Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-01-29
Both Houses Have Busy SeS.
SiOnS This Morning and
Council Meets This
Afternoon.
CHILDREN'S HOME
SOCItIY ASKS $4,000
Wants Money for Char Bile
Work.. Hdnley Bill In the
House and viii Pro-
baby Pass
Monday.

santa Fe. y. NJ. Jan. 29.-The
present legislature seems to be doing
things by fits and spells. After a
days rest yesterday, the House met
this morning and in a session lasting
two hours, disposed of numerous PEE
ttions and resolutions, and permitted
its members to introduce total Of
twenty-five bills all of which were re
ferred to the proper committees for
consideration.
The most important of the bills in
troduced were:
BY SweeZy, an act amending the
law relative to road tax.
BY Walters, an act fixing the fees
Of district attorneys; an act classify
ing employees Of the House and pro-
viding for their compensation; an act
creating twelve districts for district
attorney purposes.
Representative Mullens presented
a petition signed by many Of his con
stituents, asking the enactment of a
bill providing the Australian ballot
system in the territory. Representa-
tive Brown presented a petition ask
ing for the creation of Taft county.
Council Bill 30. l, by Hanley, Of
Albuquerque the armor0 deaeIencv
bill was referred tosthe committee ON
finance and is expected TO pass the
House Monday. 1t has already been
passed oy the Council.
The House adjourned at noon to
meet Monday afternoon at o'clock,
and the Council adjourned at noon to
meet at o'clock this afternoon.
9 When the Council met this after
noon it took up for consideration a
memorial to Congress, demanding inn
mediate admission of New Mexico TO
statehood. The memorial was adopt
ed without dissent.
A petition was introduced by mem
bers of the Childrens Home Society,
asking an appropriation of $4,000 by
the territory for the promotion of this
charitable work.
Four new bills were introduced ana
referred, after which the Council
took a short recess. When It recon
venes it is expected that a good roads
bill and a bill providing for a new
form of manag, meut for the peniten-
tiary will be introduced. following the
recommendation made by Governor
Curry in his message. The Council
will then adjourn over uutu Monday
afternoon.
Working in Harmony.
\ feature of yesterday afternoons
session of the Council was the way
that body disposed of the matters
pending before it, Although in session
hut half an hour the upper body of
the legislature cleaned its slate. So
To- speak, of the business scheduled
for the day.
The smooth sailing which House
Bin No. 25 encountered i'm the Couu-
eli was proof that that body was
working i'm complete harmony for
the present at least. The committee
amendments We're adopted without il
dissenting vote and tho passage of
the bill in a like manner. was proof
that these amendments removed the
Dbjectiona Bile features of the bill to-
the county Of Quay This bin ra-
.storcs to Union county part of ter-
ritory sliced off and annexed t. Quay
by AN act Of the 37th assembly.
The adoption of Council joint reso-
luton No g. providing that it would
require q two-thirds vote of the
Council To consider any proposition
looking towards the creation of new