Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-03-12

act 10 provide Tor the management
OF the penitentiary, as recommended
by Governor Curry in his message.
The bill was reported with amend.
ments. 1t provides that two of the
five penitentiary commissioners shall
be territorial officials who shall serve
without pay and that the warden may
live within the prison walls. The
amended bill passed unanimously.
House Bill No. 1913, by Upton, an
act to amend the law covering prop.
erty rights of married persons, was
passed unanimously.
House Bill No. 16G, by Martinez, an
act to provide for the carrying into
effect of the death penalty, was pass.
ed by vote of 19 to 2 Gallegos and
Pacheco voting no. The measure pro.
vides for the payment of 500 to the
warden of the penitentiary if the ex-
ecution is carried into effect at the
penal institution. to be paid by the
county from which the prisoner was
sentenced.
House Bill No. 1863, defining certain
property rights, was passed unani-
mously
House Bill No. 173, by Brice, an act
to provide as to the qualifications for
admission to the bar and establishing
board of bar examiners, was passed
without dissenting vote.
House Bill No. IT. by Stackhouse,
amending chapter 81 of the Laws of
1907, providing for the registering of
births and deaths, passed unani.
mously
House Bill No. 17S, by Davidson. to
amend section ., chapter 115, Laws
of 1905, prohibiting saloons within five
miles of any Indian reservation or
government sanitarium, was passed
Say IS to 3 votes.
House Bill No. 1877, by Valdez, an
act to amend chapter II, Laws OF
1899, relating to the construction of
bridges, was passed unanimously.
House Bill No. 1913, by Garcia, an
act for the government of building
and loan associations, passed unani.
mously.
House Bill No. 205, by Mirabal, for
the conservation and the regulation OF
the use and distribution of the waters
of New Mexico. 1t amends chapter
40, Laws of 1907, the Territorial En-
gineers Law, and was passed unani'
mously.
House Bill No. 159, by Sweeney an
act to regulate the traffic of intoxi
eating liquors, was passed with seven
teen amendments to the original meas
ure, one of which cuts out the local
option feature. A number Of speeches
were made for and against the meas
ure, the most effective in the defense
of the bill being by Upton, who said
that under the provisions Of the act
only decent men would be permitted
to run saloons. Roberts explained the
features Of the bill which he had help
ed to draft. Sanchez remarked that
the shutting off of saloons in small
precints and settlements is good law
Brown spoke against the bill, desiring
more time to examine it's provisions
He warned the Republican party that
failure to act right on the liquor ques
tion by this assembly meant the de
feat of the Republican party at the
polls. The bill provides for the issu
ing of licenses by the boards of county
commissioners but does not prevent
municipal authorities from imposing
an additional license. The licenses
are ranged from $500 to $1,000 in
cities of the first class, and scale down
to $3.50 year in other places. Where
liquor is sold on physicians prescrip-
tions license of $40 per year is to
be paid, il otherwise, $1OO per year.
AS high license measure, the law
is a great Improvement of the pres
ent law, in fact, the best that could
be devised under the circumstances,
but to the friends of local option and
prohibition, it is great dsappoint-
ment. No license is to be granted in
towns of less than 800 or precincts
Of less than 500 inhabitants. 80
House Bill No. 11S, by Baca, the
Insurance Code, drawn by the office
of the Territorial Insurance Commits
sioner and having the approval of the
territorial underwriters, was passed
by unanimous vote.
It was almost Z p. N. when adjourn.
ment to o'clock this afternoon was
taken.
HOUSE.
Friday Afternoon.
Every member was present except
Rushkevitz and Baker when Speaker
Mlera called the House to order.
The following bills were intro
duced: