Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-20
NEW CODE Of
SCHOOL LAWS
Few of Changes Are Irnpor-
tant But Old Plan Is
Followed
SPEAKER BACA HAS HIS DAY
House Passes Capitol Extension
and Street Paving
Bills.

Yesterday afternoon was Speaker
Bacas day in the House. Two of his
pet measures, bill providing for an
extension of the Capitol, and another
measure providing for the paving of
the streets around the Capitol and
around the Plaza were passed and that
by such overwhelming vote. that the
ma1orities must be taken as testi-
monial to his personal popularity and
strength as well as of the justice and
wisdom of the measures. Represen-
tative Catron stood by him nobly and
spoke up for the measures in no un-
certain terms, so that Representative
Moreno was led to remark: How
lovely it is to see these two legislative
brethren dwell together in peace at
last, and for the first time"
Under the terms of House Bill No
2, the Capitol Addition Commission
shall consist Of the Governor, Secre-
tary of State, the State Auditor, the
Commissioner of Public Lands and
the Attorney General. The addition
shall be erected across the east end
of the extension of the present build
ing and is to cost not to exceed $780,
600. A bond issue of 100000 is au-
thorized to be payable in not less than
90 nor more than 40 years. to bear not
to exceed five per cent interest. The
bonds are not to be sold for less than
par and shall be issued in denomina-
tions of not more than $1,000 each. A
special tax for interest and after ten
years for sinking fund, is to be le-
We'd.
AS Speaker Baca explained, New
Mexico has a grant of 100000 acres for
Capitol Improvements and the state
and the people will therefore be re-
imbursed eventually for this eXpen-
diture which is highly necessary be-
cause of the inadequate room and
crowding of the present Capitol.
House Bill No. 2, also by the Speak
er, provides for the paving with brick
of the foIr streets around the Capitol
and the streets on the north, east anG
west sides of the Plaza, the Peniten'
/ tiary to furnish the brick free of cost
and if practical, to furnish convict
labor for the work, the cost to be
| borne one half by the State and the
other half by abuttng property own
ers or the city authorities.
| 1t was explained that the State
would be under obligation anyway to
pave the streets around the Capitol
and fronting the Palace of the Govern
ors, which are state property and that
through this measure, the local prop
erty owners and the city would beal
one half of the actual expense.
House Bill No. 8, a pet measure OF
Representative Mullens, an act entitl
ed an act relative to the inspection OF
bees and creating the office of county
inspector of bees and apiaries, to pro
vide for the prevention and spread Of
bee diseases and penalties for failure
to obey the provisions of this act anC
to provide funds for carrying out this
act and to repeal all acts or parts O.
acts in conflict with this act, wa!
made the special order for Monday af
ternoon to which hour the House ad
iourned. The act is designed to stanl
out the disease of Foul Brood among
bees and provides that upon appllca
ton of five or more beekeepers in an.
county, the board of county commits
sioners shall appoint competent bee
keeper to be inspector of bees ant
apiaries. This inspector shall pres
cribe and enforce such rules as b
may deem necessary to stamp out cor
tagious disease among bees. The ac
provides authority for the assessln
OF direct tax on bees, to the exten
Of seven cents annually on each CT
lony.
Next week the county salary la
) will come up in both Houses and
; likely to be passed without much d
lay.
Revision of School Laws.
d The following is the report on tn
l. revision of the school laws:
e The committee found the territorii
[. school laws, which It was propose
( to revise, and make conform to, an
q be consistent with, the Constitute
e Of the State of New Mexico, comp
Il lation of laws that includes numerol
e subjects very remotely related to
uniform system of free public school
y as we'll as inconsistencies, confllc
and repetitions. Many of its prov
sions fitted territorial conditions, b.
VI are not suited to our rapidly grown
7. state. The Committee therefore pr
s. ceeded to amend existing laws,
n commend such new legislation
v seems wise at this time, and to codi
e existing laws and the proposed amen
"a ments and new legislation. The
is has been no attempt to revolution
h the general plan of our school syste
le but the Committee has attempted
c. add such features to the same as W
or make the work of education in t
ty state more effective, and that sh
furnish all school officers with Gle;
I'd coherent and workable code of our
le tire school system.
or Among the most prominent featur
of the code herewith submitted