El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-15

Mora county people see in it only an
attempt to move the county seat to
Wagon Mound.
] House bin 1Ss, by Mr.. TrujilIo. ap-
{ propriating money for the Improvement
Of the Rio Grande-
HouEe bill 1s4. By Messrs. Padilla
Baca. Moreno and BleWellyn, Great
ing the office OF clerk Of the dis
trict court.
New SENATE Salary Bill
More fuel was added to the fire in the
county salaries embroglio, when senator
Mccoy introduced what is popularity
| believed to be the salary measure hav-
ing the approval OF governor William
G. Mcdonald. The bill was senate bill
No. 129 and was referred to the COM
nitee on finance Mr.. Barth moved that
the printing and translation be die
pensed with but Mr.. Holt interposed
objection. There was no other comment
on the measure. The bill is a lengthy
one and is material reduction In sal
aries for all the important offices and
complete depression from the Old Guard
salaries bill, as framed in the Joint
committees on finance.
New Senate BiIlE,
Other new biHs in the senate were:
s. B. No. 1So, by Mr.. Sulzer, pro-
viding for the payment OF interest on
the landed debt by the state treasurer.
S. b No. 49, by Mr.. Walton, relative
to the payment OF interest on the bond
ed debt Of Grant and Santa Fe counties.
This measure has for its object the
payment Of the interest By the state
in order to relieve the counties OF any
obligation therefor.
S. 3. No. 136, by Mr.. Walton, fixing
the time for holding court in the sixth
judicial district
TO Divide Counties.
A number of petitions were intro
0uced, couple OF lengthy ones having
to do with county division. One was
presented by senator Navarro, in which
residents Of Mora county urged the ere
alton Of Coronado county, and another
BY senator Hinkle. In which Dunlap
and precinct 10. Chaves county, pro-
tested against being placed in Sumner
county, on the grounds that their logi-
cal trading point was at Roswell.
tn bill by speaker H L Baca- appfo-
priating $4,000 TOR an exhibit at the
san Diego exposition, which passed the
house Thursday, was reported to the
senate yesterday and referred to the
committee on finance. Likewise the dis
trict attorneys salary BIZ land the Al
buuuerque state fair bills were re-
ported Both bills went to the finance
committee.
Special Order.
When the senate reached senate bill
No. 104-the senate county salaries bill
and senate bill No. 105-the district
attorney bill. Mr.. Holt moved to make
them the special order for next Tuesday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. This motion
prevailed without opposition. It Is IN
derstood that an sff-.Tt viii be made
y
all salary measures into the senate at
that hour and precipitete action. In
such an event, it is likely that either
no bill win pass or a ompronise meas
ure viii be the product OF the deliber-
atiOns Of the senate.
The senate passed senate substitute
for house joint resolution No. 9, which
provides for the payment OF $500 to the
four members OF the house accused Of
bribery at the last session with which
10 pay their attorneys. Governor Nc
Donald vetoed such an appropriation at
the last session
A stron estate license bill on motor
cars, which likewise prescribes rules OF
the road, specifies who shall drive cars
and aSfixes a penalty, was passed in
the senate yesterday. The bill is sen
ate bill No. 16. The bill was amended
TO prohibit drunken persons from driv-
ing motor ers, those under II, or r.
resp onsible persons. The penalty Is
$25. Likewise any person who Is driv-
ing a motor car and who Injuries any
other person thereby and who fails to
stop, give his name and address and
render any assistance possible, Is sub
5cct to a fine OF $500 or six months in
Jail or both.
The senate committee on state AZ
fairs this morning reported favorably
for passing 4 senate bill Which viii
abolish the state mounted police. This
Is the third bill IN New Mexico legis-
lature during the past six years 20 IA
FOE the aDOAlSnmGuN OF tue Bldle puAAGH-
Railroad LeRisinSioz.
The senate committee on railroads
yesterday afternoon practically con-
Guided its hearing on proposed railroad
though IL Is possible that
the employees representatives and the
officials win be asked again to appear
before the committee and state their
views upon a bill which senator Hinlle
says he thinks should be drawn.
The session was lively enough to suit
anyone. Simmered down it all amount
ed to the fact that claim was made
by the railroad employees rspresent Ia
tives that they wanted an extra man
on certain trains because il made more
safety. The officials held that II would
not add anything to safety but would
very probably make conditions worse
The proposition to place an extra fire
man on the MaIlet engines was prac-
tically disposed Of by an offer from
Thomas d. Skeen, representing the
trainmen. TO amend that clause OF the
bfll, referring TO extra firemsn, 90 IS
TO make them necessary only on Nal
lets having IL OF more drivers.
The officials set up the claim and
maintained it all through the commit
tee session that the matters asked for
BY the men were not really suited 70
settlement by legislative enactment, /
but that they could be settled easily /
by agreement between operating off /
Gals and employees direct, except inso-
Tar as safety is concerned.
Taxes Toe HtEh.
The state board Of equalization held i