Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-02-23
Only Eighteen Days Are Left
for the Legislature 10
Complete It's
Work.
THANK ROOSEVELT,
TAFT AND OTHEI S
SolonS Express Appreciation for
the Efforts made In Behalf
of Statehood -Many
Bills Are intro
duCed

Santa Fe, N. NJ, Feb. 23.-Busi-
ness was brisk in both houses this
afternoon. when the Legislature con-
vened for the fifth weeks session.
Several important new bills were IN
troduced in the Council. These in
cluded a bill by Hewitt to punish
with fine and Imprisonment the fail
| ure of any public officer to turn over
| public monies and any board that
exceeds an appropriation for any
| public building or Improvement; a
| hill by Hanley correcting clerical err
ror i'm House bill 139, carrying ap-
| preparation for the capitol extension
deficiency; a bill by Prince appro-
.priating 5000 to mark the Santa Fe
| end of the Santa Fe trail
Many new bills were introduced in
| the House. One by Martinez provides
for an annual appropriation OF $10,-
| OO0 for summer teachers Institutes.
Sweezy introduced a bill to create the
county of Nolan out of parts of Mora
and Colfax counties. including Spring
\ er, making Wagon Mound the county
seat. Bushkevitz reintroduced the
| Bent county bin under the name of
Coronado county.
| The House passed a resolution
thanking Roosevelt, Curry and the
statehood committee for the good
lwork done. Both houses adjourned
jovcr until tomorrow
Many Bills Introduced.
r. The Thirty eighth legislative as
sembly today started upon the fifth
week of the present session. There
lare exactly eighteen more days left Of
the present session If Saturdays and
lSundays are omitted and the re-
naming days of the session will like
lly be very busy ones.
| A remarkable feature of the pres
ent legislature is the fact that al
though a total of 250 bills in both
houses have been iItroduced up to
today, those to re-, me law by sigma
| .ure of the governor do not exceed
twelve. 1t is said hat a joint reso-
luton will Oe introduced in the
nouse this week raining March 10
as the last day upon which any new
bill! may be introduced. Exceptions
viii of course be mcde to measures
especially desired by the governor
and other necessary legislation which
viii come in by unanimous consent.
The latest developments would in
dicate that any prospect of legislation
regulating the traffic in liquor,
whether by strict prohibition or local
option, is extremely remote at this
session There is a growing disposi-
ton on the part of the lawmakers
that such legislation at this time
would be premature and that It
would be better to let the cOnstitu-
tional convention, which is expected
to meet within another year, handle
this important question This same
feeling prevails with regard to any
legislation effecting the railroads.
II everyone of the good roads bills
which have been introduced are act
ed upon favorably by the legislature
land are as effective as they are nu-
merous New Mexico should have a
collection of good roads that will sur
pass anything of the kind In the
United States.
Those freak bills, the jack rabbit
bounty DILL and the bill taxing bach
elors and widowers, introduced by
Representative Chayes of Sierra
county. and the Blattman individual
license bill for drinkers of intoxicat-
ing liquors. are expected to die nat
ural deaths. These measures may
never be called from committee. The
jack rabbit bounty bill while at first
considered a joke, might if enacted
into law become a serious matter for
the territory might have run on its
treasury caused by the wholesale
lslaughter of the long cared pests. The
Blattman bill Is meeting with favor
in some quarters and it is said that in
some parts of the territory petitions
are being circulated asking that this
bill be passed. As for the bin taxing
bachelors and widowers while il
might meet with opposition from
those who would come within the
scope of its provisions, yet the pro-
bate clerks Of the several counties are
expected to use their best efforts q
have it enacted, as it would make
business good I'm the marriage license
line. But as has been stated, tho
chances for any of these three meas
ures ever reaching the governor foI
signature is extremely unlikely.
This and the remaining week,
should see the legislative mill grind
ing away at a rapid rate and without
rictlon, as with Gov. Curry back or
! the job, oil will be furnished to run
the law making mill without friction