El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-16
BUREAU To
GET SETTLERS
Alldredge Prepares Bill For
New Mexico Office
at Chicago.

-, Mexico's legislature has completed
its first week, has heard the gov
ernor's message ana settled down TO
business with many legislative meas
ures Of Importance to the state being
prepared for presentation to the legis-
lature.
state senator c. H. Alldredge is
working on a bureau Of immigration
bill which is TO amplify the present
statute. He would provide for the
maintenance Of New Mexico headquar-
tiers in Chicago and New Orleans, or
Memphis, where daily illustrated lee
lures on New Mexico would be given,
where literature would be distributed
and where a New Mexico immigration
commissioner would direct people and
give information.
Senator Alldredge would authorize
boards Of county commissioners to ap-
propriate sums Of money annually for
the maintenance Of such eastern and
southern headquarters. It is pointed
out, for instance, that the chamber Of
commerce OF Las Cruces has voted
$4,000 annually to cooperate with I'll
PasO to advertise the Nesilla Valley.
Deming's chamber of commerce spends
1000 year annually IT is senator
Audredge's belief that this advertising
could be done more economically and
effectively under the supervision of a
state bureau Of immigration.
Conference Sunday.
On Sunday an important conference
is to be held in which Gov. ". c. Nc
Donald, Lieut. Gov. E. c. de Baca and
other leaders will participate. The mat
ter of taxation is being given much !
thought, especially the desirability Of /
tapping more sources of indirect or /
special revenue
To Limit Dentists.
A bill is TO be introduced barring /
dentists from using pain killing drugs !
which are also habit forming, such as /
cocaine, arsenic, alpha or beta encaine /
or their salts. Another bin being pre- /
pared is to abolish capital punishment. /
Another bill provides that testimony is !
To be recorded in court trials By phonO- /
graph and that the rolls be kept as 4
permanent court records even after
they have been transcribed One i'm
pOrtant measure is to permit the voter
who has moved out Of his precinct, or
his county, shortly before election, TO
east his ballot I'm the precinct and cOuu-
ty from which he moved.
Among the proposed charity bills is
one which permits a third person to
recover from parents money expended |
for food, clothing, shelter or medical
attendance furnished a minor child
neglected by his parents.
National Highways.
There is to be keen contest be-
tween the advocates on the Southern /
Trails highway and the Ocean-to- !
ocean, or Old Trails highway, for leg
islatiOn looking toward making either
is to concentrate all it's work until
they are completed.
A bill is being drafted to embOdy
the recommendations made to the edu-
cauonal convention, at Albuquerque
last November, providing for county
after school affairs, much as the coun-
after schOl affairs. much as the coun- J
ty commissioners look after the other Z
affairs Of the county. III rural scnoola
are to be placed under the manage
ment of this commission to consist OF
four commissioners laid at least one
half the same salary as the county :
ommissioners, the county school su-
perintendent to be the fifth and eN-
officio member. the bill provides. This
board is to appoint a clerk who is also
to be the superintendent clerk
Trustee to BE Paid.
one school trustee is to be elected
in each district under this plan, who
is TO be custodian Of the school house :
and OF all school property and who Is Z
to be paid the compensation that now I 7
goes to the janitor lie IS 20 be d. g
rectly under the control Of the county e
school commission, which is to appoint /
all teachers. assign them to their d
grades and fix their salaries schooI
supervisor is to be appointed who is I Y
also to be truant officer and be under
the direct control Of the county school
House In Session.
The house was in session Friday Tor n
a short time n
Judge John Y. Hewitt, the opposi- 1
ton leader. moved the adoption Of the
rules submitted by Z. p. Davies, chair o
man Of the committee on rules, re-
marking, however, that the Democrats
accept the rules on trial.
On motion Of MARTINEZ and Mann,
house resolution No. 1. naming the
regular employees and their salaries, =
passed on third reading, the words: "
The senate concurring," being added p
Speaker Romero turned over to the g
on privileges and elections
the three contests and this committee L
met Immediately TO arrange for hearing
testimony ana procedure. The commit
CO consists of AnastaciO Medina, chair q,
man; Federico Chaves F. o. Blood, a,
b. n. FLEMING. Edward A Mann, r. r. 8
Ryan and Henry Swan.
The printing committee also met to If
arrange for the printing Of the rules c;
and agreed TO meet again on Monday
with the senate committee on printing 3;
10 award the contract foT tho session.
First Six BIIls.
Six bills were informally presented
tut VIII not be formally referred until al
Monday. The first three were by Mes w
or MontOya- one provides for the re- ( ST
zeal Of the So road tax in conformity hi
With the Republican Platform pledges. 1 ca
'he second is also by Mr.. Mdntoya and
provides for the exemption of $500 1 So
rom the assessment Of heads Of fami- |
les, the sum TO be deducted from the I ~
AKA Die or One-th1rQ valuation. The
bird bill by Mr. MOntOya, provides for
tax Of five cents a ton on the gross
utput Of New Mexico mines, the coal 1
nine inspector to obtain every three { n,
months a true record or statement OF
he output for the three months past
4. A. Sena presented a bill to repeal
he fence law. Z, p. Davies presented | ba
vo bills. one to prescribe the practice
d criminal cases and the other in civil
auses.
Frames New Libel law.
A meeting of the State Newspaper
lens association is to be held in Al
uquerque today for the purpose Of re-
ising the proposed new libel law TO be
d omitted TO the legislature. The first
raft was found defective by the attOr-
ey general The bill is to be intro
uced by representative Nestor Mo1-
lya, Of Bernalillo county. An impor- W
mt feature is a provision requiring
bel cases to be tried in the county
here the alleged libel is published. "