The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-12-19

TIE League of Municipalities ot
New Mexico. at it's session today at
the Chamber of Commerce building.
agreed upon digest ef important civ
ic problems to hr covered IN proposed
bills which viii hs presented tu the
loeislrturc al ip next session. The
recommendation adopted hy the
league today were not Ia the form OF
"a bin but consist of suggestions 10 Dee
made 10 the Legislative committee of
the league a. be prepared in formal
lills.
Al 2 O'Clock this afternoon the
league was stili IN session and had not
finished It's work hy tnHt time Fol-
lawinC are tho Communications
adopted by the league NJ until 2
O'Clock today
THAT the nniit FOR general fund pur-
pos allotted To municipalities not on
thu statutes amounting Ia tii-c mills
he repealed und extended Ia five mills
az the option oI tho corporate body
with permission To levy up Ia hut fIt
IA cNCt Cd ten mills with the consent
of the state tsN commission when ~
H. IN their Judgment ntfNsssary to tilc
municipality dat .uch levy should bc
made
Thni the municipality H. allowed To
ass, - aud collect all road tnN within
that municipality and apply same 10
the ruad iuiid of tho municipality.
That federal aid law, with refer
cnsr To- exclusion of tow1i9 over 1000
population bc Investigated
Ia cnSc of thc mayors death. disa
biiiiy, resignation or other vacation oi
his ngiicc the board of aldermen slDili
elect some quaiifiCd cicc.hr "a net ~
mayor until his successor u elected or
,iunlificd. and upon written petition
signed H., twenty five per cent of ti1r
voters of the municipality a. shown
by the registration lists AT tile last
municipal election. Tho board Of al
derncn shall, a. soon ~ prarticnbic,
after iiiing said petition, call u special
election to fili said vacancy.
That n baud clcctBin can br held at
the in~tigntlon of the corporate power
aud al such times as ney deem ad-
visible.
Ihnt the occupation taN law bc
REVISED ~ 10 collection methods and
methods of fiAing the iaN bc made
more sJecific aud equitable.
That boundary line of village law.
relating 10 she of village he amcndcd
"a that village may IN, brpornte such
territory ~ Il populated ana one al
rcn,y ins prp1rntcd may change their
boundnr.'s 10 include poihiintch hiH-
iricis.
That II J. the plea urc Of the league
To endorse state board of hcnith In
New McNicO.
The league will finish its work late
ihis afternoon and adjourn 10 the va
rious delegates may return % heir
respective homes tonight
John Tomhs. secretary OF the Sew
Mexico public Health association, nd
dressed the visiting mayors ana eiiy
attorneys ON the need Of health laws
in this state.
Two years ago. Or W a, Evans,
the great writer on health subjects,
who conducts the health department
OF the Chicago Tribune. visited New
Mexico" MIR Tombs stated "At that
time he was president ~ tho American
Public Health association, and was on
IA trip through the southwest lnvcsti-
eating public health conditions a
short time after his return TO chicago
my attention was drawn 20 this quo
tation ia tho Chicago Tribune. New
Mexlao sells health but d0es not know
whether she herself Is healthy T.: not
OR. Charles v. Chaplin, comn's-
sloner OF health Of Providence. Il. T.
was commissioned 20 make an invesn-
cation Of state public health admins
trations throughout America. IN ms
rcport on New NeXlcO the doctor
yrofe: ~ b. unfortunate that state
with "A population which numbers
noarly half million should do nOth-
ing whatever Tor public health