El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-13
Both Houses In
ezOMexiCOAre
LabOriNg Hard
Strive, With Mass Of Bill;
Before Them, to Clear
Up The Calendar.

/ Up 1 ne calendar.
Santa Fe, y NJ. March 13.-Boti
houses OF the New Mexico Legislature
were going at full speed today in ar
Z apparently hopeless effort TO clear VI
Z the calendar before adjournment sat.
urday. There is still a huge mass OF
I Legislation TO be considered. Night
sessions are being held. but IL VIII be
I difficult TO clear up everything before
the end OF the statutory period
The following nominations were
sent TO the senate yesterday by the
governor
F. o. Blood. san Miguel county.
member OF the board Of regents Of
the Normal university; James =. As
carte. DOna Ana county. member Of
the board Of regents OF the state
normal school. Luis j.. Armilo. san
Miguel county. and A. Luna Bergere,
santa Fe county members Of the
board Of regents of the Roswell mill
Fe county, member OF the board OF
penitentiary commissioners. Carlos
Abreu. Santa Fe county. member Of
the board OF directors Of the state in
sane asylum Other nominations fol-
low
Cattle sanitary board - John H
Hicks. Guadalupe county Victor Gull
berson. Grant county; Francisco
Miera. Union county George X Noe,
SOcOrro county.
sheep sanitary board Anastacio
Hacd, SOcorrO county James T. Hub
bell. BernallllO county. EufraciO F.
GalleEos. Union county Miguel A.
Gonzales. Rio Arriba county. Prayer
Miller. Chaves county; Fred Crouett,
BernalIllo county. and Jose Alb!no
Baca. san Miguel county.
Members OF the board OF regents Of
the FL Eito Normal-Neucesl lara
milo. Rio Arriba county; Carlos A.
Hernandez. Taos county, John H Sar-
gent. Rio Arriba county Felix Car
Ella. Rio Arriha county. r. T. Hail.
Rio Arriha county j. ~ Guiana, Col7
fax county.
Late i'm the afternoon the governor
sent the following additional appoint
ments to the senate for cOnfirmatiOn-
Narciso Abreu. Of Colfax county. and
Pedro ortiz y Pine. OF Santa Fe coun-
Is. as members Of the board ~ mana
gers Of the New Mexico reform school:
Rosalio Lopez, Of Otero county. as a
mem1 Der Of the board OF trustees for
the institute Of the blind TelefOro
Rivera and julius ~ Gerdes. Of Santa
Fe. as members Of the state capitol
custodian commission; Mrs Margaret
C. BreWinEton. OF Bernalillo. G. \
Wheeler, Of santa Fe, and Walter
Mayes, Of Socorros as members Of the
state board of Osteopathy; Narciso or
tega, Of Santa Re county, as member
Of the board OF water commissioners.
Cruees-Silver City state Highway.
The house has passed the following
Creating the office OF assistant
land commissioner; permitting The
laying OF paving on petition OF half
of the property owners. establishing
a state highway from Las Cruces 10
silver CITY establishing a state high
way from Des MOines to Emory Gap,
a joint resolution submitting a con-
stitutiOnal amendment fixing the
terms Of county commissioners at
four years; cedinE the site Of the old
court house 20 tie town Of Springer
permitting district Judges To send
prisoners charged with felony to the
nenitentiary for safekceping- permit
ting EaruiEhment proceedings AGAINST
% per cent Of the last so days sal
airy; providing for filling Of vacan-
cfes Of community ditch commission
ers- reclassifyinE counties every two
y ears instead Of four years permit
ting municipalities to use the surplus
earned by public utilities for general
purposes. compilation OF banking
laws. fixing the time for voting on
constitutional amendments. permit
ting any number Of persons 20 form
burial associations
The following bills were killed.
Prohibiting rag or Onestep and
other suggestive dances. founding an
Industrial school al Wagon Mound;
making an appropriation for survey
Of streams in New Mexico
Ask Fall-Iones Debate.
The house yesterday passed reso-
luton inviting United States senators
s.. =. FAN. Republican, and =. A. Jones.
Democrat. to appear before a joint
session OF the legislature and discuss
pro and con the presidents project for
a league Of nations. III the invitation
Is accepted. one Of the most interest
ing debates vet heard on the subject
Is anticipated
The senate passed the girls welfare
bill. proposed by the state federation
n women's clubs. the appropriation
being stricken out To go in the gen
aral appropriation bill The vote was
unanimous. The senate also putt
through the house tax commission
bill with senate amendments tabled
and by unanimous vote passed the
abolishing the state council
n defence.
Change Health Bill.
The new public health bill was re-
ported out OF the state finance COM
nittee yesterday with a recommends
ion that it be passed with amend
uents. The finance committee also
favorably house bill 162, the
general appropriation bill The bill
'equirinC records OF farm acreaEes TO
be- kept by assessors passed the house
and the Bryant usury bill passed by
he senate and the Herbert building
md loan association bill went TO con-
ference committee. The house passed
he bill amending the taxable proper
les act and permitting municipalities
% refund bonds and warrants. Other
bills passed were limiting length Of
contracts by ditch commissioners and
providing method OF election: making
dOriarity-M ountainair road a state
providing change in pro-
;edure Of valuation appeals by district
attorney and strengthening delinquent
AK collections
Appropriation Bill PASSES.
The senate late yesterday passed the
General appropriation bill. The senate I
lid not make any changes from the I
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