Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-01-27
BRIEF SESSION TODAY
OF BOTH HOUSES
At SANTA FE
Council AdjOurnS to Meet To.
morrow and the House
to Meet Friday
Morning.
COMPEL PRISONERS
TO PERFORM LABOR
Bill Is introduced Which Requires
Them to Work. -SGverdl New
Bills Are Brought
Before the
Council.

santa Fc y. NJ, Jan. 27.-Sessions
Of the Council and House notable for
briefness were features of todays
legislative proceedings. Three new
bills were introduced in the Council
as follows:
BY Navarro, an act compelling
prisoners in county jails to work.
BY Baca, an act amending the wild
animal bounty law.
BY McBee, an act revising the
method of procedure in injunctions.
The House met only to adjourn
until Friday. The Council adjourned
until tomorrow afternoon.
Both Houses Busy.
Yesterday was a day OF much
work and no play so far as the legis-
lature was concerned. Both bodies of
the assembly held sessions morning
and afternoon, although the bulk of
the days work was done at the morn
ing sessions Four bills were intro
duced in the Council and twenty in
the House. One bill and two joint
resolutions passed the Council and
one bill passed the House, together
with a joint resolution The bills to
PASS the Council were Council bill
No /, by Mr.. Hanley, An act provid-
ing for the reimbursement of those
Albuquerque citizens who contribut-
ed money for the completion of the
national guard aumoTy and Council
bill No. A. by Mr.. Mechem, an act to
validate the attempted Incorporation
of cities and towns in the territory.
Council Joint Resolution, No. 9, in
troduced by Mr.. Prince, which pro-
vides for the printing and distribu
ton of certain literature on the ter
ritory compiled by Colonel Ralph f.
Twitchell, of East Las Vegas, not to
exceed $3.50 in cost was also passed
under suspension of rules.
The House under suspension of the
rules and after much debating pass
ed House bill No. 25, an act relative
to fixing the boundary line between
Union and Quay counties and repeal
ing a law passed by the last assemb-
" by which a certain portion Of
Union county was annexed to Quay
county. Council joint resolution No s,
which passed that body under sus-
pension of the rules failed to get
through the House, opposition to it
developing as the resolution was
placed on its third reading. The
resolution provides for the expendi-
ture of the federal appropriation of
$751; for the payment of extra en-
ployes and the contingent expenses of
both housese.
The Bills Introduced.
In addition a total of four bills
were introduced in the Council and
twenty in the House as follows:
Council Bill No. 90, by Mr.. Gal
legos, an act fixing the boundary be-
tween Quay and Union counties. The
bin was referred to the committee on
counties and county lines, after an
attempt to suspend the rules for its
immediate consideration had failed
by a vote Of to 3. The bill pro-
vides for the inclusion within the
boundaries of Union county and the
towns OF Nara Visa and Logan, an
enxed to Quay county two years ago
by an act of the 37th assembly. The
failure of Quay county to pay Union
county a sum totalling $4,000 for the
annexed portion, as provided in the
latter law, is said to be responsible
for the present bill to restore the old
boundary line.
Council Bill No. 21, by Mechem an
act to amend Sections Q and II of
Chapter 116, acts OF the 37th assemb-
ly and Section 1926 Of the Compiled
Laws of 1897, providing for a change
in the manner of drawing juries and
filling vacancies among talesmer.
Referred to committee on judiciary.
Council Bill No %, by Mr.. Hanley.
by request Of the w. c. T. u, an act
to provide a method by which the
question Of the prohibition of the
sale of intoxicating liquors, or local
option, may be submitted 70 the
qualified voters OF any county, city
or town and for other purposes. This
is the measure drafted by the Anti
Saloon League Of New Mexico and
Arizona and the Women's Christian
Temperance Union, and emphasizes
the precinct local option plan, the
county commissioners to call an cleo
tion whenever $50 voters, or at least
one-tonth Of the voters Of any incor-
GRATED municipality petition the
board for such an election. The bill
was referred T. the committee on
territorial affairs, where II will be
considered along with the Spiess
local option bill introduced early I'm
the session.
Council Bill No. 2S, by Mechem,