso-
luton providing for the publication of
a west pocket manual" of the mem
bers committees, employees of the two
houses, roster of territorial officials,
etc went through the council this
morning after two amendments. One
merely changed the franz
ing of the resolution so as to make 1t
legal, while the other cut the 500
carried in the original
bin to $50 There was no objection to
the bill as passed.
other new bills in the council are
council bill No. 10. relating to the
granting of marriage licenses by Mr.
Sargent; council bill No. a. by Mr..
Martinez, relating to the assessment
of sheep and requiring that they be
assessed in the county where the OWL
er resides; council bill No, 10, by Mr.
Sulzer, repeating chapter s of the ses-
sion laws of 1905.
Al 10 minutes after II o'clock the
council adjourned until tomorrow af-
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Il is under
stood that at that session Mr.. Dailies
expects to get up his bill for the re-
moVal of the county seat OF Torrance
county from Estancia to Willard,