Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-03
bACA BOND
BILL IS LAW
Governor Mcdonald Signed
the Measure on Saturday
Afternoon.
CREDIT IS DUE SPEAKER BACA
Heavy Burden Lifted From Tax
Payers of Santa Fe
County.

; come law. Governor Mcdonald sign
| ed the measure on Saturday and thus
helped to lift from the taxpayers of
! every county, but especially of Santa
re ard Grant counties an enormous
| burden. To Speaker Baca the tax
payers owe debt of gratitude they
should never forget; to Charles A.
Spiess is due the credit of working
Though the legal mazes involved in
the proposition. W. D. Murray and
others were co-workerS.
Through Congress, through the con.
slitutional convention, through the leg
islature, Mr.. Spiess had to make way
for the measure, had to explain its
justice and its merits, had to oye"-
come prejudices and animosity Final
y, in the legislature, Speaker Baca
toek vigorous part, introduced the
bill and pushed it through the COM
nttee and the House. Every property
owner has an indirect mortgage lift
ed from his property through the pass.
age of this act.
Senate.
The Senate knuckled right down to
business this afternoon The numer-
Gus bills reported out of committee
were at once taken up under suspen-
sion of the rules and disposed Of
Senate Bill No. III, by Walton, rela-
tive to the qualification of voters, was
passed. So was Senate Bill No. 1S4,
the Champion primary election bill
Favorable reports We're made on
the following measures:
From the committee on judiciary on
Senate Bill No. 1870, to mark the
boundary between counties. Senate
Bill No. 191, the State Library Board
Bill, which is identical with the bill
introduced in the House by Chaves.
By the finance committee: Senate
Bill No. 174, exempting new industries
from taxation; Senate Bill No 172,
providing revenues for the public
schools: House Bill No. 255, and Sen
ate Bill No. 146, for the Improvement
of the Rio Grande.
By the committee on railroads:
House Bill No. %, limiting the con.
tinuous hours of service House Bill
No. "A, prohibiting black listing.
BY the committee on private and
municipal corporations, Senate Bill
No. 81, while House Bill No. 1O4, de-
fining the powers of mayors was not
favorably reported.
House Bill No. 149, in reference to
drainage, was referred to the commit.
tee on judiciary, on recommendation of
the committee on finance.
The finance committee reported un-
favorably Senate Bill No. $50 and
House Bill No. 1o7, relating to ex-
emption.
The committee on highways report
ed a substitute for Senate Bills No.
142, regarding the extension west of
Canine del Real.
The Champion Primary Bill was op.
posed by Barth. He said the Republi-
can party at Las Vegas had made,
among other pledges, promises in fav.
or of a Corrupt Practices Act, Good
Roads and Direct Primaries. Two OF
these promises had been kept, but Sen.
ate Bill No. 1874, is not direct pri.
mary act. but proN}les for primary
election of delegates to county con.
ventions. He declared that the pres.
ent law is even better than this Evans
said direct primaries are already in
vogue in Democratic counties and the
passage of the proposed measure
would compel those counties to re.
turn to the convention system.
Hinkle said he would support the bill
ii it were amended and the title be
changed to: ''An Act to provide for the
perpetuation of the Convention Boss
System. He seconded an amendment
that any party be permitted to use
some other method The amendment
was tabled by strict party vote.
Mabry declared that while the
Champion Corrupt Practices Act is a
fine piece of legislation, the primary
bill is not what he had hoped it would
be.
House-Afternoo Session.
The House concurred in the Senate !
amendments to House Bill No. 110,
by Young, regarding the Gaping of
abandoned gas wells. 1t also concur
red in the Senate amendments to
House Bills No. 1873, by Baca, provid.
ing for the appointment of regents of
educational institutions House Bill !
No. 16S by Burg, ceding to the United
States exclusive jurisdiction over fed. +!
eral building cites; House Bill No. 1S5,
by Speaker Baca, for the protection of
community acequias; House Bill No.
107, by Campbell to provide for lieu
on livestock for use of stations, etc.;
House Bill No. 1S3 by Gage, an act re-
lating to irrigation districts.
Senate Substitute for House Bill No.
|119, by Llewellyn, regarding the pro-
cedure in appellate cases, was re-
ferred to the steering committee.
with Llewellyn in the chair. the
House took up the special order of
the calendar, the House Substitute for
House Bills Nos. 239 and 204, an act
for the organization and operation of