Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-02-05


California law excluding Orientals was
read.
The following bills were introduced
No. Sc, by Navarro. creating the
county of Coronado out of portions o.
J Mora, Union and Quay.
No 81, by Navarro, fence law
No. 9S, by Pankey. regulating the
granting Of franchises by municipali
ties and providing that upon petition
of 20 per cent of the voters a referen
dun shall be had upon the issuance Of
any franchise by city or town coun
ellis.
No 80, by Psnkey, providing for
secret elections and an Australian
ballot system.
No. 100, by Barth, creating state
parks of the Pecos and Quaira ruins.
This bill recites that the holders Of
the property coupled by these ruins
have signifiea their willingness to
eed them to the state, $4,000 an
nually is appropriated for the main.
tenance Of these parks.
No. 1O1, by Hinkle, providing for
the paving of cities and the assess
ment Of the cost against the owners
Of abutting property and against rail-
roads operating upon or adjoining the
streets to be paved.
No. 1O2, by walton, prohibiting the
burial Of the dead within half a mile
of dwellings or wells.
Chairman Champion from the ju.
dietary committee reported batch
of business. The following were re
commended for the slaughter, the
committee evidently believing that
there is sufficient law on these sub
iects:
No. 4S, defining contempt of court.
No. IS, prohibiting carrying Of con-
cealed weapons.
; No. 5S, prohibiting sale of deadly
weapons.
No. SO, Troyiding for removal o.
unfaithful public officers.
No. rs, requiring property qualifi.
cations for voters in bond elections.
No. 80, prohibiting gambling and
providing penalties.
Full Crew Bill Passes
The house this afternoon by a vote
OF 40 to 0 passed the full crew bill.
As the measure is framed it does not
affect railroads operating entirely
within the state The hackers Of the
bill have no desire to put a hardship
on small railroads, such as the Santa
Fe Central, the New Mexico Midland
and the st Louis, Rocky Mountain
and Pacific.
Particulars of this bill were publish
ed upon its introduction in the legis
lature at the beginning Of the ses.
sion. The measure requires that all
engines, when running light, shall be
provided with a conductor and that
all trains shall have a certain num-
ber of trainmen in charge of them
The bill was opposed by the railroads
operating in the state, but was cham
pioned BY the officials of the big rail-
way orders
The house this afternoon re-referred
the logging bill to the committee
which has had it uner consideration.
Alignment is ProbIematical
AS the result Of the passage by the
house yesterday afternoon late of a
resolution approving the amendment
to the federal constitution for the
direct election Of senators, a peculiar
situation has developed in the New
Mexico legislature
1t is said that the democratic and
progressive members of the senate are
united for the adoption Of the reso.
luton, but that there is some ques.
ton as to where the republicans will
stand A change Of but few repub-
lican votes in the senate would pass
the resolution there and as 1t is fay.
ored BY Governor w G Mcdonald he
would promptly sign It. The resoh :
ton win be reported to the sonat
late today.
Salary Bill introduced.
The salary bin providing payment
for county officials was introduced
in the senate late this afternoon by
the finance committee The salaries
for the various officials in the five
classes into which the state has been
divided, the divisions being identical
with those mentioned in the dis;
patches Of last week, are as follows:
First class counties Of which San
Miguel is one-Commissioners, $500;