El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-08
Tuesday,

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house bills, and measures on this cal
endar were disposed Of as speedily a.
possible. The list included pet" bills
of various majority members, some o.
whom we're becoming peevish ovel
the lack of attention shown them
There is no possibility of a number
of the bills passed and to be passed
getting through the senate, but this
has nothing to do with the house pro
gram, and is not a matter of general
concern.
The constitutional requirement of Q
third reading in full was ignored in
connection with practically all OF the
bills placed on passage yesterday, but
the journal was ordered to show that
the bills were duly read In full. MANY
of the members were repeatedly in ig-
Of what they were voting on,
and of the details of bills they were
passing. But the legislative machin-
ery moved.
To facilitate speed, the rules com
m.ttee, during the afternoon, intro
duced a new rule limiting explana-
tins OF votes to one minute each, and
debate to five minutes. 1t was adopt
ed
Three-cent Fare
One Of the measures passed yester-
day afternoon was Fl. B. 24S, by
Griego, limiting the fare to be charg-
ed by New Mexico railroads to three
cents a mile. Mr.. Barnes, Republican
floor leader, said he was against the
bill because, according to information
gathered by the corporation commits
sion. 1t would be unfair to the rail
roads of the state. According to the
pockets of those who ride on rail-
roads, said Mr.. Lewis OF Chaves, "the
present fares are unjust" The vote
on the bill was 40 to I.
Fence Law Passed
Further discussion of a fence law
resulted last night when H. B. 95. de-
filming a legal fence and providing for
damages for trespass and for liens on
the animals trespassing, was taken
up. Mr.. Pardue, of Guadalupe, moved
to amend to strike out all after the
enacting clause and substitute a wire
fence requirement devoid of the de-
tails which at present make it diff
cult to prove that any SUCH fence is a
legal fence. The requirement Is for
a substantially constructed three-wire
fence for the protection of lands, the
posts to be approximately eight feet
apart, and for a five-wire fence for
the protection of stacks and stored
crops. A motion by Sanchez, Of Va
lencia, to table the amendment was
killed by the adoption of a motion by
Mares to table the Sanchez motion,
and the amendment was then adopted
and the pill passed by a vote of 81 to
10. AS passed, the bill does not af-
feet the provisions of the present law
relative to other classes of fences and
to damages for trespass. During the
afternoon III. B. 255, providing for mo
fence precincts" was defeated by a
vote of 10 to 80.
For Insurance Superintendent
H. B. 225, appropriating a total OF
$4,000 for the superintendent of insur-
ance, was passed last night by a vote
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