Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-03-13
RAPID FIRE OF
BILL OPENS
IN HOUSE
NIGHT SESSION LASTS UNTIL AFTER
z O'CLOCK TAls MORNING RE.
SULTING IN ACTION ON SOME
NINETY. MEASURES.

There was a regular rapid fire OF
this morning, that body proceeding
with its calendar as though it were
not face to face with the end of the
session Few of the measures passed
in the house have any chance of
passing in the senate. 1t was notice.
able however, that in the final rush,
the Democratic and Progressive bills
were tabled indiscriminately and the
bills of the majority members had
right of way.
Among the measures passed in the
house however, was duplicate of
the famous antitrust law advocated
New Jersey. This bill was passed
by President Wilson as governor Of
without opposition The house early
this morning. passed an amendment
to the Holt anti-gambling bill signed
by the governor yesterday and which
is now law The amendment seeks
to permit the playing of cards for
prizes at church fairs and in private
residence at social events. The
amendment it is said, has no chance
of passing the senate. Its effect
would be to practically nullify the
bill because it is generally conceded
that it would be difficult to draw the
line on social game of cards as pro-
tod in, fha an I
games prohibited in the antigambling
bill AS the bill now stands, it abso.
lutely prohibits any game played for
prizes or money.
The house last night passed bill
requiring all state printing to be done
in New Mexico and to be done by
union labor. There was considerable
opposition to this bill.
The bill advocated by the governor
appropriating money for convict
farm passed the house last night by
almost unanimous vote.
The election law introduced by
Marcos G.. de Baca, measure endors-
ed by the Progressive party in New
Mexico has beer made special order
for Friday morning with small chance
of it's ever being considered SO late
in the present session. Even should
it pass the house the bill would be
permitted to expire in the senate.
A bill prohibiting the building of
for tubercular persons
within mile of any educational insti-
tuition, also passed.
AS sample of some OF the other
measures passed by the house might
be mentioned house bill No. 281 by
Messrs. Tully and Blanchard act
to license dogs in the state of New
Mexico. This bill passed. Likewise
some dozen or more bridge and road
repair bills appropriating anywhere
from $4,000 to $4,000 went merrily on
their way and caused much laughter
when the clerk read them in the SEN
ate.
House bill No. 306 by Messrs. Mo-
reno, Llewellyn and Mullens--declar-
ing it to be nuisance to keep honey
bees within 100 feet of public high
way or public watering trough also
passed along about midnight, the
members voting thereon in a worn /
sort of way as though most any
hing would do, so they got rid of the
for the evening.
This morning the house resumed
of it's calendar and by
noon had passed quite number of
bills. None of them were of exceed
ng Importance. Probably the most
measure was H. B. No. 1923
an act to prevent the abatement of
Iuits against public officers.
SALARY
BILL is NOT TABLED
When the house reached house bill
70. 329 the Democratic salary bill.
ir. Catron moved that the measure
emain without prejudice on the cal
ndar. 1t was apparent that the Old
,uard forces in the house still consid-
red further efforts at passing sal
ry bill between now and tomorrow