Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-20
FOURTEEN BILLS
F. BECOME VICTIMS
. OF pocket VETO
Last Fragment of Legislation
Considered at Recent SEES
sion Is Now Finally Dis
posed of.


Santa Fe, March t9.-Only fourteen
bills were put into the discard by
Governor Mcdonald at the final
cleanup today of the legislative prod
uct. They ere:
S. b. no, by Mir Navarro, appro-
priating $3,500 TO protect the town
Of Mora from floods.
S. Il. "a, by Mr., Burns, to establish
a fish hatchery from money in the
game protection fund.
). B. 1872, by Mr. Holt, prohibiting
a change Of venue on application of
the state in criminal cases. The
charge was made that this measure
was to apply to one particular case.
S. b. "A, by Mr. Gallegos, repeating
the mounted police statute and seek
ing To make the statutes conform with
an accomplished fact
Champion Bill Put TO Sleep.
s. b. So, by Mr.. Champion, proyid-
ing that only one commission shall be
charged by money brokers and regu-
lating the interest to be charged by
them. This was intended for the re-
lief Of the debtor class and was origt-
nally drafted by Senator Mabry. Gov
ernor Mcdonald vetoed it on the
ground that if enacted it would pre-
vent needy people from getting loans
for long time, as every broker would
insist upon collecting each loan
promptly if he could not charge upon
renewals, and thus would compel
debtor to make new loan at frequen,
intervals.
H. b. al, by Messrs. Renehan and
Sena, to permit the construction Of
railroads and tramWays incidental to-
irrigation systems. This was among
the bills that died a peaceable death
in the governors pocket. So also was
II. b. 149, by Mr.. Skidm0re, relative
10 the picking up of dead bodies by
passing express and mail trains.
H. B. Pa, by Mr.. Medina, relative
TO the fencing Of rights Of way of
railroad corporations. This was lost,
not because the governor considered
it bad measure but because there is
already, in his opinion, "A better law
on the statute books.
Blood Highway Bill.
IT, b. 316,' by Mr. Blood, the public
highways bill, which was COM
promise measure of republicans and
democrats, abolishing the county road
boards and providing for cooperation
between adjoining counties in the hir-
ing of expert road supervisors. This
was lost chiefly because it did not
seem to offer an improvement over
the present system which it is claimed
by its advocates has not yet been tried
out fully.
H. r. las, by Mr., Montoya Of Ber-
nalillo by request, providing for the
creation of board of Spanish exam
iners. This is already covered In part
by the two Sena educational bills
which have become law.
II. b. 304, which is among the dead
bills, appropriated $3.50 to pay the eX-
penses Of the penitentiary investiga-
ton.
Regulating school Bonds.
n b. 255, by Mr. Abeyta, amending
section l545 of the compiled laws
prescribing that no school bonds
should be issued until the boundaries
of the school district should be estab-
lished ana marked, was also killed by
the pocket veto.
II. 3. POS, by Messrs. Martinez and
Truiillo, approprlating $4,000 for
bridge construction in Taos county,,
suffered the same fate.
II. j. r. %, by Mr.. MARTINEZ, pro-
viding for the translation Of the jour
nails and laws was the last measure
to be killed
Governor Mcdonald explained to-
day that the travelling auditor items
were vetoed i'm the appropriation bill
because the office had been abolished.
The new law creating a state travel
ing auditor" is deemed sufficient to
provide authority for the pay of a
state travelling auditor and his assist
ants, as well ds office expenses