Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-02-25
SKY Law
and DEBATE
IN HOUSE
LIVELY DISCUSSION ENSUES and
MEASURE FINALLY IS AMENDED
TO ELIMINATE COAL AND OTHER
MINERAL PROPERTIES.
JOHN BARON BURG
FEARS CORPORATIONS


tits morning passed Blue okS
Law" after an amendment by Mr.
Cooney had made it non-applicable 10
Properties bearing minerals, COAL gas
Gil, etc.
The feature OF the consideration
Vas a somewhat incoherent but quite
strenuous debate which was partlcl-
rated in by Messrs. John Baron BURG
Toombs, Blanchard, Rogers, Chris
man, Lleweltyn, Tully and other mousse
members
Mr.. Burg, of Bernalillo county, saw
tie menacing hands of giant corpora
t,ons in the bill and in fact he told
Judge Toombs in reply to question
that such thing was written all over
the bill.
He opposed the law on the ground
that it would shut out the owner or
mining claim and prospect hole ana
would work in favor of the big nine
operator.
The bill created considerable argu-
pent both for and against and II
kent the house occupied until well
after the noon hour, when it passed
with the Cooney amendment.
The bill provides that persons nav
ing stocks for sale, must appear be-
fore the state corporation commission
fud first show that the stocks repre-
sent some value before they may sell
item to the pubic. 1t is an act, SIM
lar to the law existing in several OF
the states and which is before the
Ii esent Legislature Of Colorado
The special order of the house TINS
morning was House Bill No. l22--A
rerd law which was passed by lhe
house without much opposition. This
bill is in the shape of an amendment
to the present herd law and Is as FOL
4 lows:
Section 1. That Section OF Chap
ter "a of the Session Laws OF l9o'
Le and the same hereby is, AMENDED
50 as to read as follows;
"section 1. That the inhabitants
of any precinct in the counties o.
Ouay, Roosevelt, Rio Arriba, TAOS
Nora. San Miguel, Valencia and tha'
rortion of the county of Guadalupe ly
ing east of the Pecos and Gallinas
rivers may prohibit the running a
large of all neat cattle, horses, mules
asses, swine, goats or sheep, wlthli
their said precinct in the manne'
hereinafter provided"
Sec. .. This act shall be in forc'
ninety days after it's passage.
IMPORTANT BILLS
" AGAIN GO OVER
When the senate reached the bill
on its calendar today, Mr.. Holt moVe
that S. B. No. 105--the district a
torney salaries bill; S. B. No S6--th
bill to prohibit the planting OF Johl
son grass; S. B. No. Ga fence ac
be laid over for consideration o
Thursday afternoon at 2:3O o'clocl
This motion prevailed. The senat
likewise laid over S. B. No. 112,-th
bill to abolish the mounted police
: These were the important bills on tn
senate calendar.
These new bills were introduced
S. B. No. 165, by Mr.. Bowman-Prt
viding for the compulsory education
, the blind.
S. B. No. 166, by Mr.. Laughren-
Relative to the management OF tn
state library and for the naming OF
4 librarian.
q The finance committee reported tn
, following bills unfavorably:
;. S. B. No. 14O-Apprepriating none
for an old deficit of the Albuquerqu
Armory and Company G. Mr.. Sulze
brought in a minority report whic
, was not adopted. S. B. No. l29-th
!, Page county salaries bill. S. B. NJ
34---to exempt from taxation churche
+ lodges, etc. S. B. No. 35-Exemptin
widows and orphan children up to 81
4 600 on taxation.
= The same committee reported thu
i. recommended special committe
to consist of Messrs. Holt, Bowma
j and Walton to consider and report {
- S B. No. 74-Relative to the dutit
Il and fees etc., of county clerks Thes
:, reports were adopted.
The senate then took up for pa
sage Senate Bill No. 12S. which is
= effect, a re-draft of the Public Hig
ways bill, and is rewritten for the pu
pose of eliminating the word teri
, tory" and inserting state and CO
recting the punctuation. Some sligl
changes in the routing of Ell Caml
Real, are also made.
HOUSE TAKES UP
a ITS CALENDAR AGAIl
a The house met this afternoon
a. 2:30 o'clock and resumed consider
p ton of it's calendar which has son
Is twenty or more bills on it.