Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-03-12
OPTION KILLED IN
THE HOUSE Of ITS FRIENDS
Admirable and Stringent High License
Measure Enacted in Its Place After
Debate in Which Brown Warns
the Republican Party...Salary
Bill Passes After Vigorous
Discussion.
COUNCIL.
Thursday Afternoon-After Recess.

| COOONOII'
Thursday Afternoon-After Recess
Council Bill No. 10, by Prince, wal
reported by the steering committee
| with an amendment confining the pro
visions of the bill to the county OF Rit
| Arriba. The amendment was adopted
The bill amends chapter 124 OF the
Laws of 1905, in reference to high
ways. 1t was passed unanimously
Council Bill No. 1913, by Presiden
Spiess, providing that in case OF floods
on the Rio Grande, the river commls
sioners be vested with certain powers
to protect property, was passed unan
imously.
Council Bill No. 139. by President
Spiess, providing for the condemna
ton of private property for widening
and opening Of streets in munlcipall
ties, was passed unanimously.
Council Substitute for House Bill
No. "a, an act to regulate the practice
of medicine, was passed unanimously
Council Substitute for Council Bill
No. 125, by McBee, relating to chattel
mortgages, was passed.
Council Bill No. 1875. by McBee, es'
tablishing public highways in Quay
and Roosevelt counties, was passed.
Council Bill No. 1877, by President
Spiess, comforting powers upon munic
ipalities in reference to franchises
was passed unanimously.
Gallegos presented Council Petition
No. 80 from Springer for local option
Referred to the committee on terri
torial affairs.
Adjournment was taken to tomor
row afternoon at 2 o'clock.
HOUSE.
Thursday Afternoon.
House Bill No. 245, by Blattman
providing for the payment and com
|pensation of county school superin
ltendents of their salaries every quar-
ter out of the general school fund, I'm
less the county commissioners order il
paid out of the general county fund
was made the occasion for a spirited
debate yesterday afternoon. Roberts
opposed the bill because it diverted
money belonging to the school fund
I'm his his opinion salaries of schoo
superintendent should be paid out O
the same fund as those of other coun
Ity officials and that the proposed
measure would reduce the money
Iavailable for the education of the chill
dren. Blattman explained the goot
points of the bill, as did Sanchez
who said that county school superin
Itendents should be paid even though
| the money had to be taken out of th'
school fund Mullens and several 9th
Iers spoke against the bill, which pass
ed by vote of 18 to 6, those votins
in the negative being Roberts, Brown
Chavez of Sierra, Moffett, Upton
Walters, Brice and Mullens.
| Council Bill No. 45, by Catron, al
act to amend section 1921 of tn,
| Compiled Laws of 1897, relative t,
powers of railroads.
| Council Bill No. S6, by Navarro, rel
|ative to the changing of county seat.
upon popular vote, passed by II to
Brown, Mirabal and Moffett voted
in the negative.
| Council Substitute for Council Bills
Nos. 36 and 81, relative to fees O
assessors and treasurer, providing fol
la maximum annual remuneration O
$4,000 in the larger counties and slid
ing scale of compensation, was pass
ed by vote of II to 8, after debate
those voting in the negative beins
Brice, Brown, Davidson, Mirabal. Mof
fett, Mullens, Roberts and Walters
davidson objected vigorously to the
council amendments increasing the
compensation of assessors and collect
ors IN many counties, while Valdez
TOOK up the cudgels on behalf of the
amended measure. An amendment by
Davidson to strike out the Council
amendments was lost by vote of 13
10 y, as WIS an amendment by Moffett
that the bill do not go into effect until
January !, 1911.
House Bill No. 6, to permit settlers
to take salt. from territorial saline
lands, was passed unanimously.
House Bill No. -, by Moffett, an act
amending the law for the protection
OF minors and prohibiting their loiter.
ing about saloons, was passed without
dissent.
House Bill No. ~, by Moffett, by
request, an act to permit gas, cleo
tric light and other companies to use
streets, alleys, ETC., for extending their
lines ard to protect the same. The
Dill was amended so as to provide a
penalty to punish employees who shall,
read meters wrong SO as to defraud
the consumer. It was passed by a
vote of ID to 5, those voting in the
negative being Garcia, Pacheco. Gal
legos, Sanchez and Valdez.