Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-03-16
NEW MEX|CO'S INSTITUTIONS Of
LEARNING ARE T0P.HEAVY
Council Committee Recommends EIimi-
nation Of Preparatory Departments
and Duplication of Work.
House Finishes Considera-
ton Of Appropriation
Bill

territory to be annexed want to be
ccme part of Curry county. The bill
provides for the annexation of west
ern Roosevelt county to the new coun
}ty of Curry. The motion to recommi
ito the steering committee carried b,
a vote of II to 9.
| House Bill No. 211, by Blattman
lcreating the territorial board of EN-
balmers, passed by vote of 16 to 4
those voting against it being Mar
tinez, Mirabal, Pacheco and Sanchez.
! House Bill No. 234, by Brice, ar
act repeating chapter 116 of the Laws
ioi 1905, providing for the sprinkling
iof city streets, was killed by vote
of II to II.
Recess was taken until 1880 o'clock
lin the evening, when the considera.
ton in the committee of the whole in
executive session of the general ap,
preparation bill was resumed.
COUNCIL.
Monday Afternoon.
The steering committee reported
favorably House Bills Nos. 173, 149,
123 and 205; and Council Bills Nos.
147 and $50.
House Bill No. Is, by Walters, an
act giving five days a month extra
good time allowance, to convicts
working on the roads. The bill pass,
ed unanimously.
House Bill No. 13l, by Julian Cha
vez, providing that U. s. patents for
townsites be placed on record, passed
unanimously.
House Substitute for House Bill No.
SO, by Baca, relating to mileage of
county commissioners passed unani.
mously.
House Bill No. ia, by Brice, de-
claring the common law in reference
TO bringing stolen property into the
territory, was passed unanimously
louise Bill No. 1917. by Valdez, an
act to amend chapter 7 of the Laws
of 1899, relative to the construction
OF bridges, was passed unanimously.
Council Bill No. 151 was introduced
by Navarro, an act relating to water
rights along the upper courses of
streams, and was passed unanimously.
Council Bill No 1852, by Carlos
Baca, to amend section 2490 of the
Compiled Laws of 1891 regarding the
compensation of town marshals, was
referred to the steering committee.
House Bill No. 1S9, by Stackhouse,
providing that imitation Indian wares
should be labeled imitation" was
passed with amendments, providing
that 1t should not apply to wares man
ulactured in New Mexico.
Council Bill No. 147, by Estevan
Baca, an act prohibiting the keeping
of saloons within 100 yards of school
houses, was passed unanimously.
Council Bill No. $50, by Estevan
Baca, an act to remit the penalty on
delinquent taxes paid by July /, 1909,
was passed unanimously.
House Bill No. 149, by Mullens, an
act relative to release of mortgages,
was passed unanimously.
House Bill No. 173. b. Brice, to
regulate admission to the bar and
creating a territorial bar examiners
committee, was passed unanimously.
House Bill No. 1913, by Upton, to
amend section 19 of chapter 62, of
the Laws of 1905, relating to prop
erty rights of married persons, was
passed unanimously.
House Bill No. 2O5, by Mirabal, All
act to amend the laws relating to the
use and distribution of waters, per-
mftting stock growers to erect water
tanks and reservoirs for watering pur-
poses without obtaining formal per-
mission from the territorial engineer,
was passed unanimously. "
House Bill No. III, by H. Martinez
providing for the government of tn,
Nuestra Sonora de Rosario and Fer
nandez y Santiago land grant in Rio
Arriba county, passed unanimously
under suspension of the rules upon
motion of Prince.
A motion of McBee that the COM
on territorial affairs be dis.
charged from the consideration of
Council Bill No. %, a local option bill,
and that the council consider it, was
lost by a vote of IL to 2.
The Council adjourned to II a. m.
Tuesday forenoon.
COUNCIL.
Tuesday Forenoon.
Every member in attendance except
Mechem, who is i'll, when President
Spless called the Council to order.
Local option petitions were pre-
sented by Catron.
The committee on education
through Prince, reported at length
Upon the Navarro resolution to inyes.
.igate the educational institutions,
The report was ordered printed
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