Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-03-18
LAST DAY Of A MEMORABLE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Final Passage of Appropriation Bill Left
to the Last Hours. ..Other Vital
Acts Still to Be Disposed Of
Before Final Adjournment
at Midnight
Appointments.

Governor Curry this forenoon sent
to the Council for confirmation the fol-
lowing appointments:
District Attorney for the Eighth
District with headquarters at Las
Cruces-W. II. H. Llewellyn, of Las
Cruces. vice Mark p. Thompson.
District Attorney for Mckinley
county, with headquarters at Gallup
Alfredo Ruiz of Gallup,
Capitol Improvement Board-W. S.
Hopewell OF Albuquerque; R. /. Palen
and Levi A. Hughes of Santa Fe.
The Council Immediately went into
executive session and confirmed the
appointments unanimously.
Colonel Llewellyn announces that he
will not take charge of the district
attorneys Office at Las Cruces until
fall The appointment came to him
unsolicited.
COUNCIL.
Thursday Forenoon.
Every member was present when
President Spiess called the Council to
order this forenoon.
After executive session, Carlos
Baca, by unanimous consent intro
duced Council Bill No. 1853. an elec-
ton law. based on the Roberts elec-
tion law, providing for non-partisan
election boards and watchers, but re-
ducing the penalty in the penalty
clause from five years to two years in
the penitentiary. The bill passed
unanimously under suspension of the
rules. iAiT
Council Bill No. 7, by Hewitt, upon
favorable report of the committee on
corporations, was passed unani-
mously.
Council Bill No. 16, by Mechem, to-
gether with amendments, an act for
the protection of the several counties
and relating to the business of alb
|stracting, was passed. A
House Bill No. 2S6, by Brice, to-
gether with amendments, relative to
| the dividing of counties into school
districts and providing that rural
boards of education may make school
levies up to mills; that levies be-
tween 5 and 10 mills must be sub.
mitted to the boards of county com
missioners; and above that to a vote
of the taxpayers.
The Council then went into com
mittee of the whole for further con
sideration of the appropriation bill
Catron offered an amendment appro
prating SIS a month for a parole Of
ficer at the penitentiary, which was
adopted.
The deficiencies were gone ovel
and the committee rose to report the
bill with the recommendation that il
pass as amended. The bill was pass
ed without dissenting vote.
The president appointed the follow
ing conference committee of six upol
motion of Catron: Hanley, chairman
Mechem, Catron, Gallegos, Upton ant
Spiess.
Council Bill No. SO, by Catron, sen
down from the House with amend
ments, was concurred in after al
amendment offered by Prince was vot
ed down after an acrid debate be
tween Catron and Prince.
BY unanimous consent, Gallegos in
troduced Council Bill No. 1G4. to abol
ish the territorial mounted police
tSpiess objected to second reading an
the bill laid over, the motion of GA
legos to suspend the rules being -los
Is to 4, only Gallegos, Prince, Catrol
and Carlos Baca voting yes.
| Recess was taken subject to cal
OF the chair.
HOUSE.
Thursday Morning.
I Every member was present whel
Speaker Miera called the House to OF
der this forenoon. Boquets of pinl
carnations were on the desk of ever.
member who voted for the local or
tion bill yesterday afternoon, and tw
huge boquets graced the desk of tn
speaker, being sent with the compl
ments of the Women's Christian Ten
perance Union. The chief clerk an
other employees were similarly re
membered.
Blattman introduced House Join
Resolution No. 3, appropriating $12
to pay Reading Clerk F. G. Newell
for his services, which thus far hav
been given gratuitously. The resolu
tion was adopted unanimously.
! House Joint Resolution No. 10, b
Blattman, appropriating $720 for e,
ira payment Of Capitol employees a
the rate of $3.50 a day each, wa