Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-02
WANTS STATE To
AID IN FIGHTING
FLOOD DAMAGE
Sierra County Representative
Is Pushing Bill in Earnest
Other Interesting LegiSIa-
lion,

ESPECIAL coRRrsPoHpENcE TO MORNING JOURNAL
Santa Fe, March l-Mr. Chavez of
Sierra county is quite earnest about
pushing house bin No PCS, as he is
especially anxious to demonstrate that
he accomplished something for his
home county 1t provides for an APP
preparation Of $4,000 for the protec-
ton under the supervision of the state
engineer Of the towns of Hillsboro,
Monticello and Cuchilo. The emer-
gency clause is attached so that the
work can be done before the summer
floods set in.
House bin No. SOC by Mr. Holland
provides that 1T shall be the duty
Of the county assessors to visit each
precinct in their respective counties
within the time now provided by law
for the return Of property, and to
give at least thirty days notice Of the
time Of such visits; such notice to be
printed IN some newspaper of gen
eral circulation published in the coun-
~ once a week for three consecutive
weeks, or by printed handbills printed
i'm each precinct where the assessor
may he found at the time named in
said notices: ana said assessor shall
furnish each taxpayer with the prop
err schedule The assessor failing to
comply shall be subject to fine not
to exceed $500.
Davies Has Jury Code.
House bin no. BOB by Mr. Davies is
p complete code prescribing the quail
ifications ana regulating the drawing
Of jurors, and providing for the or
Eanization of iuries in the district
courts. The age for jury duty shall
be p to GO years, residence in the
state Of one year and in the county Of
six months being prescribed. Off
Cials, physicians, dentists, druggists.
undertakers, attorneys ministers,
teachers ana members of the national
guard are exempt from jury duty
The county clerk is directed to pre-
pare list Of voters who voted at the
previous election 10 be placed in the
jury box, thus excluding all those who
failed to exercise their right of fran
chise.
The judges are to appoint jury COM
missions Of three persons for each
county, the commission to be bi-par-
tisan. Jury commissioners are to re-
ceive cents per mile and SO per
day The nudge shall designate the
humber of names to he selected to be
at least one-tenth Of the voting popu-
lation as shown at the last election but
not to be less than $50 in any event
The total number shall he apportioned
equitably among the precincts accord
ing to the voting population, Not
more than ninety days before the first
day Of any term, the judge with the
assistance of the court clerk, shall in
the presence of the sheriff and such
citizens as desire to be present, draw
from the jury box sufficient number
Of names for grand and petit jures
The judge may in his discretion draw
six names in excess of the number
designated by law for the grand jury
and twelve in excess of the number
necessary for a petit jury. Special
Venires are to be drawn in the same
manner except that the Judge may re-
turn to the box the names of persons
residing so far from the county seat
MS to render it inexpedient to sum
mon them.
The judge may also during the trial
Of any cause appoint some disinter-
ested person possessing jury qualifi-
cations to complete the panel for that
case. The grand jury shall consist Of
twenty-one persons twelve grand
jurors to be sufficient to return an
Indictment. The petit jury panel is
10 number twenty-four Those who
have served as jurors during the pre-
vious calendar year are ineligible.
Helping Cupid Along.
Senate substitute for house bill No
$50 reported by the committee on jul
dietary to make the job of Cupid
more easy provides amending section
., session laws of 1905, chapter So, as
follows:
Whenever said parties reside more
than ten miles from the county seat
Of any county they may if they desire,
make application for such license to
any person authorized to perform
marriages, or to administer oaths I'M
der the laws Of the state, who shall in
ierrogate them in the manner pre-
scribed by this act and tho laws Of
the state, certifying the result there
Of to the county clerk in writing,
without expense to the applicants.
Upon satisfactory proof being pro-
duced that the parties are legally
qualified to marry the county clerk
shall thereupon issue license under
the seal Of the probate court author
lzing said parties to contract mar
rage"