New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-01-12

P'o' thot tuC uoIuCS
) of all those in the county qualified
to serve on juries be selected and
: placed in the wheel, and that juries
!, be drawn from this wheel until all
:. the names are exhausted, when a
new list of namcs is to be prepared.
In this way every man in the coun-
ty, ina flied for jury duty, would
serve at some time. Now we get,
IL some districts, about the same
jurors every other year.
| urge upon you these changes
in the present law in the interest
Of Justice and the freedom of Dur
courts from the malign influences
aDove mentioned.
Fence Law,
The law defining a legal fence,
and requiring the enclosing of farm
ing lands with such a fence, as a
prerequisite to the recovery of dam
ages by trespasses from stock, is
unjust and imposes an unnecessary
hardship upon the small land own
err.
The definition of what constitutes
a legal fence S SO encountered with
minutiae,as to preclude the posi-
billy of compliance with it. | doubt
If there is a legal fence in the state,
when judged by this definition. No
matter how substantiTI the fence
OF the farmer may be, this statute
denies a recovery of trespasses, un-
less he can. prove al the details Of
this definition of a legal fence.
Moreover, there is no reason why
the common law rule, so use v,-or
own, as not to %injure another"
should not apply to the owner of
livestock. If any class of property
IS worth owning, it is worth looking
after, and the owner of the stock
should be required to exercise care
to prevent his cattle from trespas-
sing upon the crops of others. This
statute IS an invitation to a careless
or spiteful man to turn his stock
Dose rnon the land and crops of
his neighbor.
| cou'd cite to You manv instan-
res where the unjust provisions of
this law have been the direct cause
OF violence and in some cases Of
b~loodshed and even homicide.
i'AoiliIt III TIC ItDtd VI tHS
present statute and the enactment
of one in its place more equitable
TO both the stockman and the
farmer. ! believe the law as it stood
before the present law came in
force was more just to both.
Banking. s.,
There have been no bank failures =
in the state since the meeting of ,
the last legislative assembly. This :
well for the character of !
the men connected with our state
banks. and for the efficient supervi-
sion of the state bank examiner. F.,
Judging from the large increase in j.,
The number of depositors, it would e
seem that both banks and people j.,
ire prosperous. :.
BV an oversight I believe, on the
o, the last legislative assembly
he building and loan associations
he building and loan associations O
SUPERVISION of the state travelling {
'uditor. These associations are
'ea'y a part of the banking i%nstitu- b
ions of the state and should be
'nder the oversight of the bank d
Examiner.
The state travelling auditor re- F
'orts that his office now has more
work thar it can properly attend to,
the bank examiner makes no
"ch complaint. |. therefore. re- i
ommend that the building and loan
SSoc'at'ons Of the state be placed
'nder the jurisdiction of the state n
'ank examiner, where they properly
:
Boundary Suits. =
There is approaching pending in i
he courts to determine what is the
rue location of the boundary line
etween the state of Texas and the
of New Mexico. A 'arge
'nornt of testimony has been
AIKEN in the case and considerable
'onev expended in its prosecution. =.
he s,'it is now at a standstill owing
, lack of funds.
md, about the location of a por- c,
on Of the boundary line between IN
dorado and New Mexico. No pro =;
aedin" has vet been Instituted 10 J.,
ctcrmine this question in both ms -
lnccs Of these boundary disputes. ..
is claimed that the state is losing r,
larre mount of taxable property. A.
I recommend. therefore. that a -.
'asonah'e appropriation be made NJ
" the prosecution of both of these h,
oundary suits. ~
Penitentiary and Reform School sr
The inmates of both these penal ~
st;tutions should be employed in =,
'me useful occupation. Work, un- -
# proper conditions. tends to keep "
Icse u~rfortrnates more cheerful
I'd more heoIthful. The farms con- m
'cted with these institutions fur pr
sh labor for some of their inma- m
S. but not sufficient for all. pr
recommend that the srnerin-
ons be given authority to establish ca
erein some new and non-competi- ne
re industries. 1t is believed that vie
ch industries would be profit1b'e
ID would contribute Handsomely TO
ward the support of those confined m;
erein. 70
| would further recommend that sit
e payo fthe guards at tho peni- {
be increased to $50 per or
In no other branch of the sid
'h'ic service is efficiency more M.
than in the emp'oye of RI
e nenitentiarv. These guards have %,
work long hours under tiresome
nditions. They have to measure
to certain standards mentally
d physically. and yet ther state re,
w paws such men for that class M
work only $50 per month. | be- an,
We it impossible to get efficient lar
IN for that nav. and again urge me
on you the increase above men, lief
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