The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-01
Senator Walton Proposes Bill
= to Aake a Real Corporation
Commissioner With Powers
to Do Things.
LIKELY TO MEET FATE
OF OTHER BUILDERS
Committee on Constitutional
a Amendments of Senate Abid-
s ing Place of Quite a Bunch
!. of Proposed Amendments.
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~, Santa Fc, y. NJ, March l.-Scna-
tsor Walton OF Grant county has pro-
posed an amendment To the state
constitution with teeth Ia 10 strong
Enough to iake hold upon public sc1-
fiment, u II ever is permitted To- reach
The people. which Il IN but fair to say.
seems doubtful This amendment
proposes 90 change Sections ] o. ~
ninClusiNc ot Article NJ Of the Consli-
tuition, relating Co the state corpora
ltion commission. Instead Of the three
detective commissioners now provided
Ifur, and whose work az an expense Of
100000 "a year has netted the state
exactly nothing, ia the opinion ~ both
7 Democrats AMI Republicans, the Wal
ton resolution proposes 10 amend To
provide for one commissioner. to be
appointed by the governor, with the
advice and consent Of the state SEN
late, ana whose powers, while still Of
an administrative nature, are made
Y lu the succeeding sections az To per-
init of obtaining definite results.
,l Tho resolution mas friends among
both parties iu the Legislature. but it
., has been referred To- the senate com
/ mittcv on constitutional amendments.
whi,h b. agaTdeG a. az phiCtuE
. place Tor all such proposed chauscs
/ in our fundamental law, except that
I which has he seal OF approval of the
/ Republican machine The Repubi-
/ cans themselves are openly dissustcd
! with the iueneCtlycnc-s of the pres
I cnt corporation commission d1d its
abolishmcut is favored hy many u'
( them But the people have made i'
! plain that they want norpuru' ION
T commission OF some kind, and ON"
that provides three main jobs ana t
a Iut ui lesser ones is moro nearly 900
line with the Republican machine
policy than one commissioner who's"
#, operations could Doe efficiently con
Quoted az small public expense. The
outlook therefore tor the submission
Il th, Walton amendment is not
prlpht
An effort b. tu hc made this week. u
is understood. to get out Of the com
mittcc the prohibition submission
resolution introduced by senator
HART, Republican, Whose advocacy
Of submission b strong and sincere
In the house hope for q vote has been
Hranglcd by the two-thirds rui'
which the anti-prohibition people got
passed early last week ANA which
makes two.thirds vote ucccssar, be-
fore such resolution can bee called
from q committee. The prohibition
in the house is Ia q perfectly safe
place so lar as th. vets are concerned
The house has slaughtered about
o.. .IfHHts
mitt,d tn IL. aside frum this, which II
s afraid to bring out tor public cA
,,utun. There i- favorable pros
pyo. for the resolution changing th'
IrEtsInUlo session to mid summer
The particularly rotten Weather wh'''
ha. existed ln santa re this pJst tw'
months has made sentiment for lhi
change us nothing else could have
done. The weather man seems u
have been deliberately lobbying fo
the Ecuchan measure. Its fate Ia th'
senate however. b. dubious % 81
pointed out that there are fiscal rea
sons against the change, and ina
summer vacations might seriously in
tcrforc with the work of summc
session
The text OF the proposed Walto'
amendment on the corporation '''H
missdiou is In part us follows.
BE 10 resolved by the legislature "
the state OF New Mexico.
That Sections ], .. 3, T. q, g. Z, )
o. 90. N aud /. of Article Nl, ui Ia
constitution Of the state ~ Sew Mex
lpn entitled Corporations other thai
Municipal" hc ana the same hcr"h
arc amended so as tu read as foHoNs
section l. An Office ls hereby ere
atcd which shall be known as stat
Corporation Commissioner' bctw"e
the ISth day of january and the lot
day of March. l1li, the soNcrn'
shall appoint uy and Nith the adNic
and consent Of the senate the ncum
bent To- such office Tor term OF ~
years. and on the expiration of th
term OF office of the FIRST ,nlumhen
hi. successor shall be- appointed D
the governor hy and wit1 the adNl'
and consent of the senate, Tor In
term.
see o. 80 officer, agent 90 'm
pIoye of any railway. express. tele
graph, telephone, ,loeping car "
other transportation or transmirHi"
company, while representing sue
company, or any person hnan'i'N
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