Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-01-16

Estate Capital bureau Of Morning Journal
Santa Fe, y. NJ, Jan. 1.-THE SEN
ate and house met in joint session this
morning TO hear the reading Of the
governors message. This impressive
ceremony began shortly after 10
o'clock and required nearly two
hours The governor read his message
himself, MS he did last year. Comment
upon II was frequent after the scs-
sion had closed and II seems that II
met with wide approval among the
legislators and among those who
heard 1t.
There was much interest IN the
message. quite ernwd Nsembs.na "a
hear Il read.
Routine business in the two houses
was limited. one bill was introduced
this morning. being senate bill No. /.
Aside from the formal call to order
and the listening to the message.
there was nothing done In the house
az the morning session.
The senate bin was introduced by
Mr. Holt. of Dona Ana county, and is
one in which Albuquerque is specially
Interested. II is an act to empower
municipalities 10 provide for the in
dlgenls and sick. The senate adjourn
ed to meet tomorrow. The house ad-
iourned TO meet, again this afternoon.
The house settled down to business
in small way this afternoon. nam
ing the employees, chosen ny its eau
Gus last night and receiving several
bills Among these was the Baea sal
any measure OF the last session. a
mine output tax law. bill providing
for an income tax and several others.
The list Of employees named in eau
Gus was embodied in Il resolution.
which was introduced by James w.
'haves, of Torrance county. IT was
adopted without discussion These
employees are as follows:
Chaplain, Antonio Fourchegu; chief
clerk. Frank Staplin: assistant chief
clerk, Andres Romero: sergeant-at-
arms Martin serrano; assistant SER
geant-at-arms. Lee Sanchez; enroll
ing clerks, G. D. Vargas and Timoteo
Baea' reading clerks, George w. Ar
m'lo and Eduardo Lujan stenograph-
els' Wlll l.lewcllyn, A. II. Clancy, Mrs.
trace SHINES. Anita Baea, Ida Smith,
~ Wallace and c. Winder. with two
to be named by the speaker. Postmls-
Fesses, AT s4 day each Miss Henri
anez and Jennie Stevenson: transla-
tors G. Gallegos; six clerks at SO a
ely each. as follows: d. Qnintana. G..
ilulillo, d. Griego. NJ. Salazar. l..
t'ucero, Il. ortiz; pages, Willie Thay-
er Dalio Martinez and Pablo Labadie.
ihe following bills were Introduced.
House Bill No. 4. creating the coun-
" OF sumner, introduced by Mr.. Man
Mnares. The bill provides for the Gre
".on Of new county out Of portions
q Guadalupe, chaves. Quay and
roosevelt counties. Fort Summer is
named as the county seat. The first
eleetion of county officers is sehed-
uled for July &, 1919.
House Bill No 8, an income tax
glL introduced by NJ. c. de Baca.
nus act places a graduated tax upon
al incomes above $4,000 a year.
House BIZ No. 6, introduced by NJ.
ae Baca, providing for the taxing
" the output OF mines The bill pro-
s'ues a scale OF tonnage taxes on coal
according to its value and lower tax
apoh ore containing precious metals
eiu metals used in the industries. The
NV provides that half the tax so col
'o'ed shall go TO the state and one
quarter each TO the school and general
county funds Of the county where
collected.
House Bill No. Z. prescribing the
s'ues Of district attorneys. reintro-
pu'ed BY Mr.. Llewelyn.
House Rill No. 5, requiring accounts
asainst the state to be sworn to. Re-
Introduced by Messrs. LiewelIyn and
Moreno.
rouse Bill No 2, fixing the salaries
y county officers and providing for
'e Classification of the counties. in
a'uhced last year by Roman L. Baea
aaa rentroduced by Messrs. Llewellyn
and Moreno.
House Bill No. 10 defining the
s'n'e Of enhezzlement by executors
~ others. introduced last year by
4e Judiciary committee ana relntro-