El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-04

committee. The senate got down to
hard work in a two hours session IN
which q number of freak bills were
killed and several other measures
were passed.
Among the bills killed was one pro-
viding for electrOcutiOn for capital
crimes. an act against nepOtiSm by
state officials; an act giving women
equal rights in community property or
the married estate an act TO- the pun
ishment OF abandonment and an act
10 compel the payment of wages either
in cash or in checks dated the same
date as payday
The senate passed a bill fixing the
fees Of the secretary of state, an act
prohibiting officials to exceed their
appropriations and cause deficits except
for food and clothing Of inmates Of
penal and charitable institutions; an
act fixing the time for holding court
IN the eighth judicial district; a meas
ure relieving district attorneys of the
necessity Of giving bond: and a bill to
prohibit the throwing Of refuse into
public roads or on ground near public
buildings or private dwellings.
Chairman Mccoy OF the senate com
mittee on education appointed senator's
Doepp Laughren. SulZer and himself a
subcommittee TO make probe Of the
alleged school textbook trust I'm New
Mexico. Senator Pankey introduced a
pure food bill in the senate and the
public lands committee finished the
code that is to govern the state lands,
of which New Mexico will have 1900,
600 acres.
House Measures Passed.
The house has passed house substi-
tute bill II. the medical bill. with the
judiciary committee amendments.
House bill 90, providing for index
boards at the forks Of all roads.
House bill 105, to prevent the re-
straint or detention OF any female
person in any house of i'll fame for the
purpose Of compelling such person TO
pay debts or obligations incurred in
such house.
House bill 100, to prohibit any person
from accepting or receiving any part OF
the earnings Of prostitutes for his sup
port or maintenance.
House bill los. providing $4,000 to
enable the governor to exercise his
powers as commander In chief Of the
military forces Of the state.
House bill 124. fixing the time for
holding the district court in the first
judicial district
House bill rs, providing for the i'm
provement of the streets Of the city Of
Santa Fe by convict labor
House bill AS, providing for the cleo
ton Of city marshals ana city attorneys
in municipal elections
Senate substitute for joint resolution
IS. authorizing the appointment Of a
Panama exposition commission.
Salary Bill Prepared.
Senator Hinkle's salary bill, which
office holders, was more in the nature
OF a bluff to start something, than
anything else. It was introduced and
referred, but it was not printed The
real salary bill has been prepared by
attorney general Clancy, assisted by
others, and has been introduced by
speaker BaCa in the house Boiled down
IL proposes to pay the following sala-
ries:
County commissioners $500; county
clerks, $500; sheriffs, S5OOO' probate
tudges, $1,000; school superintendents,
SzSe0; treasurers. $500; assessors,
S35OA; Surveyors, $3.50 These figures
are fcr the first class counties, and
they are shaded a little for counties in
the lower classes. The bill however,
prov ides large salaries, and 1t Is sup
posed TO be in line with the desires Of
the office holders
The child labor law has been consid-
cred in committee Of the whole, but it
has not yet passed the house Its pro
visions are the same as those OF some
30 other states. having been prepared
by member of the society who Is In
the city watching the progress Of his
Dill 1t is very stringent
New schools and Counties.
The normal school and new county
stock, which never was at par in the
legislative halls, has taken another
slump Several new counties are pro-
posed; others are in bills in the inside
pockets OF enthusiasts; but the llken-
hood OF any of them assuming the
dignity Of a law at this session is
growing less and less. One county bill