Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-01-28
COUNCIL ONLY
HOLDS SESSION
Quite a Large Number of Bills Are
lntroduced-Petitions Against New
Counties.
COUNclL-Thursday Afternoon.

Council to order.
Petitions were read asking for the
participation of New Mexico in the
Alaska Yukon Exposition at Seattle:
that an experimental dry farm be
established at Cuervo, Guadalupe
county and four petitions presented
ny McBee protesting against any new
counties being formed out of any por-
ton of Roosevelt county.
Council Resolution No. 2, was in
tFoduced by Prince, asking that the
territorial secretary be asked to fur.
nlsh the Council with the latest
mounted official map of the territory.
Council Resolution No. 3, providing
that no bill for the creation of new
county be taken up for consideration
except upon two thirds vote Of the
Council.
The committee on counties and coun-
ty lines reported House Bill No. "a
with amendent, changing the propos
ed boundary between Quay and Union
counties, and providing for the issue
OF $4,000 in bonds, the amount ow.
Ing by Quay county to Union coun.
ty.
House Joint Resolution No. /, pro.
testing against any proposed change
in the name of New Mexico, was re-
ported favorably by the committee on
territorial affairs.
The following bills were introduc-
ed
Council Bill No. 26, by Baca, to
regulate the practice and procedure
in actions for the recovery of person
al property.
Council Bill No. 27, by Baca, an
act relating to the competency of
certain evidence.
Council Bill No. 2S, by Baca, an
act relating to the procedure in the
probate courts and defining the pow
er of probate judges.
Council Bill No. 80, by Hanley, an
act to validate and legalize all mar
riages celebrated during 1905, without
license during the year 1905.
Council Bill No. 80, an act provid-
ing for the publication of all orders,
DEGREES and judgments, rebating or
otherwise affecting assessments.
Council Bill No. 81, by Mechem, an
act relating to the changing of coun-
ty seats.
Council Bill No. SO, an act to amend
section 1, chapter so of 1907, relating
TO estrays.
Council Bill No. 33, by the Presi-
dent, an act for the suppression of
contagious and infectious diseases
among live stock.
Council Bill No. "a, by Navarro, an
act to prohibit the desecration OF
graves and to prevent the removal or
deceased bodies from cemeteries.
Council Bill No. 50, by Navarro, an
act to amend Section 3, Chapter As,
of the Session Laws of 1907. relating
to fees of county collectors. The bill
provides a stated sum each year for
the Office expenses of the treasurer in
the larger counties.
Council Bill No. 5, by Navarro, an
act amending Section 8 of Chapter
A. of the Session Laws of 1907, re.
lating to the fees of county assessors.
It is similar to the above bill except
that it relates to assessors.
House Bill No. 25, was passed unan-
imously as amended and now goes to
the House for concurrence in the
amendment, which r. tie result of a
compromise and leave Nara Visa in
Quay county, while Logan county pre-
cinct. about $4,000 acres, will be ced-
ed back to Union county. The bill
also provides for bond issue of $751;
600 by Quay county, to reimburse I'm
ion county for the cession two years
ago in Nara Visa and Logan precincts
to Quay county.
House Joint Resolution No. /, pro
testing against any change in the
name of New Mexico, was passed
unanimously after most interesting
historical address by Prince, in which
he pointed out that the name of New
Mexico is older than any other geo
graphical name in the United States,
excepting that of Florida, and was
first mentioned in 1888, in his report
of his explorations by Espejo, an ac-
count OF which was printed in 1858,
which the speaker exhibited.
nifty of the name, which orig
nifty of the name, which irig-
inally applied to a kingdom, rath-
er than to a province or mere geo
graphical subdivision like Sonora or
chihuahua. To prove this, the speak
er showed a copy of the Oldest New
Mexico document in existence, issued
at San Gabriel, now Chamta, in 1903,
before the founding of Santa Fe, and
also a document signed by Governor
Mogollon. The speaker deplored the
removal of the archives of the terri
tory from the territory and the fail
ure of the United States government
to return them. Princes address was
listened to with the closest attention
and the New Mexican hopes to print
it in full within few days.
Council bill No. 6, an act defining