Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-03-21
GOVERNOR VETOED
COUNTY SALARIES
Fourth Bill to Pass New Mexico
LEGISLATURE Is Turned Down
by W. c. Mcdonald
APPROPRIATIONS CUT DOWN
Measure Exempting Pumping Plants
From Taxation for Six Years
Is Also Given the Ak

here II mourning lh cNcTy county
rm,rl house in New Mexico because
Of the veto accorded the last of u
series of four county salary bills
rasscd BY the first Legislature at its
second session. The only hope for
relief now is in an extra session
which Governor W. e. Mcdonald is
said to favor
This is the fourth time the Gov
ernor has vetoed the county salaries
measure. ~ passed by the Rcpubli-
can Legislature of New Mexico He
first vetoed the bill passed by the
first State Legislature II year ago.
Then he vetoed the first measure
passed this year. The Legislature.
unable to pass the measure over his
veto, Immediately passed another
similar to the first. This he also We
loed. Then the Legislature passed
another measure. in the final hour,
Of H. session.
In this latter measure the Legisla.
iure. IN an effort 10 appease the Gov
ernor. went far in its efforts To cut
the salaries 10 Suil him and thought
the compromise would be- saiisfac-
tory, but the Governor says not. His
veto of the measure was made ON the
train, rl, route To III Paso. aud the
news was tcIegraphed here before the
Governor reached the Texas line.
GOVERNOR Is Ill.
The Governor is quite i'll, suffering
again with stomach trouble, and
hopes the few days change, away
from the capital, will do him good.
lie is II member of the executive COM
miiice of the American National
livestock Association and went to
III Paso lo attend meeting of the
romnitce today, also Ia participate
in the deliberations of the convention
0i calllcmen.
Every hill passed by the Legisla-
ture has now been acted on BY Gov
emor Mcdonald.
Seventeen of the many bills left
~ the Governors hands when the
Legislature adjourned were vetoed
Tuesday aud six were signed. leaving
but the county salaries bill unac-
counted for.
BILLS SIGNED TUESDAY
The bills signed BY the Governor
Tuesday. SIX IN all, making, with the
list previously published. % meas
ureS enacted by the present Legisla-
tire, follow:
House bill 3l4. known as the tax
a'lon reform measure; an act To in
vesllgate the water supply on State
lands act 10 provide for the invest
"eh' of MONIES of the Las Vegas
grant; relating to bonds of Officials. !.
repeating section 1909 of the com
pled laws of 1897, and the general
appropriation bill. This last bill did
moi get past the Governor without
oelng severely bluepenciled. The see
uolS dlsannr0ved by the Governor
apphed TO both the second and third
nSeal years and are as follows:
state auditor - salary of chief
c,efk and docket clerk. to be avail
aole on and after March Is. 1913;
$4,000
o'a'e treasurer - salary of addi-
',ohal clerk, 5000, to be available n,
."e rate of S75 month for the re-
malnder of the fiscal year.
supreme court-Salary of clerk
VI .he supreme court. $4,000.
. s'oiporalion commission ---- Salary
=, Insurance department clerk.
%'ooo' ', ooo salary of record clerk.
F',-oo salary of stenographer. 5000
Insurance Department-Salary of
superintendent of insurance TO March
To- 1913, 800.
THE BILLS VETOED
The list of bills vetoed by the Gov.
''nor is as follows:
al. Ao'ol'Shing the public drinking cup /;
sa,'Ve .s. to the distribution of monies
te''ed .,;' from the United States: rel
n,te n''t', To the performance of labor on
pnI pnS"G '';u streets in Incorporated towns
or images making It misdemean-
r.,, ."f tenants to move out until the
n" ie"' !, h paid; the fence law; provid.
t ",i,' '0f State bureau Of mines rel.
into ,e To obtaining and disseminatinr
,er ''a''on . concerning the charac-
an,, "ia value of the State lands F;
ms,.aotllins ms.s county commissioners to