Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-02-03
NEW COUNTY
BILL PASSES
Bushk e vitz Sue
ceeds With Mea-
sure In House
JOINT SESSION TOMORROW
Legislature Will Meet to
Hear the Plans Concerning
Archaeological School.

Today was an extremely busy day
in both Houses and the Solons were
kept right busy with many bills. TO
morrow a joint session will be held
to consider the matter OF accepting
the offer to establish School OF
Archaeology.
HoUsE-Wednesday Forenoon,
When Speaker Miera called the
House to order, every member was in
his seat
The following petitions were pre-
sented:
House Petition No. s, by Mullens,
protesting against a division OF Chay-
es county, or the inclusion OF Lake
Arthur in any other county
House Petition No. 8, by Bushke-
vitz, from citizens of Union and Mora
counties, asking for the creation OF
Bent county.
House Petition No. 10, by Brown,
asking for the annexation of Logan
to Union county.
All three petitions were referred to
the committee on county and county
lines.
House Bills No. Is and %, were
tabled indefinitely upon adverse re-
ports of the committee on roads
Both bills proposed to amend and
partly repeal Chapter SO, of the Ses-
sion Laws of 1907.
Bent County.
The committee on county lines, re-
ported substitute for House Bill
No. A, by Bushkevitz, to create the
county of Bent with the county seat
at Roy. Under the suspension of the
rules, the substitute bill was put up
on it's third reading, The bill fixes
the county seat at Roy until 1895. The
officers of the county shall be appoint
ed by the governor Of the territory
en- or prior to April 1, 1909. The new
county is to include eastern Mora
and eastern San Miguel counties
southwestern Union county, and is
to assume it's proportionate share ol
the Indebtedness of the three coun
ties named, to be determined by ter
ritorial commissioners and to be met
by an issue of bonds by the new
county to be issued July 1, 1909, anG
to be sold at not less than par. A
bond issue of $4,000 for courthouse
$4,000 for Jail and $4,000 for current
expenses is provided for by the meas
ure. The county is to be attached
to the Fourth Judicial District, to the
district attorney district of San Mi
guel and Mora counties, and to the
Second Council and Fourth House dis
tricts. The bill was passed II to 10
the following voting in the negative;
Blattman, Brown, Gallegos, Garcia
Martinez, Mirabal, Pacheco, Sweeney
Valdez and Mullens.
Council Joint Resolution No. 8, ap
propriating not to exceed $3.50 for the
purchase of Souvenirs of the Irriga
tion Congress, to be sent to the mem
bers of Congress, was adopted upor
the favorable report of the committee
on finance, only Blattman and Moffe1
voting in the negative.
Council Concurrent Resolution No
!, providing for joint session of bott
houses tomorrow afternoon at three
O'Clock to hear a statement of the OBJ
ject, scope and proposals of the
School Of American Archaeology, by
Professor Edgar l.. Hewett, wat
amended by inserting February 4
and was passed.
House Bill No. n, by Baca, approp
Rating $4,000 for completing the ex
ecutive mansion and the Capitol Ex
tension. Referred to the committee
on finance.
House Bill No. IS, by Baca, by re
quest, an act providing for the writ
ing and publishing of history of New
Mexico. Referred to the committee
on finance.
House Bill No. 70, by Davidson. ar
act to make all personal property sub
Ject to execution for the purchase
thereof. Referred to the committee
on judiciary.
House Bill No. 80, by Davidson. al
act for the recording of certified COP
les of patents issued by the United
States for lands Referred to the com
mittee on judiciary.
House Bill No. 818, by Mullens
creating the Office of county super
visor of public highways. Referred
to the committee on judiciary.
House Bill No. 1928, by Garcia, con.
cerning the public school teachers
in rural districts and the granting OF
third grade certificates. Referred to
the committee on education.
House Bill No. SO, by Roberts. an
act making an appropriation for gaug.