Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-05-29
House Leader Shows He is Still
in Control of Organization
Forces When He Secures
Passage of Pet Measure.
TWENTY-FIVE ACTS
ARE RUSHED THROUGH
Proposed New Divorce Law is
Ratified Without Any 0ppo-
sitioni Appropriations Cared
For. Il


Especial Dispatch TO the Morning Journai.I
Santa Fe. n. NJ, May 2S.--John
Baron Burg "came back" today ana
put through the house his county sur
vey bin. slightly changed In phraseo-
logy, but practically Identical In sub
stance with the bill as originally In
troduced In the house. The extent to
which Mr.. Burg came back was
shown by the fact that whereas the
other day he was compelled to have
the bill recommitted in order to save
1t from defeat. II was today passed
with only ten votes against 1t.
To meet the objections of those
members who are Jealous of the rights
of the county surveyors and who
feared that under the original bill
those officers might be leglslated into
the position OF having job without
any pay. provided was made that any
county survey which might be or
dered by the county commissioners
shall be done by the county surveyor
or by some one deputized by him,
while the criticism that the original
bill, In undertaking to validate con-
tracts made by county commissioners.
prior to the enactment Of the proposed
law was in violation OF the constitu-
ton, was got around by an amend
ment which authorizes the county
commissioners TO purchase from anN
surveyor who may have heretoforo'
made a survey of county lands. the
plats, maps and field notes thus
made.
AS was to have been expected, the
bill met with stubborn opposition
from MIR. Catron and Mr.. Blanchard.
both of whom claimed that the con-
stitutional objections to the bill had
not been removed and that the bill at
tempted to do by indIrection what the
law forbade 1t to do directly.
Led by Mr.. Burg and Mr.. Llewellyns
the organization in control or the
house carried the bill through with
little difficulty. the final vote being
thirty in the affirmative and ten in
the negative.
New Divorce Law.
A bill introduced by MI. Llewellyn
which makes material change In the
divorce laws of the state slipped
through the house this afternoon with
no opposition whatever. The grind OF
passing all the bills which the steer
Ing committee had declared should be
passed was on, and none OF the men,
bers Of the house seemed to realize the
Importance of the change that was
being made In the law.
The principal amendment to the d.
vorce law that was made by the new
bill was provision that insanity con-
tinued for five years or more should
grounds for divorce. Some
years ago IA similar law was passed
by the legislature of Florida in the in
terest of Millionaire Henry M. Flag
Ter and created a nationwide scandal.
Today, in the New Mexico house OF
1t attracted absolutely
no attention. and was passed without
opposition.
Another change in the divorce law
provided that addition to morphine.
choral. cocaine and other drugs should
constitute grounds for divorce.
The bill providing for an appropria-
lion for the expenses OF the corpora
ton commission, which was intro
iuced in the house yesterday by
Speaker Baca was taken up today un-
der a suspension OF the rules and
passed without opposition. The sal
aries of the commissioners were taken
,are of In the general appropriation
bill. providing for the payment OF the
salaries of all state officers. which
was also passed by the house.
The house broke all records today
~ passing a grand total of twenty
i've bills, five at the morning and
wenty at the afternoon session. Most
4 them, however. were bills Of minor
which will never be
heard OF again.
In the senate two of the bills ad-
iocatcd by the republican state con-
'cntion at Las Vegas last fall were In
reduced. These were the bin provid-
ng for a corrupt practices act and a
,iil for a general primary law. Both
we're introduced by Senator CHAMPION.
Hartman OF the committee on judi
iary. They will probably be reported
and put through the sem
tie without delay. The general ap-
bill. providing for appro-
'riations for all the state institutions.
ana penal. was also intro
luced and referred TO the committee
N finance.