Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-10
IMPORTANT BILLS
YET TO RECEIVE
ATTENTION BY
LEGISLATURE
Measures Of Interest to Cities
and Proposed Ratification of
Direct Election of Senator's
Still in Committee.
STATE FAIR BILL TO
BE CONSIDERED TODAY
Sixty-0ne Acts Presented for
Consideration in House and.
twenty-five in Senate in
Week. Total Of 200 TO Date,

W6llly- WO W Otlldlt III
Week. Total Of 200 to Date,
Estate Capital Bureau Of Morning journal
Santa Fe. Feb. a.-Many important
bills which have heen introduced are
vet To receive attention az the hands
Of the legislature there having been
a total of 26l Joint resolutions, joint
memorials and ordinary bills intro
duced To date The sentiment that IL
is now time 10 get some Of them aet-
ed upon is very strong. OF course.
large number have already been ta-
hled or passed in one or both OF the
houses. but there Is plenty Of work to
keep an legislators busy for a week
or 80 without any more measures be-
ing introduced a dearth Of new bills
Is likely as a consequence.
So far the senate has been the birth
place of los bills and ten joint rcsolu-
tions Of these there are yet manN
important ones to be considered.
Among them are the two proposed
amendments To- the state constitution.
introduced by senator Page, which
provide for state and eouaty sheH
ballots. These have met with good
deal Of approval especially the county
short ballot resolution, ana something
tangible IS quite apt TO result from
them The mtroducer has nov
changed his mind relative to the state
short ballot idea. and wants tu have
the elected officers include the poV-
ernor secretary Of state and attorney
general There are others who think
that all positions requiring technical
skill should bc left to the appoint
ment Of the executive and the licuten-
ant governor made the third elective
state officer. The state short ballot
idea is considered generally as q triile
too advanced for present day adop-
ton, but the county short ballot plan
has many friends. This would make
the three commissioners the only
elected officers OF county, and would
vest in them the power to select such
clerks. etc, as would properly carry
on the business Of the county
Another joint resolution horn in the
senate which Is slated for lot of at
tention is the suffrage measure intro
duced by Senators Holt and walton.
Still others are the llartt amendment
which would make the terms oi coun-
Is officers two years instead of -four
Barths recall amendment aud sew
eral others, which have been In cum-
mittce for some time.
The regular bills in the senate last
II. u e. NtHffA4
Of more thun ordinary import. These
number. among seehefs, the pubic
utilities bill introduced by senator
Pankey. The district attorney and
county salary measures which have
not yet been placed on the calendar in-i
the senate hut which ought 10 come
up for action tomorrow. Pankey'a
election law and franchise law, the
bar associations temporary taN cotu-
mission bill the Hnkle bill which
provides for increased taxes in cities
where the object is municipal iu-
pfNement. the Coronado county bill !
which appears doomed % defeat and |
others.
The house last week was the scene /
of a number Of small appropriation |
bills looking toward the building Of |
bridges, Improvement Of county ropdsi |
iHH HNill ffftiitIr iUtIt were q NNNtH J
or moro Of these measures. each car
iying an appropriation OF $1,000 or /
5000 designed to endoar the egis I
iator to the heart of the constituent I
Then there were number of bills
for state wide roads including Tuily's
two measures for highways much as
were mapped out by former state En= +
gineer G.. p. Miller when he was IN
office, for two great thoroughfares
across the southern end Of the state.
the Baca bills for the completion Of
the Scenic Highway and that portion
Of the Canine Real between Albn-
qucrquc and the capital, and others.
The last named pair have already
passed the house ana been referred
to committee in the senate.
The joint resolutions IN the house
last week numbered four 0f which
one. that relating TO pueblo Indians,
has already been adopted in both
houses The direct election Of sena
tors resolution WAS also passed In he
house, and Is now IN senate oon-
mttee.
The bills in the house to date num-
ber 1885, Those introduced last week
were hfty-seyen w number The house
ioint resolutions number -four. The
senate Joint resolutions number two.
fhe senate bills number twenty. The
total 0l measures thus presented for
last week Is eighty nine.
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