Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-02-01
BRIEF AFTER
NOON SESSION
Both Branches Of the Legislature %
But Little Work.

But Little Work.
Both the Council and the Hous
held sessions this afternoon, bur no
IA great deal of work was accomplish
ed. Nothing exceptionally unusual oc
CURED.
COUNCll-Monday Afternoon.
Every member was present wheI
PRESIDENT Spiess called the Council
to order.
McBee presented four petitions
against any division of Roosevelt
county. Referred to the committee or
counties and county lines.
Hanley presented petition asking
1or the employment of conyicts on
publc roads. Referred to the com.
mlttee on roads and highways.
Petition by Hewitt, asking for a
change in the boundaries of Lincoln
and socorro counties. Referred to the
/ committee on counties and county
lines.
Mechem, for the committee on agri.
culture, reported Council Bill No. "a
relative to bounties on wild an I,als
recommending the passage of the bin.
The following bills We're introduced
: Council Bill No. AZ, by Mechem an
act providing for herd law in Quay.
roosevelt and Guadalupe counties.
Council Bill No. 43, by McBee. an
act to repeal and substitute for Sec.
ton Is OF Chapter 81 OF the COMPLIED
Laws OF 1901. Referred to the com.
mittee on Judiciary.
Council Join Resolution No. 2. by
Prince, asking for the return of the
Spanish and Mexican Archives from
Washington, ID. c., was adopted unani-
mously.
Council Bill No. 25, by Catron, pro-
viding for the payment of wild animal
bounties, was recommitted to the COM
mittee on agriculture, upon motion of
CatrOn.
Council Joint Resolution No. 10, by
Prince, providing for the payment of
printing ordered by the legislature,
was adopted.
A recess was taken to permit the
committees to consider a number of
measures.
Upon re-assembling the committee
on agriculture, reported amendments
to Council Bill "a, providing for the
suppression of epidemics among live
stock, with the recommendation that
it pass as amended.
A substitute was reported for Coun-
Gil Bill No. 3, an act to prevent the
unauthorized wearing of emblems, by
the committee on territorial affairs
with the recommendation that the
substitute be passed.
e The committee on agriculture repor.
ed on Council Bill No. AZ, providing
herd law for eastern New Mexico,
with the recommendation that it pass.
HOUSE.
Monday Afternoon.
1t was after o'clock when the read
ing of the minutes was completed.
There was an air of expectancy about
the hall that seemed to indicate an an.
ticipation of legislative business of
unusual interest.
House Petition No. 6, by Moffet, was
presented and asks changes in the
fence and herd laws, a reduction in
the number OF grand jurors and other
matters. Referred to the committee
on manufactures.
House Petition No. 7, by Moffet,
asking for the passage of a hunters
license law. Referred to the commit
tee on manufactures.
House Resolution No. 2, by Brown.
providing for mode of procedure in
bills of appropriation. A motion to
suspend the rules for the passage of
the resolution was lost by vote of
II to II. The resolution provided that
a two-thirds vote should be necessary
to call up any measure carrying an
appropriation.
The following bills were introduced:
House Bill No. 60, by Sanchez, an
act to amend Section 1888 of the
School Laws. Referred to the com
mittee on education.
House Bill No. 61, by Chaves, of
Sierra, an act providing for the colec-
tiOn of poll tax. Referred to the COM
mittee on education.
AS the New Mexican went to press,
both Houses were still in session.
MUCH LIVE STOCK DIES
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