Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-18

| up section by section, as were also
| those in the general deficiency bin
which was added to the appropriation
! bill as rider. Notable in the items
Of the appropriation bill were the in
| creases IN the salaries of the terri
torial officials. Superintendent of
! public instruction is advanced from
$1,000 to $4,000; attorney general to
S3,500; auditor $4,000; land commits
sioner. $4,000, while the treasurer re-
| mains at $2,400. In addition the chief
| clerks. or assistants in each of these
| oitices are advanced from $1,000 q
year to $l,5O0. The educational in
| Stltutlons receive slight increase
| over the appropriation of two years
| ago and there was an extended dis
| cussion on these appropriations when
| this item was reached in the bin. The
pcnitentiary is well taken care of and
| the mounted police will get $12,5O0 n
year for the next two years. Perhaps
| the most generous increase in any
| office is that of superintendent of
public instruction which will receive
| $l2,l5O per year for the next two
years. This bill was not passed by
the Council last night but went over
until this mornings session
In order to prevent any possible
! tie-up of this important measure.
! Speaker Miera of the House last
night announced two additional mem
| bers Of the conference committee
| from the lower house to act with a
| like committee from the Council for
the purpose OF reaching an agreement
| on this bill and making a favora BILE
report. The additional members were
| Davidson and Sweezy and their Sc
| lection was quite compliment. as
| this conference committee is a very
| important one.
Bills Passed by Council
Bills passed by the Council last
| night are: House bill No. I20. by
| Roberts, an election law.
House bill No. 1877. by Mirabal, the
! revision of the public land law
House bill No. 249, by Upton The
new law for the protection of fish
and game and providing for a hunt
| ers license.
House bin No, 1877. by Valdez.
| placing strip of territory three
| miles wide and twelve miles long
| into san Miguel county along the line
! of Torrance county. Section ( of this
] Dill was joker and practically abol-
ished Torrance county. 1t was strick-
en- out upon motion Of Mr.. Hewitt.
House bin No. 294 by MI. Baca
| placing Torrance county in the fifth
| or Santa Fe district, for district at.
torney purposes.
House bill No. 2S0, by Brown. ap-
rropriating $4,000 to straighten the
course of the Dry Cimarron river at
! Folsom, in Union county
House bill No. 2S9, by Bushkevitz
amending the law relating t. the
publication OF corporation Gotices
The Council also passed Mr.. Han
| ley's bill, Council bill No. II. Great
ing a territorial conservation commis-
sion, To investigate the natural re
sources Of the territory Governor
! Curry has especially urged the adop-
tion Of a bin Of this kind
House Passes BnIs.
The House last night passed a
number of bills, including:
Council bill No. So. by Mr.. Prince.
This is an act establishing a Spanish
American normal school at FL Rito,
lin Rio Arriba county. using the build
ings constructed for the territorial
reform school at that place for the
purpose and appropriating s45OO for
maintenance. The purpose of the in
sttution is TO educate native New
MeXicans to be school teachers
Council substitute for house bill No
50, by Mr.. Roberts IAN act amending
the medical law of 1907.
Council bill No. Al, by Mr.. Spiess
AN act to punish the making or use
lof false statements to obtain credit.
Council bill NO. 80, by Mr. Gale