Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-09

tu Wy StcFttufy Ol state Antonio Ill- |
cero In his annual report. while the |
county commissioners shall canvass |
the returns for county officers
ll2, by the finance committee. To
take the place of house substitute for
senate substitute for Senate BIN B. |
authorizing assessors TO enter on their
books for 1915 the assessments Tor
railroads, livestock, etc. as fixed ior
the 1914 assessment by the state
board of equalization. The bin was
passed under suspension of the rules.
ll5, by Mr. Clark Providing for
the printing and distribution of as
sessment rolls. The bin carries an APP
preparation OF $2,250, OF which s400 is
TO cover a deficiency in the bill for
the printing of the rolls last year.
The bill was passed under suspension
of the rules. and bids will be asked
for Immediately for the printing of
the books.
The finance committee recommend
ed for passage senate hill q, by Mr..
Sulzer, approprating S22,745.56 for
the improvement of the Rio Grande;
senate bill "a, hy Mr.. Holt, relative to
the cancellation of bonds and cou-
pons The committee on insurance
ate bill S2, by Mr. Champion, amend
ing section !, chapter 81 Of the laws
of 1912, providing that brokers can
charge only one commission on loans
and prohibiting the practice of charg-
ing q commission every year during
the existence Of the loan
The house was in session only long
enough to dispose of its special order
for the day. the passage OF senate bill
IS, which provides for the increase
OF the minimum school term from
five TO seven months, with maximum
salaries for teachers in state aid dis
tricts of s420 for seven months. The
bill carries the emergency clause, and
when signed by the governor will ar
feet all school districts beginning
with the present school term.
The salary situation Is still the
same as on Saturday. The insistenee
of the Santa Fe delegation that Santa
Fe county belongs to the second and
not in the third class has tied up both
houses for the present
During an informal caucus this af-
ternoon it was understood that the
senate conferees We're willing 90 meet
with the house conference committee
again to adjust the difficulty If the
majority Of the house republicans re-
Quested il; and 1t is likely that such
a conference will be held to dispose
of Santa Fe's claims.
A litter fight has developed over
the blingual educational proposition,
and the longer that the Spanish
American educators confer the fur
ther apart they seem to be in their
opinions. In fact, this forenoon one
prominent educator threatened to lay
hands on another.
H. y. 176. by MIR. Vigil of Union,
Increasing the bounty on coyotes from
SO to SO; on wolves from $40 to S15
and fixing the bounty for mountain
lions at SIS.
II. b. 179, by Mr.. Gallegos Of
Guadalupe. reduces the peddler's IL
cense from $500 to $50 year.
II. 3. 161 and 1862, by Mr.. Skid
more. were drafted by the merchants
association of the state, and seek to
abolish occupation taxes, the argu-
ment being that the merchants are
subject to double taxation.
II. B. 1854, by Messrs Martinez and
Trrjille. -appropriates s50;000 for a
boys industrial school in Taos. Wagon
Mound already has a bill pending for
such an institution at that place, and
Springer and Las Vegas both want it..
Bills of Interest
The legislative outlook is very fa
vorable for a passage of a state aid
bill for the equipment of domestic sci
ence and manual training depart
ments in the rural schools. 1t is also
very likely that the school library
idea will receive Legislative endorse
ment and aid
House bill No. 149 by Skidmore, ac-
cording TO its title is to regulate the
carrying of dead bodies by express
or passenger trains. 1t has occurred
in the past that when a trainman was
killed on the railroad that it was a
week before the remains reached the
family. Under this bill it is made the
duty of the first passenger or express
train that comes along to pick up the
body and take it TO the nearest town
for shipment home.
The first new county bill is No. 159
by Davies, providing Tor the creation
of the county of Sumner. This is an
old friend which passed the house at
previous sessions but failed to run
the gauntlet OF the senate IT takes
chunks from Chaves, Roosevelt and
| Guadalupe counties TO recreate the
county of Sumner with county seat at
Fort Sumner. The bill, of course,
went to the committee on counties
and pnuntV lines