New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-07

thanks to New Mexico's soldiers
sailors and marines for their part in
the great. war. No resolution favor.
ing a league Of nations was introdu.
ced this week, following the rcjec-
tion OF three such motions which
were made by Democrats, the last
on Thursday being defeated in the
house by vote of 81 to 9.
Tax Sheep May Fir<t
The house on Saturday passed a
bill to tax sheep according to where
they are found on May l, instead OF
March Is, it being claimed that es-
pecially in Socorro county large
bands of sheep are driven into Ari.
, zona on the latter date each year,
though they are owned in New Mex
leo.
Curious Bills.
A number of excellent statutes are
proposed which taken together pre-.
sent an odd array. Otero and T. Padi-
lla have a house bill for the regula-
tion Of public dancing. Regulation
of auto lights is proposed in another
measure. Arm:jo has law to make
it unlawful to sell impure milk.
Griego, Ramirez and Clancy propose
to censor the movies. Reinberg would
prevent the presence of bugs and in
sects on farms. Sedillo introduced
a bill permitting commission govern
mcnt to cities OF 10000 inhabitants
Barnes and Powhatan Carter define
syndicalism in bill to prohibit it
The nepotism bill is favorably report.
ed in the senate having passed the
house. Llewellyn proposes to create
the position of assistant commission
er of public lands. Tamony has a
bill making it a penitentiary offence
to write a check for more money
than you have in the bank. Llewellyn
suggests making August each year
a state holiday in memory OF Theo.
dore Roosevelt. Mascarenas wants
to repeal the stray swine law.
Some Rssolutions
Llewellyn offered resolution pas.
sed by the house asking the govern
ment to spend $5,OCO.0W on Rio
Grande drainage. Lynd, Democrat
in the house called on the state
boundary commission including Gov.
eruor Larrazolo and former attorney
general Clancy to report. 1t was
passed unanimously. A senate me-
mortal calls upon the United States
to furnish much needed statistics to
Adutar& General Baca for the COM
plat on of New Mexico's history in
the war.
Important Road Law
S. Lea placed before the senate
this week a bill for a S2,0C0OOO state
bond issue for the construction of
roads. A bill for board of dental
examiners was reported with amend
ments by the senate. A bill provid-
ing an increase of pool room licen-
ses was received in the senate with
one raising the age at which boys
may be admitted to pool rooms in
New Mexico from lS to 20 years.
Incident Of House
On Monday a resolution to ex-
ciude the reporter of Santa Fe
daily newspaper from the house
was entertained by that body The
speaker spoke a warning against a
repetition of the sarcastic way in which
the reporter had referred to members
and proceedings of the house of re-
presentatives. "A letter from the
newspaper man discla ming intention
to offend was read to the house on
Tuesday and the matter of ejecting
him was dropped.
Hidalgo County Boundaries
The bill creating the new county
of Hidalgo gives the following bound
aries:
Beginning at the NV corner Of
Twp q S. Rg. Is w. N. M. P. M i;
thence w. to the SW. corner Of
Twp. 20 S. Rg II W., thence N. to
the NE. corner of Twp. l8 S. Rg.
l8 w., thence w. along the Twp.
line between " and l8 S. to the
boundary line between New Mexico
and Arizona; thence S. to the SW.
corner of New Mexico; thence f.
along the international boundary
line between New Mexico and the
Republic of Mexico to a point where
said international boundary line
turns Northerly; thence North
erly to the SW. corner of the Coun-
ty of Luna; thence Northerly along
the Westerly boundary line OF Luna
to the s'h standard parallel South;
thence Westerly to the Sc. corner
of Twp. Is S. Rg. IA w., thence
- A. Il ns,1u