El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-03-01
De BACA COUNTY
BILL SIGNED BY
GOVERNOR TODAY
Begins Legal Existence
90 Days Following
Adjournment

Governor Lindsey signed the bill
creating the new county of De Baca
at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The pro
visions of the bill become effective
80 days after the adjournment OF the
legislature and within three days af
ter that time the governor will name
the officers of the new county. As
soon as they are named and qualified
the new county will come into legal
existence. The county of De Baca
will be approximately nine townships
long by nine wide. 1t includes the
towns of Fort Sumner, Buchanan.
Yeso and Ricardo, now inl Guadalupe
county, fabian and La Lande, now in
Roosevelt county, and Dunlap and
Engleville, now in Chaves county.
Funeral Expenses
In the house this afternoon Mr..
Mares Of Colfax county presented the
report of a special committee appoint
ed to assist in the arrangements for
the funeral of Governor De Baca. The
report shows the following items of
expense:
Service of priest in Santa Fe, ST.;
priests in Las Vegas, $3.50; undertake
ing expenses, $666.75; special train,
Santa Fe to Las Vegas, $413.30; floral
blanket for casket, $50; total, $1265.05
In the senate this afternoon a bill
making IN appropriation to cover the
funeral expenses of Governor De Baca
was introduced by Senator Mirabal
and under suspension Of the rules was
passed unanimously.
New State Song
The house committee on state af-
fairs this afternoon reported f~avorably
the bill providing for the adoption Of
Miss Elizabeth CARROTS New Mex
leo" as a state song. On motion of
Mr.. Purdue of Guadalupe the bill was
made a special order for 3 O'Clock to-
afternoon. The sergeant-at-
arms was instructed to secure a piano
SO that Miss Garrett would be able to
sing her song in the house. After q
short session this afternoon the house
adjourned to 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning in order to let the various
committees have an opportunity to
complete consideration of all bills be-
fore them, so that reports can be made
to the house tomorrow.
The Pay Day Bill
The senate this afternoon passed
House Bill "a providing for semi
monthly pay days for employees of all
railroads and other corporations. The
railroad committee of the senate pro-
posed an amendment to the bill exclud-
ing from it's provisions employees of all
mining and manufacturing companies.
Senator Mcdonald opposed the amend
ment as unjust. Senator Barth said
the bill represented an agreement be-
tween the railroads and their employees
and that the amendment would defeat
it. Senator Kaseman declared a semi
monthly payday for mine employees
would greatly interfere with produc-
tion, as the loss of a day or more al
ways follows a payday. Senator Nc
Donald said the miners were entitled
to be included within the provisions
Of the bill in order to secure credit.
On motion of Senator Tully the amend
ment was tabled 16 to 7. Further at
at amendment also were de-
and the bill finally passed unan-
imously in the form passed by the
house.
Politics and judiciary
A joint resolution introduced in the
house this afternoon by Santistevan,
of Taos, seeks to amend the constitu-
ton so as to take Quay county out Of
the Sth judicial district and to create
a 9th judicial district composed of
Quay, Curry, Roosevelt and De Baca.
The purpose of the resolution is to
make the Sth district Republican.
Would Probe Print Shop
A house resolution introduced by
Mr.. Eaves of Eddy provides for an in
vestigation of alleged advances made
to the Rio Grande Publishing com.
pany, Of Las Cruces, by the State
College and department of education
for the purchase of material for the
printing of bulletins to farmers. The
resolution alleges that although the
advances were made some time ago
no bulletins have been printed.