Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-03-08
TO BUILD A
STONE ARCH
Bill Passes Council to Thus Mark End
of Santa Fe TraiI-ResoIution
Passed to Eliminate Word "Rebel"
On Soldiers Monument. =. :.
COUNCIL.
Monday Afternoon.

| Every HlellDeT except Mecndnl Wds
present when President Spiess called
the Council to order.
| Petitions for local option were pre-
sented by various members Re
| ferred TO the committee on territorial
affairs.
CatrOn stated that the names signed
to the petition he presented are il
| typewritng. while Spiess stated thai
on one petition signed by AGO names
all the names were in the same hand
| writing.
Also petition by Prince remon
strating against any mutilation of the
soldiers monument at Santa Fe. Re
| ferred to the committee on education
The committee on judiciary re
ported favorably Council Bills Nos
104 and 1872. House Bill No. 124. and a
Z! substitute for Council Bill No. 9G.
The committee on territorial affairs
| reported favorably Council Bill No. SO
Council Resolution No. 10, by Han.
ley. providing for the appointment OF
a steering committee Of five, by the
, president, was passed, only Prince
voting no. The following were ap
pointed Catron. Hanley Navarro
| Gallegos, and McBee.
| The following bills were intro
duced:
Council Bill No. 1913, an act to pro.
hibt gambling in the Territory OF
New Mexico, by Hewitt, which reads
as follows:
| Section I That it shall be unlaw.
full for any person to engage in any
| game of chance, in this territory
wherein any money or other thing OF
value may be won or lost.
Sec. 2. That any person violating
! the provision of Section / of this act
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
a sum not exceeding $100 for each of.
fense or Imprisonment in the county
jail for a term not exceeding sixty
days (60) for each offense, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment.
Council Bill No. 124, by Upton. an
act to tax equitably sleeping car com
panies. Referred to the committee
on railroads,
Council Bill No. 1875, by McBee, an
act relating to chattel mortgages. Re
ferred to the committee on judiciary
Council Bill No. 1876, by Hanley an
| act to prevent women from lettering
in or around and frequenting places
where intoxicants are sold. Re
ferred to the committee on finance.
! Council Bill No. 1877, by Hanley
relative to the deposit of funds of mu
nicipal corporations and disposal OF
the interest therefore. Referred tc
the committee on territorial affairs.
Council Bill No. 1913, by Catron, au
thorizing incorporated cities and
towns, to levy license and mercantile
taxes in addition to those levied by
the county. The bill was passed, only
Estevan Baca and Gallegos voting no
| Council Bill No. 1893 by Catron, ar
act to amend Section 10, Chapter Z
of the Thirty-sixth Legislative Assem-
bly,, in reference to the erection of
stone arch at the end Of the Santa Fl
Trail. in Santa Fe, by a commission
consisting of the president OF the New
Mexico Historical Society, the COVER
nor Of New Mexico and the mayor O
the city Of Santa Fe, which woult
make the commission consist at pres
ent Of Ex-Governor l.. Bradford Prince
| Governor George Curry and Mayor
Jose D. Sena. The arch is to bf
erected by convict labor. The bll
was passed unanimously. The appro
priation carried is $1,000.
Council Bill No. $780, by Preslden'