Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-25
RETURN TO OLD
ROAD SYSTEM, IS
+. IDEA OF JACQUEl
Precinct Supervisors Provided
for in Bill introduced in
Lower House Of the State
Legislature,

ESPECIAL coRRrsrespsHcs TO soaSlNe JOURNAL,
Santa Fe, Feb. 2l.-H0use bin No
262, by Jacquez, providing for the
maintenance of public highways, con.
templates a return 10 the old system
OF precinct road supervisors. An abio
bodied male persons between II and
80 years are required under Il to do
road work, W TO five DAYS, or In lieu
thereof to pay dollar a day. Each
precinct is to have its road supervisor
who is to receive $3.50 a day not TO
exceed total of $50 in any one year
and who Is TO be appointed by the
county commissioners. The precinct
road supervisor is to furnish a boad
of $500. All persons refusing to work
on the road or to pay the road tax inn
posed by the supervisor. shall he
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor ana
fined by the Justice of the peace OF
the precinct. the fine to go into the
road fund.
House bill No. ESQ, by Toombs, inn
poses poll tax of one dollar to he
paid annually by avery able-bodied
male person betweefN the ages Of p
and 60, the proceeds TO go into the
district school fund.
To Protect Road Slgns.
House bin No. 1858, by, Renehan,
makes II misdemeanor Intention
ally. and malciously. to deface, mu-
tilate. misdirect. turn or remove any
road sign, sign post or road guide, TO
throw glass. glass bottles. tin cans.
taeks nails or scrapiron upon the pub
lie streets, roads and alleys, and to
mutilate automobile tires, or iniure
automobiles. wagons, buggies or other
sHalaa al f.I e. ass.I
upon public streets roads and alleys.
The fine for the first offense is to be
$40 to $50 or Jail sentence of from ten
to thirty days. while for subsequent
offenses the fine is to be $50 TO 500
or jail sentence of 60 days to four
months.
House bin No. 242. by Lucero, au-
thorizes the state engineer to make a
survey for northwestern extension OF
lei Canine Real from Mora to Cleve-
land, Holman, ChacoR, thence through
Lujan canyon to El Vale, Canyon de
los Toros TO the county of Taos 10
join the road leading from Cimarron
TO Taos at Las Tlenditas. Whenever
the counties of Taos and Mora place
at the disposal of the state engineer
$4,000 of which Mora is TO furnish
$4,000 and Taos $4,000, then $4,000 is
to be available out of the state road
fund to build said extension. The act
authorizes the county commissioners
of the two counties TO make levy 20
raise the preliminary $4,000.
To Tax Capital Stock.
House bill No. 241, by Speaker Ro-
nero, to tax the capital stock, undi-
vided profits and surplus of all build
ing and loan associations, makes it
the duty of the officer in charge Of
such association TO make return TO
the assessor and penalties such as
socations rs per cent for failure to
make such a return.
The shortest act thus far introduce
ed is house bill No 259, by Messrs.
Gonzales and Reinburg, which reads,
Section /. That Chapters 10 and 20
of the Session Laws of 1909, be and
hereby are repealed"
House bill No. PAS, by Mr.. Smith,
makes it the duty OF railroads to fur
nish suitable cars for ali kinds of
freight and to receive and transport
such freight with reasonable dispatch,
to provide and keep suitable facilities
for handling such freight at stations
One dollar day is to be forfeited
each day that the company fails to
furnish such ears or facilities, to be
recovered as actual damages by the
shipper The car must be furnished
within four days after application
unless strike, fire, washout. lockout
or some act of providence prevents.
Shipments must be carried forward
at rate of not less than sixty miles
a day. Upon arrival of consignment,
the company must give notice within
twenty-four hours to consignee to-
gether with amount of freight
charges. All freight within twenty
four hours of arrival must be placed
In accessible position for unloading.
Consignees shall have forty-eight
hours for unloading cars Of less than
$4,000 pounds and seventy-two hours
Tor cars of greater capacity. Storage
charges are permitted on package
freight after forty-eight hours, after
giving of notice have elapsed.
House bill No. 243 by Toombs. the
Kansas blue sky bill. is to regulate in-
Vestment companies that float bonds
ana stock issues. Together with fill
ing fee Of $3.50, such companies or
person shall file with the state corpor-
a'ion commission, fun statement