Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-10-13
COMMIT I EES
HOLD BUSY
SESSIONS
IMPORTANT MATTERS ARE
NOW BEING CONSIDERED
Many Tentative Agreements
Reached Legislature En-
pIoyeS Shall Be Few Drafts
of Articles to Be Made Public,


Oh Al lllJIGO " DC NlQuO upliCi
Jsneelal Dispatch to the Morning Journal
santa re. oct 12,--Free from the
necessity of attending formal scs-
sion of the constitutional convention.
the delegates today put in busy day
in committee. Almost every npor-
tant committee Of the convention
held u meeting today and the sub
committees were busy late into the
night.
The committee on legislative de-
partment of which a. B. Fall Is
chairman, held public session In
the senate chamber this morning at
H. This committee has tentatively
decided the number Of members
which shall constitute the legislature
Of the new state, being twenty-fouI
senator's and forty eight assembly
men. or representatives. in the lower
house There Is considerable divi-
sion as to whether legislators shall
be elected for a two-Sear or four
year term Many members of the
committee favor q fouryear term.
with biennial eessions, but this is
matter which win require most care
ful investigation before it is decided
upon in the subcommittee which
has the subject in charge And It's
fate at the hands Of the full com
mttee to say nothing of the con
Vention ns whole, is prOblematical.
One matter on which the commit
tee seems to be agreed is that Of linz
ting the number Of employees that
may be engaged by legislature. and
an article Was drafted at today's ses-
sion. designed TO limit the number ol
employees To The actual number neg
essary to cnrry ON the business OF
the legislature. In addition TO limit
ing the number OF employees the aru-
ce also fixes the amount Of money
they shah receive Ter their services.
While this is rather normal con-
stitutional provision, it has been at
tempted in the present organic act OF
New Mcxico. ana it is said TO be In
corporatcd in the constitution Of sew
eral Of the existing states
The committee on executive de-
partment is another important COM
mitlec which held session today
This committee has practically de-
eidcd upon the principal state Off
GERS under the constitution. but is as
yet undecided whrther 10 recommend
that they shall serve for a two-yeat
or four-ycer term. The officers
decided upon are,
Governor. lieutenant governor, sec
retarv Of state, treasurer, auditor, at
torney general and superintendent OF
public instruction. Al Officers must
lie citizens of the United states. moi
less than thirty years Of age. and
must have been residents Of the state
OF New Mexico for not less than five
years The majority Of the commit
tee seems to be in favor of the tour
year term for office. with a provision
that no officer shall be eligible to
succeed himself in the same office.
The subcommittee which is work
ing out the details Of this article. IS
composed as follows; r. .. Burns,
chairman; NJ. l.. Stern. secretary; u.
.. Bursum, Luciano Macs, c. +. Mil
ier d. A. Richardson and j. II. Crist
The committee on county and mu7
nicipal corporations held meeting
at the ola Palace this afternoon, and
while the work OF this committee is
far from complete il is tentatively
agreed that there shall be no prori-
sion establishing new counties CON
tanned in the constitution. thus blast
ing the hopes OF several delegates
which are here in the interest Of
county division projects. This matter
has been I'm the hands Of the sub
committee composed of the following
delegates Daniel Cassidy. Sr. chair
man; NJ. l.. stern. seeretary' Charles
kohm. W. d. Murray. j. p. Gilchrist
end Tianquillano I-ebadie. This sub
committee has prepared rough
diaft of the proposed article Of
county division. which cont5ins the
following provisions:
That the counties as they now cS.
list, shall be the counties of the new
state.
That before the location OF any
county seat is changed. three-litths OF
The legal voters Of The county must
vote for its removal. and that sppii-
cation Tor the removal of a county
seat may not De made 70 the legisla-
iure Oltner than once in four years.
That no now county shall be ere
ated from part or parts OF old
eounties. unless the territory COM
prised in the proposed new county
can show an assessed yaluation OF at
east one million dollars. Nor shall
any -ounty he left after @ territory
mas been taken away from 1t. with
An assessed valuation OF less than two
million five hundred Thousand dol
lars
That no new county. shall be cre-
aied with a population o. less than
five thousand inhabitants and that
no county shall be lett after q terri-
tory has been taken away from IL,
pith @ population 81 less than eight
thousand inhabitants
The committee on schedule. which
h.'s I" 10 with matters pertaining 10