Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-02-22
To Require Hunting License.


House bill No. %. Mr. Baca's bin.
came before the house at this junct-
ure, with the recommendation from
the committee on territorial affairs.
that the bill be considered by the
house in committee of the whole. Mr..
Mirabal moved the adoption of this
report but Mr.. Holt demurred. The
bill was one introduced by Speaker
Baca providing for a new game law
and making the hunting licenses to
be issued by the game warden, q
means for supporting that depart
ment. Mr.. Holt based his objections
to the bill on the grounds that the
house had already voted to abolish
the office of game warden and hence
so far as the house was concerned
there existed no such office. He fur
ther stated that the provisions in Mr..
Baca's bill necessitated a game war
den in order to carry IL into effect and
the house would be in an awkward po-
sition If II favored such a bill after
voting to abolish the office of game
warden. The house, however, adopted
the report of the committee and went
into a committee of the whole with
Mr.. Studley in the chair, to consider
it.
Mr.. Hudspeth said legislation was
necessary for the proper protection
of game and fish and urged that the
bill be given careful consideration.
Mr. Holt moved that the committee
of the whole rise and report to the
house Mr.. Baca's bill, with the rec
ommendation that 1t be not passed.
Mr.. Hudspeth demurred. urging that
the bill be considered by sections.
Mr.. Holt replied that he did not
favor leaving game and fish without
! any protection whatever but I'm view
of the fact that the bill would place
the house I'm a peculiar position, he
thought it best to kill the bill and
draft another to protect game and
fish just as much as would this law
or even more but without the addi-
tional expense of paying a game war
den.
This BILL" said Mr.. Holt. contains
at least one provision that is objec-
tionable to the poorer class OF our
| people. 1t is in other words sports
mans measure" designed purely and
simply in their favor. 1t requires that
| to hunt a man must have a hunters
license. What provision does it make
for the poor man who wants to go out
and kill a few quail before breakfast
for his family? Simply this-He must
first see the game warden and get a
permit at some cost to himself, or else
he may be prosecuted. 1t is useless
to waste cur valuable time consider
ing this bill"
Captain Littletield Ruppe spoke on
the bill, He said that he asked be-
fore voting to abolish the office Of
game warden, II there was not an
otner bill pending to take the place
of the law it was proposed in the
measure just passed 10 abolish.
Ruppe Relieves Tension.
Had / thought for one minute, p"
he said, that it was the intention to
abolish all protection for game ana
fish and I'm this summary manner, |
would never have voted as | did"
This statement caused a sigh of re-
lief from the minority side where six
lanxious members had been wondering
II Littleheld Ruppe had actually Sc
cured a seat on the band wagon be-
side the driver. THAT bill of Mr..
Baca's was drafted for the very pur-
pose OF eliminating the expense OF a
game warden of this territory by
making the hunters licenses pay the
bulk OF such expense" said Or. Rup-
pc. 1T does not prohibit the poor
man from shooting his jack rabbi
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