El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-19
APPROPRIATION
BILL IS FILED
New Mexico Executive Dis
poses of Appropriations
Bill; Ends Squabble.

santa Fe. y NJ, March 19.-GovernOr
W c. Mcdonald officially ended the
| second session of the New Mexico leg
islature Thursday evening when he
filed with the secretary Of state the
] general appropriation bill without cut
ting any Of the appropriations for state
7 institutions. although II was feared
that he might reduce the budget Of the
New Mexico university, the A x NJ
college and other state Institutions A
clause in the appropriation bill TO cover
/ the expenses of the Las Cruces bank
and A & NJ. college investigation was
cut out of the appropriation bill
Further bills signed by the governor
brought the total ta 10. The late ones
included the bill appropriating $50. 600
for the erection, in santa Fe.l as a state
museum OF a duplicate Of the New
Mexico building at sthe San Diego eX-
position The bill appropriating money
collected from insurance companies to
the support Of volunteer fire depart
ments in q cities and towns: the Veal
auto license bill and the Blood anti
JOY ride bill. measure providing
penalties for unlawful use Of motor
vehicles.
Last Day for Signing Bills.
Governor Mcdonald regarding Thurs
day as the sixth and last day for the
signing OF bills passed by the legisla-
ture. disposed Of a number Of measures
He called the members Of the tax board
into a final conference TO ascertain the
amount which can be raised by taxation
to cover the appropriations.
The governor signed ten bills today,
including the following. The Paukey
cattle sanitary board bill regulating
the levy by that board the two Sena
educstions bills. modified providing
for the teaching OF Spanish where
msjorities of boards OF school direc-
tors so decide and for the training OF
teachers at the state normal schools
a state expenses the MOntoya road tax
bill making il unlawful to deduct the
tax from wages OF corporation en-
ployes: the Reinburg school cadet corps
bills, the Black hog quarantine bill, and
the Renehan bill appropriating $4,000
for the Texas boundary dispute def
cheney.
over $4,000 was paid out at Me
capitol under the provisions OF the
Renehan deficiency bill
Good Roads Bill Dies.
The time having expired for the gov
ernOr to sign the bills left with him
by the legislature during the, closing
days, it is now certain that the Blood
good roads bill has failed 10 become
law, and the county roads boards have
a new lease Of life for at least two
years.
died from the pocket veto" and so
did the prairie dog bill He signed the
bill appropriating 5000 for paving the
streets around the capitol From the
general appropriation DILL ne eAlIll-
mated all appropriations for the travel
ing auditor and his office, the superin-
tendent Of insurance, and certain items
Of clerk hire for the auditors and treas
urers offices This is reduced to total
$4,000. so that the totaI appropriations
made in the bill are exactly $4,000
while the continuing appropriations add
S15O.00o.
Signs WOman's BIZ.
The governor also signed the com
munity property bill for which the Fed
Grated Women's clubs Of the state have
been working. the bill 20 regulate hog
shipments and stamp out hog diseases.
Among the bills that failed TO become
law are the New Mexico exposition flag
measure: the Burns Dill .rOviding for
the esta blishhent OF a fish hatchery.
the bill abolishinE the mounted police;
and the game and fish protection bill
The Romero firemens bill, granting
each organized fire company in the
state an annual subsidy out OF the state
insurance fund. was also signed