New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-05-04

O'Clock in the evening met with op
position and was finally made t,
read until 10 o'clock Wednesda,
morning.
Wednesday,. Sessions.
Wednesday was day of shor
sessions of the two houses and ION
committee meetings. The senate /
handling all its emergency legisla
tion through an emergency commit
tee of nine members, with Senate
Reinburg IS chairman, the coIrr,itte
is as follows: ReinburG chairman
Kaseman, Murray, Salazar, Esquibel
Smith, Barth. Lea and Mersfelder
The following bills have been in
troduced in the senate:
S. B. No. l. By Committee on
Emergency Legislation. An Act t.
Provide for the Public Defense.
S. B. No. 2. By Committee or
Emergency Legislation. An Act t.
accept the benefits of an Act pass.
ed by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United State:
of America in Congress assembled
state defense and prescribing pro.
ceedure for the regulation Of the
National Guard of the State of New
Mexico.
S. B. No. 3. By same committee
An Act to provide for further ex.
tending cooperative agricultural ex.
tension work and to promote the
production of foods.
S. B. No. 4. An Act to accept the
benefits of an Act passed by the
Senate and House of Representatives
OF the United States Of America in
Congress assembled to provide for
the promotion of vocational education
and appropriating a sum sufficient
to meet the requirements of said
act and providing for tax levy
S. B. No. S. BY the same Com
mittee. An Act to provide for the
public health, safety and welfare.
S. B. No. 6. BY the same COM
mittee An Act to provide for the
immediate publication of the laws of
the special session by the secre-
tary of state.
S. B. No 7. BY the same COM
mittee. An Act to provide for the
assessment and taxation of the
property of private car and express
companies.
In the House the work was divid-
ed between three special commit
tees and the same bills were in
troduced, although some of the pro-
visions being slightly changed. In
the House there was some opp osi-
tion tc the proposal to rush bills
through without printing in Spanish
as a number of the members had
been unable to properly inform
themselves, and after some discus
sion the final consideration If The
bill, was put off until the printer
could deliver the printed copies.
This was not actually a delay be-
cause the committees continued
their work. and had all they could
DO during the day.
Thursday's Sessions.
Thursday was very much like
Wednesday, a day spent in commit
Zee work by both houses holding
short sessions. The senate held a
session and heard from
Governor Lindsey and members of
heu ;r committee on a number IF
he important measures intr odnced,
md the afternoon was mostly given
lp to committee work.
The House made the agricultural
,ill a special order for Friday
morning at 10 o'clock.
Both houses and all committees
work Thursday evening
o attend the official reception Civ
m at the executive mansion.
Fridays Session.
The senate got busy Friday and
passed number of bills, some of
hem amended and one a substitute
or the original bill, as follows:
Senate Bill No. 2, accepting the
provisions of the Smith Hughes act
vocational training and
ppropriating $4,000 each year for
he two years.
Senate Bill No. 3. Providing for
he further extension of agricultural
work. through cooperation. This /
ill was amended in several i'm /
ortant particulars. The original
i'll provided that the agree nent with
he college should extend at least
h,ee years. but as passed permits
{ the termination of the contract
n three months notice
The military bill was also passed,
ut was greatly changed from the
riginal, the majority of the sem
tors deciding to place all the res
onsibilitv squarely upon the gov
rnor. The original bill divided the
esponsibility with the war board.
he exemptions in this state military
i'll are more liberal than those of
he national bill. and the age is
lade from IS to IS.
The House was twice as active as
he senate, and attempted a night
ession. but in all accomplished lit
e. Although the agricultural bill
-as a special order for the morning
lie legislators got busy with Senate
i'll No. 3. providing for agricul-
Iral extension work, under which
is proposed to supply each county
18th an agricultural agent and speed ,
p production. The bill passed and :
ent to the governor, where it met ,
rompt approval.
The trouble in the house came over I
crate Bill No. 2. known as the |
ppropriation bill, carrying $780, I
900. An effort was made to re- |
uce the amount to one-third, and 1;
, provide for its use throuyn the 8
sual channels, rather than by de- {
ositing it in banks and having it :
,ecked out by different individuals.
lso an attempt was made to limit
lie amount to be paid any employee $
the war board to five collars i
day. This same bill is the cause
much of the trouble the senate
as having. To fully understand 6
lie workings of the two houses bear i
mind that the same bills have r