Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-03-06
SAYSIT WILL HELP The STATE
WILL BE A POTENT FACTOR IN
CAUSING THE DEVELOPMENT
OF RESOURCES
GOVERNORS BILL APPEARS
SALARY MEASURE PLACED BE.
FORE HOUSE AND REFERRED
TO A COMMITTEE

Santa Fe. N. NJ. March 6.-Request-
ing congress to pass an act to provide
for the purchase of all land grants in
New Mexico is the purpose Of a joint
memorial introduced in the house this
morning by Representative Tully Of
Lincoln. The resolution recites that
under the present system of private
ownership Of these grants it is i'm
possible for the mineral underlying
10 the land to be developed. Should
these lands be purchased by the Uni
ted States, it is pointed out, they
would be thrown open to settlement
under the homestead laws to the pros
pectors and miners under the mineral
laws, and the development of the state
would be hastened. The resolution
was ordered printed and will be re-
ported to the house at an early date.
One hundred and twenty-seyen bills
were on the house calender when the
body convened this morning and just
four of them were disposed Of, these
being:
Senate Substitute for House Bill
No. 60, allowint county commission
ers to borrow money for the oonstruc-
ton Of bridges. passed by vote Of
AZ to 0.
| Senate Substitute for House Bill
No. 1870, providing for the construc-
ton Of the Canine keal, which runs
from Los Lunas via Gallup to the Ari.
zona line.
House Bill No. 2Ss, the celebrated
bill to regulate logging and providing
for collection Of damages by owners
Of irrigating bitches which are in
jured by log drives on the streams of
the state. This bill got through the
house 27 to II.
Senate Substitute for House Joint
Resolution No. Ii, which provides for
payment for services of clerks of the
boar dof canyassers which eanvassed
the returns Of the first state election.
This bill was passed at the last ses
sion, but owing to an error in drawing
( it, the funds were used to pay the
clerks of the board which canvassed
the returns of the 1912 election The
bill carries an appropriation of $154.50,
which is to be divided between three
clerks. 1t passed the house AZ to Q.
The so-called governors salary bill
made its appearance in the house this
morning, being introduced by Mr..
Smith as House Bill No. 329. Mr..
Blanchard objected to the introduc-
ton Of the bill on the ground that the
constitution provided for the introduc-
tion of bills fixing pay of state
and county employees earlier than
within ten days Of the close of the ses-
sion. The speaker oyemuled the OBJ
lection and the bill was referred to
the committee on internal affairs and
ordered printed Mr.. Chayes made an
effort to have it referred to the eom-
mittee on finance, but the speaker de-
elared that the majority could well
afford to allow It to be referred to
The more friendly committee on inter.
nal affairs.
Other bills introduced this morn.
eng were:
No, S27, by Chavez, defining retail
liquor dealer and fixing the license
for this class Of dealers. Under the
terms Of this bill clubs and other or.
ganizations which handle liquors viii
be required to pay the same license
as saloon The bill also fixes the
minimum state license for saloons
at 5000, which increases to $1,000 ac-
cording to the population Of the town
in which the saloon is located.
No. 32s, by chaves. to prevent the