Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-10
HALF MILLION DOLLARS
FOR COMEGN SCHOOLS
Under Provisions Of the Act New
School Houses Can be Built
and the School Sys-
TEN Greatly
Aided

| feature of yesterdays sessions In
both houses was the passage of
House substitute for House bill 96,
an act providing the issuance of
| 100000 In bonds for tine support of
the common schools of New Mexico.
This act will be signed by Acting
Governor Jaffa taday and IL Congress
now in session validates the law. then
the public school system of New
Mexico will be on a par with that
| OF most any other commonwealth
and every child of school age will en-
JOY facilities for his or her education.
The DILL does not effect Incorporated
nd towns.
Tins bill, which was inspired by
| Governor Curry and the territorial
| board OF education, il a progressive
measure in every sense of the word.
1t was considered by the House at
its morning session, that body sitting
as committee of the whole for that
purpose and was passed without a
dissenting vote. 1t was sent to the
Council, In the afternoon for that
body's concurrence therein. Here the
measure aroused no end of discus
sion by the upper body sitting as q
eommitte
finally p; t...a 5f
Mr.. Hewi fo4
] sh -as
Mr.. HeN .uH fa
of the bill. re.Lr tr I'd,
| the amount ar. p4-G fr ...
construction Eu.. r.Il
district apply t. rt ru I'd.
! ed the section amended so as 10
limit the amount to $1,000 per school
| house, this sum to be added to the
amount raised by taxation for such
school house among the taxpayers
of the district. The amendment was
defeated, Hewitt only voting for It.
In the course of the discussion of
the bill, it was brought out that there
are about two hundred and fifty
school districts in the territory with
out school houses and unable to Guild
same, or sc 23 per cent OF all the
school districts in the territory.
Section 13. of the bill brought
forth another objection from Mr..
Hewitt who moved that it be amend
ed so as to read that other taxpay-
ers as well as all freeholders" In the
district might sign petition asking
for the construction of school
house. The amendment failed OF
adoption, Hewitt, Upton and Prince
voting for it. Mr. Hewitt also want
ed section o. with reference to tho
number of months OF school stricken
out, but this motion was defeated
like those before il by the decisive
vote of to /. Mr. Hewitt alone v1t-
ing for IT, Messrs. Catron and Carlos
Baca Were absent.
In a final attempt to defeat the
| azlnu Of hi a
that the enacting clause be stricken
out but this too was defeated by
vote OF t. l. Hewitt voting in tho
affirmative Upon a motion by MIR
Mechem that the enaeting clause BE-
adopted same carried, Hewitt voting
no. Mr.. Upton, who had taken some
part i'm the action to delay the bill,
along with Mr.. Prince, just before
the committee OF the whole rose,
moved that further action on the oil
be deferred until today, but he was
ruled out Of order by the chair.
ThereupOn the committee OF the
whole rose and recommended that
the bill be passed. A motion by Mr..
Mechem that the bill then pass was
amended by Mr. Hewitt who wanted
the bill referred to the committee on
education The amendment was lost
and the original motion prevailed.
The bill was then passed by a vote
of To /, Hewitt voting no.
Keeping Down Expense.
| Another matter which aroused
considerable discussion in the Coun-
ell. was Council joint resolution No.
IA, by Mr.. Hanley, appr0priating the
sum of $500 or 50 much thereof as
might be necessary to pay the freight
charges On the furniture for the gov
I ernor's mansion Mr.. Prince objected
10 the resolution on the grounds that
the appropriation of $4,000 asked for
I in another resolution II pay for the
furniture provided that this was 10
cover cost of same laid down in SAN
Ia Fe He said the resolution looked
TO him like an attempt to increase
this appropriation. The resolution
was referred TO the committee on III
nance for its consideration
Mr.. Prince also raised an objec-
tion to Council Bill. No. SO. intro
duced by Mr. Spiess. This oiu pro-