Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-30
TEXT BOOK
INVESTIGATION
Impression In Some Quarters
That a Monopoly Exists
In New Mexico
EMERGENCY CLAUSE DEBATE
The State Senate This Forenoon
Passes Clark Public Monies
Measure.

! The State Senate held a forenoon
session today and then adjourned t
three O'clock tomorrow afternoon. Al
ter the routine opening, the custom
airy anti-prize fight petitions were
presented, this time from Las Cruces
9S names, Stonehaven and also from
| Tennessee and from Providence
Rhode Island, Christian Endeavor So
cieties.
Holt introduced Senate Bill No
lis, Uniform Sales Law, such as
has been adopted in other states and
as is recommended by the New Mexi
co Bar Association, Referred to the
State Committee on Judiciary.
Law BY Limitation.
A message from Governor McDon-
aid announced that he had permitted
to become law by limitation: Senate
Bill No. 81, for the payment of Dis
! trict Judge NJ c. Mechem and Dis
! trict Clerk w. D. NewcOmb of Socorro,
, for several months that had not been
| covered by the appropriation bill of
the last legislative assembly. Govern
or Mcdonald stated that he did not
sign it because Of the emergency
clause, which he believes should be
used only for a real emergency.
Public Monies Bill Passed.
Senate Substitute for Senate Bill
No. 81, the bill of the Finance Com
mittee but originally introduced by
Senator Clark, regarding the custody
of public monies, was passed after
some debate. Barth declared himself
in favor Of the bill as he believes
that the interest on public monies
should go into the public treasury and
not into the pockets of individual Off
Gals but he did object to the use
of the emergency clause.
The Emergency Clause.
Holt explained that there is a mis-
taken impression as to the operation
of the emergency clause. 1t is not
necessary that there should be war or
an epidemic or uprising or some catas.
| trophe Immediately impending, to in
woke the emergency clause. When.
ever, in the judgment of the legisla.
| tive branch a law should become ef-
! tective at once, that finding is abso.
lutte. Because New Mexico has gone
along in error for sixty years is no
reason why such splendid measure
as that pending should not be put into
! effect Immediately.
Barth insisted that real emergency
should exist before the emergency
clause is tackled to bill
Champion declared that the emerg-
ency clause was drawn upon the
same basis as the Oregon emergency
| clause and which has been passed up
on by the Oregon courts. Unless the
emergency clause is attached to this
/ bill, the state and the counties may
! lose the interest for three to four
months on deposits. Champion regret
/ ted that Barth did not find it expedient
| to remain in the Committee of the
Whole yesterday to raise the question
| there when the majority as we'll as
! the minority agreed on the bill and
| approved of it by vote of 19 ayes
, and 1 nay.
| Evans in explaining his vote said
he is opposed to the maximum limit
on the amount of interest to be paid
on public deposits
Mccoy in explaining his vote said
that the measure is one of The best
ever presented and should have the
emergency clause.
After the passage of the substitute,
! the original as well as Senate Bill No.
20, covering the same ground, were
| tabled
Printed Daily journal.
Mabry and Barth moved that the
Committee on Printing be instructed
to secure estimates on a Senate Rec
ord to contain the speeches, etc, of
members.
On Holt's motion, the motion of Ma
bry was tabled.
A School Text Book Trust?
Sulzer offered Senate Resolution No.
., which repeats charges as to irregu-
/ larities made in the selection of school
text books and provides that a COM
mittee of three be named in the Sen
ate to investigate all matters in this
connection and to report the facts to
the Committee on Finance.
Upon question of Mabry, Sulzer
said that complaints of his constitu.
ents in Bernalillo county, both pur-
chasers and dealers, charging a text
! book monopoly. had prompted him to
introduce the bill.
Holt announced that the Committee
on Education is already working on a
similar proposition and the resou-
| ton was referred to it without oppo.
| sition.
Committee Meetings.
The Senate adjourned to three
O'Clock tomorrow AFTERNOON after the
| following committee meetings had
been made: Judiciary at 9 a. M to.
morrow; public lands committee i'm
mediately after adjournment; State
Affairs at 7:3O this evening: Finance at