The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-09
Senate, After Long Hesitation,
Passes Travelling Auditor
Measure by a Vote of Is
to 6.
RECESS
BILL ALSO PUT OVER
House Passes Appropriation
Bills While Senate Passes
Road Law; Armory Bills
Enacted.
Estate Capital bureau
(of Evening Herald.
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santa Fc, y. NJ. March s.-Last
nights sessions Of house and senate
are likely To become historic as scs-
sions In which more vitality important
legislation. both constructive and de-
structive, was pat through final pass
age than has ever before been the
case In "a single day.
The more important bills passed.
signed, and sent TO the governor are
The following:
The bill transferring the appoint
rucnt o. travelling auditor from the
goNerHor to the state auditor.
The bill making illegal the holding
OF state Office by any person whose
domination a been rejected by the
semitic; thus practically cndiug recess
appointments. except In cases e, res
%iEnutioh or death.
Tito general road law, abolishIng
county load boards and creating the
office 20: county road commissioner.
under sUI eryision OF the boards Of
county commissioners.
Thu general banking act. the hous
|ooncurring In the measure az amend
ed by the senate ana leaving APP
pointmcnt of the state bank examiner
in the hands ~ the governor.
The bill aoolishiug the co itul GUS
todian commission and comforting It's
duties on the land commissioner.
The bin creating e. state publicity
department under the commissioner
of public lands, by permitting that
official to use three per cent of the
fnHnrnA Af hN. YFH.. HrLV.. ..N.. ..-4
leases, for immigration and state pub
licity,
Bills for the construction of armor.
les at Gallup, Dcmiug and Carlsbad.
ana aprropriating $4,000 through
bond issues, Tor each armory.
Concurrence by the house In senate
amendments to the Bursum AK COM
mission act ana the Hawkins mine
tax act, sending both these measures
to The governor.
In addition the house passed its
general appropriation bill. as the
measure came from the finance COM
mittee. n also the general building
appropriation bill, carrying Sil2,OOO
ana providing for new buildings at
many of the state institutions, includ-
ing a 500, 600 addition to the CAPT.
tol, $4,000 FOR Hadley hall rebuild
ing at the Uniycrsit, of New Mexico,
and other building items ranging from
$4,000 10 $4,000 al almost ever
state institution.
Senate Bul 40. n. providing for
election -Canvasslug procedure and
several minor measures also were
passed boy the house,
six Democrats ia the senate made
a thrco-hour hght against the pass
age of the two bills directed az the
executive power, al ~ the six mi
nortty members present taking part
IN the obstructive tactics, which were
limited 10 parliamentary procedure,
through the appliance of the two
rules adopted durius the morning
session which forbade explaining the
vote and more than ave minutes 10
any II member boz debate,
The first bill up ia The enatc VAS
House btll No. sos. introduced 10y
WISH. phich provides that mo person
whose nomination has been rejected
by the senate shall nc eligible to hold
Office In the state of Sew Mexico
The Democrats forced sixteen roll
calls IN this bin before 10 finally WAS
passed under a motion for the pre-
vious question. The final vote was as
follows: Aycs-Abcytia, Bowman
Burns. clark. CHAMPION, Gallegos,
Hart, Holt. Ilfcld, l%aughren, Miera,
Navarro, Page. raukey, Sulzer RE
publicaus, 10. Nays-Alldredge, Barth,
Doepp, Mabry, HInkle and Walton.
Democrats, g.. Absent-Evans, Nc
Coy and Romero.
The travelling auditor bill, House
Bill No. 2gi, was passed by the same
vote, after an hour OF obstruction hy
senators Barth and Mabry, In which
the other Democrats assisted with
numerous forced roll calls,
The general road bill WAS the last
bin up in the senate. passing by "A
vote OF 10 to ?, Burth and Walton
voting mo-
This bin was tho measure favored