Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-03-17
many LEGISLATIVE MEASURES RECEIVE
SIGNATURE Of GOVERNOR CURRY
Among Them Good Roads Bill. One
Act Vetoed for Good Reasons Set Out
by the Chief Executive---Peace
Again Reigns in the House
u Getting Ready for
the HomeStretch
COUNCIL,
Tuesday Afternoon.

Tuesday Afternoon.
Catron for the steering committee
reported favorably House Bills Nos.
172. 121, 80, 279, SO, 252, Al and 1S2,
and Council Bill No. 152, and House
Bills Nos. 2S3, 144 240 and Council
Bill No. 73 with amendments.
The following bills were intro
duced:
Council Bill No. 153 by Navarro, an
act relating to the assessment or
lands. 1t provides that all lands shall
be assessed in proportion to their
value, the same as other property,
each county to make its own classlfi-
cation. Under suspension Of the rules
it was passed unanimously.
Council Bill No. 154, by Navarro,
providing that country school districts
report their school tax to the boards
'of county commissioners, was passed
unanimously.
Council Bill No. 155, by Hewitt, by
request an act to provide for the de-
velopment of irrigation. 1t was re-
ferred to the committee on irrigation.
Council Bill No. 1876, by Estevan
Baca, an act to fix the time for hold
ing court in Valencia, Socorro and
Grant counties was passed under sus-
pension of the rules.
Council Bill No. 157, by President
Spiess, is very comprehensive ON.
nibus education bill. 1t was referred
to the committee on education.
House Bill No. 144, by Roberts, sim
liar to the Colorado district irriga-
tion law, was passed after the amend
nlents were adopted as recommended
by the steering committee. 1t is
very comprehensive irrigation meas
-ure. The bill passed unanimously.
House Bill No. 2S3, by Mirabal, an
act defining qualifications for holding
county or territorial Office, requiring
three years residence and ownership
of real estate as prerequisite for
holding office, except for officials ap-
pointed by the governor for newly
created counties, the bill was passed
only President Spiess voting no.
House 0ill No. 24O, by Davidson,
providing for the liquidation of judg.
ments against counties, providing for
levies by county commissioners not
exceeding two mills to pay final judg-
ments, amended so as to authorize is.
sue of coupon bonds to pay such judg-
ments by counties whose bonded in.
debtedness does not reach four per
cent of the taxable assessment, was
passed unanimously.
Council Bill No. 73, by Estevan
Baca, amending Section 20 of Chapter
SO, Laws Of 1907, an act relating to
minors was passed unanimously.
House Bill No. SS. by Brice, an act
to regulate garnishment proceedings,
was passed unanimously.
House Bill No. 252, by Pacheco. an
act providing for the government of
water users associations, was passed
unanimously.
House Bill No. 4, by Sanchez,
amending general appropriation bill
OF two years ago, providing that stu
dents appointed to scholarships by the
Territory in educational institutions
need be only 13 instead Of IA years.
House Bill No. 1872 by Brice, amend.
ing the act creating county horticul.
tural boards was passed unanimously.
Council Bill No. 152, relating to the
appointment of town marshals and
amending Section 249O of the Com
piled Laws Of 1897, was passed unan.
imously.
House Bill No. 172, by Roberts, ap
propriating $4,000 to aid the U. S.
Geological Survey in making stream
measurements in New Mexico, was
passed unanimously.
House Bill No. 121 by Roberts, an
act relating to notaries public, was
passed unanimously.
House Bill No. 80, by Mullens, an
act to regulate artesian wells. as
amended by the steering committee,
was passed unanimously. It is new
artesian well law.
House Bill No. 279, by Chavez, of
Sierra, to leave 1t to the popular vote
of the people of Sierra county whether
they desire to change the county seat
from Hillsboro to Cutter, was passed
unanimously.
House Bill No. SO. by Brice, an act
to define placer mining claims, was
passed unanimously.
A motion by McBee, to discharge
the committee on judiciary from the
consideration Of Council Bill No. 2,
by Spiess, a local option bill, and to
consider it by the Council, was lost by
vote Of II to 3, the Democrats, Nc