El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-15
NEW MEXICO
HOUSE IS
RILED
Refuses to Play Second Fid-
ole to Senate; Insists on
It's Bills.
SALARY BILL IS
THE SENATE GHOST

- ANITA Re, N N, Feb. 15.--The
house Is q coordinate and indie
- pendent house of the New Mexico
legislature. not a bit inferior to the
senate, and just as keen 90 place it's
stamp On legislation for this new state.
as the honorable senate If you please.
This developed in q debate in the house
when representative Tully moved that
senate bills No. 40 and Il, be taken up
for passage. These bills were on the
originally introduced in the house.
They provide respectively for the ced-
ing OF jurisdiction TO the United states
over the, Fort Bayard military Teserva-
terry. In the house. these bills &C
CURED an amendment which provided
In substance that these two places
should never becOrne q refuge Tor
criminals, by giving officers Of the
state the right at any time TO enter
these reservations In search Of fugitives
from justice. This amendment was not
introduced IN the senate. The senate
passed the bills and sent them to the
house, ana the house passed the bills
and sent them 70 the senate with the
amendment. The Rouse bill in the sen
ate has never been heard OF. The
senate Dill In the house has been
allowed to rest quietly in the judiciary
committee Ter days, and was finally put
on the calendar. The same Amendment
which had been put on the house bill
was tackled on the senate bill Then.
was nothing stirring. Representative
Catron said that the easiest way out
Of it was to let the senate pass the
house bills since they were already
the amendments were necessary. Why
should the house amend the senate bill
then send the bill back TO the senate
for cotton OF the amendment? The
house bill was already in the senate
ana its passage by that body was by
far the easiest way cut Of the dflema
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he meant was that he as a representa-
tive, was getting tired of being merely
ornamental in law making, and that IL
Few house bills could not pass the
senate. then very few senate bills would
pass the house
And the house heard him with ap-
proFaL Major LdeWellgn voiced the
same sentiments. Speaker Baca said
ne could see no particular reason for
the senate bills so greatly outuumber-
ing the house bills in the session laws,
especially when the same subject was
treated, and in an identical manner.
A few further remarks were INDUCED
IN and It all prtmed representative
Catron to move that these two bills be
ordered to lie on the speakers tab-f IN
til the house bills in the senate were
heard from. And this action was
BuIs Are Reeoumftted.
House bill No. 90 reported fsvorabTy
to the house, and providing for the
Of the state, was recommittSd. HoUss
bill No. 50 TO transfer the FL Rito
Spanish American normal school to the
normal school at Las Vegas. was re-
committed along with house bill los,
school
House bill a to validate acknowl-
Judgements before United States land
commissioners and United States com
TnlssioneTs, was passed 40 to o and
houe bill II to prevent the drinking
OF Intoxicating liquors on trains and
interurbans, was also passed IS to Z.
House bill No. 19, the emploFer6
liability act. and with the full crew bill |
enjoying the distinction Of having rail-
road Hobbies here 70 prevent its pas
sage, was recommen to the COM
mittee on railroads although that CONF
mittee had considered Il once and had
recommended its passage.
New Bills In Hoasa
Bills were introduced as follows:
No. 134--Fargess providing for q one
mill tax for drainage purposes.
No. 175-ChsYez, providing for the !
publication Of q Catalogue Of the
Spanish archives OF the state
No. 175-Chavez, establishing an ar-
rioultural and dry farming experiment ]
station near willard.
no. 177-,Blanchard. repeating section |
s,s0s OF the laws OF 1897.
No. 11S-TruJillO, providing for the
maintenance OF roads and bridges.
1I9-Tucker, appropriating $40p for
bridge across the Rio Grende near
No. S0-Chaves-relating to public
utility corporations and the procedure
before the corporation commission.
GfterneOn Session.
At the afternoon session the house
passed the following bills.
House bill No. 81, by speaker Bsca- !
to found a Pan-American institute;
house bill log, By Mr.. Sanchez for the |
teaching OF Spanish IN certain school !
districts; house bill s. by Mr.. Carter
Fenealfug section S1s Of fna cornnilaS !
laws OF 1897, limiting the amount which |
may be recovered for fatal accidents to |
Sc, 200; house bill III. by Messrs. Labato !
and Quintana, providing that each |
member OF the legislature may appoint /
one student to any state educational /
institution, an allowances OF S275 for I
each student being made.
House bill IS, defining trusts, was /
Burg, limiting the police power, was /
clause. House bill 1O8, by Mr.. Burg, /
the open shop act was recOmmitted /
to the committee on judiciary. House /
bill III, BY Mr.. Gage was left on the 1
calendar without perjudiee, pending i
ture, when all win be considered to- /
gether.
The following bills were introduced |
out OF their regular order:
House bill 1S3, by Mr.. Sanchez, an !
This bill creates two new counties, /
Mora and Aguilar. Supporters Of the I
Coronado county project and other l