Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-05-07
PUBLIC LANDS
BILLS PASSED
Senate Tables Minority Re-
port Favoring Senatorial
Preferential Primary
BEE BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE
Petitions For Travelling Libraries
For Public Roads and For
Other Purposes.

The citizens of Tularosa petitioned
for the passage of Senate Bill No 81,
to provide for travelling libraries for
the public schools. Petitions were al
so presented from Albuquerque
against the passage of House Bill No.
s to regulate the liquor traffic; from
the Mesilla valley for an appropria-
ton for public road between Rincon
and Garfield; also a petition for an
amendment to the school laws to re-
quire that teachers in Spanish-Amer-
can districts be required to have a
knowledge of both Spanish and Eng
lish; from Grant county, in favor of
changing the name of Whiskey Creek
to Rio de Arena.
Bills introduced,
The following bills were intro
duced: Senate Bill No. 1875, by Evans,
to limit the hours of employment of
females. To state affairs.
Senate Bill No. 126, by Walton, to
amend Section A, Chapter 81, Laws of
1907. To Judiciary. 1t has reference
TO community property of married
persons.
Bill No. 27, by Walton, to change
the name of Whiskey Creek, Grant
county to Rio de Arenas To Counties
and County Lines.
Senate Bill No. 12S, by Holt, to
Compiled Laws of 1897, as amended
by Champter SO, Laws of 1907, relat
ing to the issuing of licenses for sa
looms. To Judiciary.
Senate Bill No. 1873, by Clark, re
garding the expenditure of commits
sions collected in excess of compen
sation of treasurers. To Finance The
bill provides for the distribution Of
the excess in the county deficienc.
FIND which had been created to pay
outstanding approved valid county
debts. The measure would affec
only the counties of Bernalillo, which
wants to use the excess toward pay
ing for county survey; San Migue
county which wants to use the excess
for good roads and Chavez county
Committee Reoprts.
The Committee on Finance report
ed favorably House Bill No. g. inspec
ton of bees.
The Committee on Railroads report
ed a Senate Substitute for House Sub
stitute for House Bill No. IA.
The Committee on Judiciary report
ed Senate Bill No. Ill, to declar
what shall be the efect of the repea
OF a repeating statute, by Ilfeld, witt
the recommendation that it do pass
L; reported a Substitute for Senat
bill No. 40, flying the time for tn
holding of court in the Sixth Judicia
District 1t reported adversely o.
Senate Bill No. 113, defining slande
o. female person and providing pun
ishment therefore. A minority repor
signed by Walton, Barth and Alldredg
favored Senate Bill No. So, the ser
atorial preferential primary measure
while a majority report recommends
that Senate Bill No. So do not pas.
On motion of Champion the minorit
report was laid on the table 16 to Z
Public Lands Bill.
The Senate took UP on third reat
ing the Senate Substitute for Senat
Bill No. SO, the Public Lands Bill
Holt as a preliminary offered
amendments correcting Typographical
clerical, grammatical and substanti;
errors, these amendments bein
adopted without dissent.
On motion of Hinkle, Section s
was amended, so as to reduce the raj
Of interest on deferred payments fc
public land purchases, from 5 to
per cent. The purchaser is given
years in which to make the deferre
payments.
An amendment offered by Cram
ton, to change the word price,"
value" in speaking Of the apprais
ment of improvements made |
lessees on state lands, was adopte
unanimously.
Barth offered an amendment to Sc
tion 4, reducing the number of ar
pay of employees in the office of IL
land commissioner, declaring tn
$13,S00 per annum is too high an e
pense for that Office. The Bar
amendment reduces the annual e
pense by $1,000.
Holt declared the Office OF the col
missioner of public lands by far Il
most responsible under the the sta
government, not excepting even Il
chief executive. The Senate comm
tee had after careful investigate
found that the number of employ
provided for in the bill is necessa
and that the salaries provided for a
reasonable. Ilfeld also defended al
explained the section in question. A
dredge objected to the appropriate
= OF lump" sums, such as the secti
provided when it set aside $4,000
emergencies. Walton, though
Democrat and in favor of economy
declared the budget most reason
Bile and economical one, being or
$500 in excess of what was allow
under the territorial form of govel
ment. Mabry also spoke against t
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