Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-05-17
TAXES WILL
REACH LIMIT
Financial Demands That
Must Be Met by Proper
Legislation
SENATE HOLDS BRIEF SESSION
Hears Committee Reports and
Tables Three Educational
Measures,

| There being a light calendar, and
a number of bills ready for action not
having been received from the printer
and because Of the Scottish Rite Ma
sonic Reunion in the Capital, the SEN
ate held only a brief business session
this forenoon, and adorned to ten
O'clock tomorrow forenoon. In the
meanwhile. a number of important
committee meetings will be held. the
Committee on Education meeting
right after the session this forenoon
TO consider the travelling library bill,
the city board Of education elections
bill, and other pending educational
measures. The committee on public
institutions net this afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock. and the Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections at 2 o'clock to
consider a number of elections bills
The Committee on County and NUM-
cipal Indebtedness also wrestled with
the bond bill.
b, A. Miera again presided at this
forenoons session of the state Senate.
Chaplain Mccullough delivered the in
vocation
Barth regretted that during his alb
sence two meritorious measures had
been tabled. He referred to the two
tax exemption bills which were to ex-
: empt widows and orphans from tax
alton on property up to $1,000 and
churches lodges. hospitals and chari-
table institutions not conducted for
gain,
A petition from the New Mexico w.
| c. 7. L. against the Johnson-Flynn
fight was presented.
i New Bills.
The following bills were intro
! duced:
Senate Bill No. 147, by Gallegos,
which prohibits the election or ap-
pointment to office of any person con-
victed of crime
Senate Bill No. 14S, by Miera, pre-
scribng the duties, pay. assistants,
for the office of district attorney. This
is similar to the bill passed in the
Committee of the Whole in the House.
Senate Bill No 149, by Abeyta, to
appropriate $4,000 for a drainage can
ia! in Socorro county in precinct No.
l3.
Committee Reports.
The Committee on Education,
AJoCnv ho;
unfavorably Senate Bill No. 13, an act
for the promotion of education in New
Mexico and providing for the appoint
ment of scholars and cadets by boards
Of county commissioners to various
state institutions. 1t also reported un-
favorably Senate Bill No. II, to pro-
vide free text books for the public
schools up to the eighth grade Nc
. Coy declared that the time S not yet
ripe in New Mexico for that legisla-
ton. Mccoy also reported unfavora-
bly, Senate Bill No. 1863, providing that
a teachers certificate Le not granted
to persons who smoke or drink He
declared that this is a matter that
must be governed by public opinion
rather than by law, and that no board
Of education in New Mexico that is
alive to it's duty, would appoint to be
teacher any person who is offensive
or account of his addiction to tobacco
or liquor. These three bills were ta-
bled, and as other bills ready for con-
sideration, had not been received from
the printer the Senate proceeded to
adjourn. A motion to adjourn to 2
p m. by Hartt, was amended by Holt
to make it 10 a. M tomorrow, in view
Of the important committee meetings
announced and because of the desire
OF a number of Senators to attend the
Scottish Rite reunion. Hartt withdrew
his motion and the Senate adjourned
until tomorrow when it may take up
the finance committee county salary
bill.
The Finance Bill.
Declaring that the outlook was for
a heavy deficiency unless some step
was taken to arrange for larger in
| COult W meet IHt duulJlOHdl tApelStS
of statehood, Chairman Clark of the
Senate Committee on Finance, dis
cussed the question of a finance bill.
Mr. Clark declared that every edu.
tational institution in the state with no
exceptions, the penitentiary, and 9th
er institutions except the insane asy-
lum are asking for large increases
over the last appropriations and that
the statehood expenses were much
larger than under territorial govern
ment. The deficits in these institu-
tions amount to about $150,000 Mr..
Clark said that for that reason, he be-
lieved that it would be found neces-
4 sary to increase the rate of taxation
4 to the full amount permitted under
S the constitution which is fourteen
; mills, twelve mills being for state pur-
:, poses and two mills for state debt
= 1--WE have begun the preparation of
3 this bill in the Senate Finance COM
= mittee," said Mr.. Clark. at has been
e decided to merely prepare the form
for Introduction in the Senate next
week and leave the amounts blank.
g We will re-refer the measure to the
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