Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-11-07
EDUCATION AND
INDEBTEDNESS
These Were the Two Subjects
to Come Up Before Con-
vention Today.
SEPARATE SCHOOL PLAN
1t Was the Only Point of Differ
ence in Two Reports
Submitted.

The jurisdiction of the probate
courts was up for discussion in the
Republican conference this forenoon.
Finally an agreemnt was reached
which will give the legislature the
power to extend the jurisdiction Of
the probate court so as to make it
virtually a county court with well-de-
fined limits of jurisdiction. 1t was
also decided that the legislature may
create juvenile courts. The term of
probate judges is to be four years and
they are to be eligible to succeed
themselves.
In anticipation of the consideration
OF the reports of the Committee on
Education and on State, County and
Municipal Indebtedness, subjects OF
rather unusual Importance, there was
manifestation of great interest in the
proceedings of the constitutional con-
vention this afternoon.
President Charles A. Spiess called
the convention to order at 2:30 O'Clock
this afternoon. Rev. julius Hartmann
led in prayer. A motion to suspend
the rules and dispense with the read
ing of the journal called 81 to Is.
Petitions for statewide prohibition
were presented. Eugenio Romero
presented a memorial to the conven-
ton asking that settlers be given the
privilege to take dead and fallen tim
Der from public lands for domestic
purposes and for sale.
On motion of Solomon Luna, the
convention went into committee OF
the whole to consider the report of
the Committee on Education. A. B.
Fall was called to the chair.
Sections 1, 2, 8, and of the Ar
ticle on Education were adopted with
out debate. Section was changed
so as to permit of no doubt as to the
office of state superintendent OF
schools being elective. The section
refers to the state board OF education
of which the superintendent is to be
a member :. E. F. Saxon moved to
reduce the membership of the board
from seven to four, these four to be
the governor, the superintendent OF
public instruction, the head of some
state educational institutional and
county superintendent.
c. J. Roberts favored the amend
ment on account of economy. George
w. Prichard defended the section as
originally drawn. Roberts said that
the mileage and per diem of the mem
bers of the board would be sufficient
to maintain several small schools. W.
E. Garrison spoke in favor OF
board of seven members SO as to give
representation to the citizen$Who are
not directly connected with education
al work. He estimated the per diem
and mileage to be about $500 annual
ly.
Acasio Gallegos made an eloquent
plea for retaining professional re-
presentation on the board. The amend
ment was rejected.
An amendment to Section 5 by A.
A. Sedillo sought to strike out the
alties under the general laws OF the
state shall belong to the public school
fund to be apportioned as the other
receipts of the fund.
George w. Prichard defended the
clause as the committee had reported
it and his view prevailed.
George W. Prichard offered an
amendment to Section 8 striking out
the words "of the United States" so
as to exclude United States bonds
from the securities in which the
school fund shall be invested. He al
so moved to strike out the words: I'm
case sufficient of, the, above mention
ed bonds cannot be obtained SO as to
leave the legislature free to change
the mode Of investment of the per-
manent school fund upon three
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