Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-26
NIGHT SESSIONS
BEGIN IN HOUSE

required TO pay an occupation tax
OF OBTAIN peddlers' license.
House bill No. a by Mr.. Muuens
prohibiting nepotism except as TO no.
tarles. 20 w nv
House bill No. 2S7 by Mr.. ortiz. 10
amend section 3322 of the compiled
'oMs' relative to peace proceedings.
FROM committee on corporations.
rouse bill No 222 by Mr.. Rene
nan, amending section 81, chapter 10.
OF the laws of 1905, regulating the
formation and governing of corpora
uohs Tor mining, manufacturing and
INDUSTRIAL purposes Reported with
amendments.
House bill No. ISL by MIR Skidmore,
reiatlNe to the Incorporation of co.
operative associations.
by committee on highways: House
olll No. 1863 by Messrs. Martinez and
IruJillo, designating the road from
Cimarron TO Santa Fe via Taos, a
state highway.
ly committee on state affairs.
House bill No. 220 by Messrs. Martin
o. and frujillo. providing for the in
spection OF coal oil, gasoline and
naphtha
Womaa's suffrage was killed by a
vote Of % to 3, and that despite ma
lority report from committee in its
favor Those who voted against
adopting the majority report were
Messrs. Black, Bryant. Davies, Con
zales, Mullens. Skidmore. Taylor,
Tharp and Welsh. Those absent and
not voting were Messrs. Casaus,
Chaves of Torrance, Dow, Gallegos Of
Guadalupe, Mirabal, Medina, Mon
toya of Bernalillo, Palmer, Renehan,
Smith, Swan, Toombs, Trujillo, Veal
and the speaker
Mr.. Tharp, who had introduced the
resolution, spoke in its defense, de-
clarlng he certainly believed his wife
as much entitled to a vote as negro.
Hewett declared he would extend suf-
trage to all those who gave evidence
OF sufficient education. Mr.. Bryant,
who has Just become benedict
raised gales of laughter when he de-
clared that before coming TO Santa
Re he was against equal suffrage but
that during the past six weeks he had
been converted to the cause. Mr.
Tharp pleaded for a square deal and
complained that the proposed joint
resolution had not even been printed.
The house then adopted adverse
reports from the committee ON con-
stitutional amendments on the fol-
lowing:
Fl. j. r. No 6, by Mr.. Tharp.
section of the article on
elections in the constitution. so that
all election contests, including those
for the legislature be settled in the
courts.
II. j. r. No l6, by Mr.. Tharp,
section 81, of article 4. of
the constitution relative to making
appropriations for charitable pur-
poses, prohibiting any appropriation
to any UNCONVENTIONAL institution.
Tharp spoke in defense of the amend
ment, declaring that he did not in
tend to cast reflections against any
particular denomination.
H. j. r. No. II, by Mr.. Tharp. to
provide for the initiative and refer
endum.
II. ]. Il. No. 8, by Mr.. Bryant,
section II. article of the
constitution, reducing the salary OF
district judges from $4,000 to $4,000
a year.
Adverse reports were also made on
the following bills and adopted by
the house:
From the committee on taxation:
House bill No. As, by Messrs. Con-
zales and Reinburg, to fix the value
of agricultural lands at not more
than 800 per acre and to fix the
value of other classes of property
for taxation.
House bill No. 261. by Mr.. sena,
providing for the collection of an
occupation tax.
House bin No ga, by Mr.. Mullens,
by request, providing for the exemp-
ton from taxation of money, notes
and credits in New Mexico for perl
cd of ten years from January /,
1915.
House Bill No, 172, by Tharp, 20
abolish all taxes in the nature of 9
poll tax. The bill was tabled by vote
of SO TO 2,
BY the Committee on judiciary -
House Bill No. 213, by Renehan, rela~
tive to foreign corporations, joint
stock companies and associations en-
gagged in interstate commerce and DO
Ing business in the state. The COM
.ittee recommended that the bill De
referred to the committee on cor
porations
By the Committee on Corporations
House Bill No. 2l1, by Dow. amend
ing Section 1903, Chapter rs, laws 81
1905, TO regulate the organization and
government of corporations for MN
ing. manufacturing, etc, was report
ed adversely