Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-23


county saiaSios blll. measure which
has caused more work and more dis.
question than ans bill OF the present
Legislature. passed the senate ycster-
day after 81 had been amended 20
create a county Of the fifth class W
the shape Of Sand0val county, where
the only county officers getting aS
much as ti.0e0 q year are the sup
orintendent % schools and the county
clerk.
The passage Of the bill was en-
livened by one of the custonur, at
tacks on the measure by sir. i3arth
Of BernalilO county. who likewise re-
peatcd his customary attcmpt 90 back
Up but failed In the effort wbel AIR,
1lmkle also Democrat. called hia
attention to the fact that nc had
clearly defined his position b. intro
duCing an amendment 90 the bill
Chief objection 20 the bill was raised
BY Mr.. Mccoy and AIR. Manry both
ob3ectlng TO the H8iaries patti To snp-
erintendents Of school. They de-.
clared those officials were NO pad
enough.
While there ar4 two OF tlree coun-
~ salary bills pending IN the hUusc.
II any bill IL passed at this scssi)n, il
Will be modelled along ths inss OF
the senate bin which IL isg,af one OF
the most carefully drawn measures
Of the entire session.
The bill In qucstion e. senate sub
stitute for Senate Bill No. i0s. the
original hili having been ntaDa rct bv
Mr.. Hlnkle. The origi raj Measure
was uspd as a basis for thls hl.l aud
49,.
stance reduces the salaries OF the
various officials,
when the bin was opened for
amendments MIR. Hon said that lie
had q number OF amendments which
he desired 20 read. having been re-
quested 20 present thom on behalf ~
the judiciary committee.
The first amendment provided that
any county created prior to the Sear
1901. having AR assessed valuation %
less than fli00e.00Q. should be de.
clared county Of the firth class. Mr.
Holt said this affected only the co'n-
~ Of Snndovnl, The amendment
then provided that counties 'r the
firth class sheuld pay the following
salaries.
County commissioners, s25a per
per annum. assessor. $500 per an
mum. sheriff $500 per annln: coun-
IS clerk. 1880 per annums probate
Judge. $3.50 per annum; superlnieni-
ent OF schools si,egv per annum;
county surveyor. $40 DAY whca ac-
tually employed by the county conn
mlssioncra under the restrictions o.
the salary bill AIR. Holt said that
tho representatives from sando fal
county had requisites tnat these aal-
uries be NO larger.
This was the point whore Senator
Barth left the reservation and wont
on the war path with a loud whoop.
lie asked Afr. Holt why Taos county
was not included In the fifth class
and Mr.. Holt replied that Il was not
created prior 60 the year 1901.
Mr.. Barth then attacked the bill
md the flflh class proposition. Tie
said that Taos county " much
weaker county financially THAN is the
county Of sandovai and he charged
that the entire matter simply WIS an
nttempt to put SHndovai county Ia =
class by itself lie said that he could
not vote Against the bill because he
was paired with senator Miera, but
he said that she absence Of Senator
Miera prevented him from snylng q
great deal more ubout the matter
than were Senator MioFe there 20
defend che proportion. Mr.. Barth
declared that 80 far aH ne was con-
cefBod. the fact that Br. Miera fav-
ofed that sort of deal. was ouffi-
cent proof for him. a. 60 what iiH
object was tie said that % hla
mind. d was nothins bnf - ruse 20
chaniiao the office holders OF sando-
val county and be saidtit was unfair,
unjust and unwaFFautod. when Mr..
flarth had concluded Mr.. Holt said
IN reply that ho held Ia his hand a
letter from A. G. de Baoa. member
OF the mousse. and elected WITH those
office holders Of sandovai county. re-
questing that the salaries be fixed "a
those figures
on q roll call demanded by Mr..
fiarth. the amendment was adopted.
senator Mccoy voted with the Demo-
Gratis asserting that $1,000 was not
enough pay for any superintendent Of
schools.
The next amendment from MIR.
Holt was 60 give county clerks IN tho
fourth class counties $500 year
additional PAS until relieved ~ law
ANNWN MNNtNM -" NNMNN NN'AN" ANHNNA|N'
Of $3.50 az provided IN the printed
bill Fifth diaas counties---thc county
Of sandoval-~recciyed $3.50 Iva the
same amendment. These amend.
menls were adopted.
The bln also was amended 10 place
the salaries 81 school auperlntenaonta
"a 5000 in counties 81 the fourth.
class where the school population
was less than 1900.
Another amendment was % give
counties 81 the second GLASS the same
privileges aa counties Of thc first
class ia employing additional deputy
aherifls during terms 81 court when
necessary, their pay 90 be- fixed hy
the court bat counties BORDERING
upon FOREIGN countries were author.
iaed % employ additional deputy
sharlffs az cost 81 NOT "a exceed
si.so. This affects only Grant. Lpna
and noRa Ana counties and wa
ulaefd ln ihc hlIl bNcnueo ~ tNl