Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-14
STATE FAIR BILL
FINALLY PASSED.;
ALBUQUERQUE
|SLOCATION
Vote on Measure Carrying Five
Thousand Dollar Annual APP
preparation for Maintenance
is Overwhelming,
DEVELOPMENT WORKS
FREED FROM TAXATION

comes Law viii Mean Much
to Future Of New Mexico,
Estate Capital nurcnu of Morning Jnurnni.
Santa ie. March ls.-Thc senate
this afternoon passed the state fair
hill with several amendments ana the
house caneurred Ia these a short time
later. The bin has been engrossed and
read In each house and nothing now
remains TO make lt law except the
signature Of the governor
The act as it stands carries no ap-
preparation for permanent buildings,
hut gives an annual sum of $4,000.
conditioned upon the raising for the
fair of an equal sum each year by the
citizens OF Albuquerque The entire
act is conditioned upon the deciding TO
the state OF 1850 acres Of land suitable
Tor state fair grounds The fair Is
to hc managed by commission Of
three To be appointed by the governor,
cnch tn serve two-year term. The
terms are arranged 20 expire success
sNeiy. The vote on the bills passaee
was as follows
Aycs-A Aheytia Alldredge. Bowman
narth Clark Champion. Doepp, Ev-
ans Gallegos, Hartt Holt, llfcld.
inushren. Mccoy Mioru. Mahry, PAN
Key. Romero. Sulzcr total. 10.
Nayes Burns. Hnkle. Navarro,
Page. total. g.
In the house an act WIS introduced
hN unanimous consent. providing that
different counties OF the state may
erect own and maintain their indi-
,iduai huildlnss ON the grounds of the
state fair Tho act permits them ia
expend money to erect such buildings
II is said tho measure viii have no dif.
ficulty in passing the senate before
adjournment
The senate named as its steering
committee the following, after adopt
ing the report of The committee on
committees to this effect Clark
Champion. Romero, PAGE Aheytia and
llfcld To this committee were re-
fcrred all bills which have. not yet
been acted upon by some other com
mittce
The senate passed the house meas
urc cxcmptine irrigation works. sugar
factories. smeltcrs and other develop
mcnt works from taxation for period
OF six years The act also frees these
industries from taxation while under
construction. provided that constrnc-
tlon shall not occupy q period of more
than three years. 1t passed an act
providing for the compulsory educa-
tlOn of tho blind at the institution
maintained az Alamogordo for that
purpose. II failed To- pass the act
which requires that the secretary Of
the sheep sanitary board shall be an
experienced sheep man This bin was
one that the wool growers association
had been trying to get through for
some time.
a feature OF the afternoon session
was the first really strict enforcement
OF Senate Rule 81. Edward Everett
Young. of san Juan county was on
the floor lobbying, Il Is said, IN the
interest of that section. At any rate,
ne WAS speaking to senator while
the roll was bcing called He WIS
called to order by the president and
an apology demanded by one Of the
senators. This he made The lobby
cvil has been worse than usual this
session old legislators say the rule
mentioned having been invoked three
times within the last four days,
The senate passed an act defining
the foes which notaries may charge
and general school bond election
act This prcscribcs IN detail the
method Of holding these elections the
swearing in of election judges the
methods of giving notice that an elee-
tion has been called and all the other
machinery Of voting 4 bond Issue IN a
school district or Incorporated city
Unless the governor shall veto al
measure today passed by the senate
which already had been passed in the
house. women VIII hereafter have the
right to hold an appointise offices
Thorc has bocn some doubt, owing tO|
certain provisions of the constitution
as to whether a woman could be ape
pointed to any office in the state. This
measure ~ IllilNtW AZ Btf'fhf HNf
legully capable of holding such posi-
tions
The house this aftcWoon concurred
'in the amendments to the state fair
bin made in the senate It passed
every bill remaining on It's calendar
except two unlmportant ones. The
house session this afternoon and in
fact all day, was much the same per
mnctory grind that It WAS last night
Bills were run through Ut race horse
speed or tabled AT automobile speed
what was unusual was that many of
the measures passed were senate bills
one of these the drinking cup bill,
had been in the house since February
Srd This provides that no public
drinking cup shall be permissible and
that 1t shall be a violation Of the law
to even keep a cup whore II may be
used by more than one person. A fine
Is provided for infraction. The same
bill was introduced last session by