The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-02-17
DEMOCRATS AID IN
PASSING STATE
LIBRARY BILL
Minor Am e n DIN ent Only
Change in Senate Measure
Which Strips Governor of
Power 10 Appoint Librarian.
Estate Capital Bureau
(Of Evening Herald.
t5f Dc Vargas Hotel.


santa Re. y. NJ, Feh. i7.-The
house this morning before rcsuming
work on its heavy calendar suspend
ed the rules and passed senate Bili
4 No. So. the state library management
bill. under .hc terms OF which the
appointment OF the state librarian
ana the management Of the library
are taken out OF the hands OF the
4 governor AID placed In the hands Of
the supreme court as "A library com
mission. The bill gives the supreme
court absolute control of the library
and the appointment OF the librarian.
although the house adopted an
amendment 10y Mr.. RSiehnn making
the clerk Of the supreme court the
secretary OF the board Of trustees, as
u is called, instead OF the librarian.
Mr.. MnileHs proposed an amend
meht requiring that the librarian APP
pointed by the court hc a woman, lie
said that u was properly a womans
position and that there wcro plenty
Of women competent "a hold Il Who
needed the position. The amend
mcnt WIS tabled, as was also an
amendment by Mr.. Smith of Luna. "a
limit the pay of the assistant 20 tho
librarian to $50 month. The bill
passed by vote Of ~ To 3, the Dem
ocrats making no opposition. on the
ground that the supreme court was
the proper authority 10 have charge
of the library In spite Of the fact
that II has been in the hands of the
governor for many years Mr.. Mul-
lens, In voting for the bill said that
u was one of long series of similar
measures with the same purpose In
view being merely peanut politics
Passing To the calendar tho house
passed Mr.. Hyanr bill. House i3ill
No. i06. relative To actions to recover
damages for personal injury sustained
hy an cnplOye In the course of his
employment, hy a, vote ~ 40 To |,
after Judge Mann had explained that
che hill In practically the same as the
federal law relative 10 interstate em-
ployers. II passed In the senate the
Ryan bill Will give the state a law
which has been needed for long
time past.
The house recommitted House Bili
No. az. by Alfredo Luccro. an act ~
elect city and town maTshals In In
corporatod cities and towns.
House Bill Ne ilO was passed by
"a vote of 80 10 O. This Is a bin by
McsSrS. Eaton aud Gonzalez and pro
vides for the protection of land.
bitches and towns from floods or eX-
cess of water In any ditch, stream or
arroyo.
MIR. Thurp. Socialist. this morning
saw his first bin go through tho
house. This IL House Bnl 80 i3a
and amends section of chapter 80
faF nta "a
the right "a say whether the death
penalty or life imprisonment shall he
the punishment for first degree mur-
der The bill was passed by vote
of 3s to O.
House nill No, 134, by Mr. Rein
burg. general militia appropriation
hill carrying a total of ti2,00o Of
which $1,000 Is Tor the 1915 state en-
Campmcnt was rccommitted upon
the contention Of Mr. Martinez. of
Taos. that any upnropration for de.
ficiencles, Of which there were sc"-
oral In the bili should be made In
the general appropriation bill. The
bin was reeommitted to the finance
committee.
House Blll No. 1875. by Mr. Me-
dina, relative 10 the ages of poll tax
payers. WIS recommitted to the COM
mittee on education, and Mr.. scna's
bill. House Bill No. ii3, for the eN-
termination of prairie dogs. WAS re-
committed 20 the committee on agri-
culture.
Among the committee reports
brought into the house this morning
WAS favorable one ON the bill 90
place woman on each board Of re-
gents of the state educational inHti-
tutions, with AN amendment that II
do not take effect until January /.
1915
The speaker this mCrning an
nounced having signed the Navarro
libel law. senate Bil No. "a, which
now sGen to the governor
just before adlourniug for the
moon recess the house passed Hous-
Rrl No. 10. by MeRsrs. Montoya and
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