Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1912-05-24
THE LEGISLATURE.

The bond bill, which provides for
the issuing Of new bonds to take up
the territorial and county bonds, and
the issue Of special bonds to take up
the railroad aid bonds of Santa Fe
and Grant counties, passed the house,
but is hung up in the senate.
The senate committee on finance
presented a salary bill for the pay OF
county officers 1t divides the coun-
ties into four classes according TO val
uation, the frst class counties have
over 50. 800, 900, the second over 81, $780,
900, the third over 81, SOC, 900 the fourth
under $500, 900, and makes the pay
as follows:
Commits lst. End. Bird 4th
sloner $500 5000 $500 $500
Treasurer $4,000 1920 $500 81, $50
Assessor 1000 $3.50 $500 1850
Sheriff $500 1900 1000 1,75O
Deputies, not
to exceed $500 1,5OO 1000 700
Clerk 1000 $3.50 $500 1.75O
Probate judge 800 500 400 300
Supt.S Schools !, 500 1900 1850 1000
Surveyors to have $40 a day for time
they are actually employed.
The house had some trouble with
the bill providing for the manage
ment and pay Of the corporation COM
mission. Among other arpropria-
tions was one lump sum of sl4, 900.
The house members wanted no lump
appropriation, but specific %appropria-
tions. 1t was explained that thu
business was new, and it was known
there would be certain expenses, such
as paying witnesses, end other items,
and II could not be estimated how
much would be required for these
purposes, and so the lump sum was
appropriated, with the expectation
that In the future specific ~appropria-
lions could be made. Tue bill was pas
sed.
The senate committee on education
sewed up several bills by making adj
verse reports, which were adopted.
The first was the one allowing the
county commissioners to appoint
scholars TO the various state lnstitu-
lions, who were TO be taught and
boarded free OF charge; the second
was the free school book bill, the CON
mittee thinking the time had not yet
come TO furnish school books free;and
the third was the one making all
teachers take the pledge, and firing
them II they drank, or took dope, the
committee thinking this was a mat
ter TO be considered by the local
school authorities.
The senate has passed the following
house bills, which thus hecome laws,
when signed by the governor: The
bill TO pay for half the paving around
the state house square, the governors
mansion, and the old palace, all owned
by the state; the bill allowing work.
men Two hours OF on election day, so
they may vote.
The bill requl Ing the supreme
court 10 decide cases on The substan-
tial rights Of the parties, regardless OF
t~echnicalities passed the house by a
vote OF "a to 7.
The child labor bill was killed, on
the recommendation OF the commit
tee, which reported the bill was a
good one, but presupposed the ex-
is'ence Of a board of health, juvenile
eonrts and other machinery not in ex-
islence in New Mexico, and the time
OF the legislature was too short TO
prepare The necessary bills.
A strike bill was recently intro
duced prohibiting the floating Of LOGS
and railroad lies down the Rio Gran
de. There is a lumber company that
does a large business and employs
hundreds OF men, who have TO noat
the timber down the Rio Grande, TO
get II to a market. This was shown
TO the committee having charge Of
the bill, and f. was killed.
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