Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-04-01
SANTA FE, N. M. MONDAY APRIL l. 1907
BILLS THAT
PASSED HOUSE
Chief Clerk Stapin Makes Report to
Secretary Of Terri
tory.

The following letter addressed by
Frank Staplin, chief clerk of the House
of Representatives of the Thirty
seventh Legislative Assembly, to the
Secretary of the Territory, shows in
short the large amount of work per-
formed by the House of Representatives
OF that body, and is excellent proof
that that body wasted no time and that
its members earned the small stipend
allowed them by the federal govern.
ment, Nh Staplin says
Hon. j. w. Reynolds, Secretary of
New Mexico.
Sir:-I have the honor to report to
you the following disposition of bills
in the House of the Thirty-seventh
Legislative Assembly:
Two hundred and fifty-one original
bills and twenty substitutes for orig.
inal House bills were introduced, max.
ing a total Of two hundred and
seventy-one bills which were disposed
of as follows;
Seventy House bills were passed
by both Houses and delivered to the
Governor Of New Mexico fifty-nine of
these were approved by him; one was
allowed to become a law by limitation;
five were vetoed; and five Of those
delivered during the last three days
were not subsequently returned or re.
ported by him, and thus failed to be-
come law by pocket Veto Two of
the vetoed bills were passed over his
veto and reported to the Council.
Seventy-nne House bills passed by
the House and reported to the Council
We're not subsequently returned by
that body
Seyenty-eight House bills referred
to various committees of the House
We're not subsequently reported.
Forty-four House bills were tabled
indefinitely.
Seventy-nine Council bills were re-
ceived from the Council, Of these.
tifty-fiye We're passed and returned;
eighteen were referred to- committees
and not subsequently reported; six
were tabled indefinitely.
Nine House joint resolutions were
introduced. Five of these were passed
by both Houses and delivered to the
Governor of New Mexico four were
approved by him, and one vetoed and
returned and subsequently passed over
his veto by both Houses; two were re.
ported to the Council and not subse-
quently returned; and two were tabled
indefinitely
Six Council joint resolutions were
received from the Council; of these,
five We're passed and returned, and
one was referred to a committee and
not subsequently reported.
Two House joint memorials were in.
troduced. One was reported to the
Council and not subsequently .e-
turned; one was tabled indefinitely.
One Council Joint Memorial was re-
ceived from the Council, passed and
returned.
Eighteen House resolutions were in.
troduced. Fifteen of these were
adopted; one referred to a committee
and not subsequently reported; Two
tabled indefinitely.
Thirty-four petitions and collections
of petitions were introduced and re.
ferred to the various committees in
charge of the matters to which they
referred.
| also transmit herewith the follow
ing:
/. Record of House bills.
2. Record of Council bills
5. Record of resolutions.
4, Record of memorials.
s. Committee receipt books.
6. Governors receipt book
I. All bills, resolutions, ETC. (ru.
naming in my possession).
8. Also all committee reports and
communications
.. Two copies of the proceedings of