Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-03-16
DEBACAM MEMORY
LEGISLATORS PAY TRIBUTE TO
LATE GOVERNOR.
Senate Passes Bill 70 Pay 5000 to
Governors Widow In Fifty Monthly
lnstallments Of 500 Each.

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Santa Fe.-A crowd that taxed the
capacity Of the hall Of the house Of
representatives. gathered to pay trib-
ute to the memory Of the late Gov
ernor e. G. de Baca. Governor Lind
Bey presided and introduced the speak
ers. The House and Senate were in
joint session at the time, pursuant
10 a resolution introduced By Senator
Lucero Of Colfax county.
O~ctaviano A. Larrazolo was the
principal speaker for the occasion. Mr..
Larrazolo reviewed the life and pub
lie services OF the deceased governor
and paid a glowing tribute to him as
n Of the finest types Of Spanish
American citizenship and a worthy
descendant of a truly noble race Of
men.
Secretary of State Antonio LucerO,
the boyhood friend and companion OF
Governor de Baca, followed Mr.. Lar
%razolo, speaking in Spanish.
Representative Mares Of Colfax
county also made a few remarks eulO-
CYSTIC of the governor.
An excellent musical program vas
rendered, including vocal selections by
Miss Elizabeth Garrett, the blind sing.
er and composer of the state song, 20
Fair New Mexico"
The bill appropriating $4,000 for
Me- TwaaNVfn1 ~ 10 nnan wmfAnur ~
Governor De Baca. to be paid in fifty
monthly installments OF 800 each, was
passed unanimously by the Senate. In
addition, the bill gives Mrs. De Baca
the salary due Governor De Baca at
the time Of his death, amounting to
$6S3.O6. Provisions for the payment
of the monthly installments to the
guardian of the children under 16
years of age, in the event of the death
of Mrs. De Baca, is contained In the
bill. A bill appropriating $1,265 to
cover the expenses OF Governor De
Baca's funeral was passed by the sen.
ate.
Senator Clark introduced in TIM
Senate the general appropriation bill.
Of the finance committee, for the sixth
and seventh fiscal years Of the state
Of New Mexico. 1t recommends $50,
900 for the university for mainten
Rnce; $4,000 for the Agricultural Col
lege for maintenance, with $1,000 and
$1,000 for extension work during the
next two years; school Of mines
maintenance, $4,000; military insti
tute, maintenance, $27,5 Las Vegai
Normal school, $4,000; Silver City
Normal, $4,000; Spanish American
Normal, $4,000; deaf and dumb asy
lum at Santa Fe, $4,000; Institute
for the blind at Alamogordo. $1,000;
museum at Santa Fe, $4,000, and fol
the completion Of buildings, $22, 500
during the next two years; insane asy
lum, $65,000; reform school, $12,00t
for maintenance and $500 for build
lngs; miners hospital at Ration, 81,
800; penitentiary, a total a%ppropria
ton of $66,220; contingent expenses
Of the governor, including messenger
and doorkeeper, are placed at $4,000;
superintendent OF education, a total Of
SIC, 200; the national guard, a'total Of
$4,000, besides the salary of the ad
tutant general; the state engineer ii
given $4,000 for the construction o.
state highways as provided by pre-
vious statutes; the state tax commits
sion is given $4,000; the Legislature
$4,000. The state auditor is directed
to make a levy of not to exceed
mills. Appropriations for interest to
tai $66,91O, and for the purpose OF re
deeming certificates of indebtedness
1920, 900.
The House passed Senator Kase
mans bill appropriating $4,000 fol
Rio Grande drainage. 1t is now up tc
the governor.
The Overson-Lewi resolution abol.
lshing the Legislature and establishing
the commission form of government
for the state was tabled in the House
by a vote of 80 to Is.
A bill regulating the employment
Of children in the state Of New Mexi-
co, which conforms TO the provisions
Of the federal child labor law, was
passed By the Senate by a vote of %
to I.
A bill providing that all constitu.
tional amendments proposed at this
session of the Legislature shall be
voted on at a special election on the
Tuesday after the first Monday OF No.
vember, 1917, was passed.
The Senate passed the Dunlavy bill
giving the Santa Fe Woman's Board o.
Trade full title from the state to the
land on which the library building IL
situated, A payment of $50 is to be
made.
The House passed s. B. No. 7 carry
ing $500 for printing and supplies.
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