New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-02-28

Salamon Ortega has put before the
house a measure to the effect tina,
new counties hereafter shall con-
tain at least $500 people and $780,
600 in property values.
Frank Winston in the house has
revived plea begun II years ago
for the establishment of a public
bath house at state expense at Hot
Springs. Sierra county, urging tho
benefit to be gained by common peo-
pie, from the availability of the
springs, and the history Of the town
which has undergone hardshirs
through state and government regu-
lat on as arguments for his plan. He
asks $l2OO a year.
Capitol Addition
Realizing the need Of more room for
the expanding departments IN he state
house the house this week passed a
bill directly sppropriatng $200OOO
for an additional 6uiidiag 10 con.
form in style 10 the capitol. II has
SIX Liweliyn % Introduced i: IN .et tia.
passed the house which provides
honorable burial Of soldiers, sailors
and marines at st4te expense.
A bill which Will give Columbus,
the right to boy its Eight and water
works also passed the lower house.
The bill which would have doubled
the cost Of auto licenses was beaten
in the house.
A bill placing an excise tax on
ga soline was introduced.
4 statute providing means for re.
cording the votes of soldiers outside
OF the state also came up during
the week.
Live Stock Measures
Most of the bills recommended BY
the New Mexico Cattle and Horse
Growers for the protection of the
stock industry are having . favorable
consideration. These have to do
with disposine Of hides. cattle steal
ing, and butchering. The house bin
requiring q license to peddie beef
was voted down in the senate We'd
nesday.
House Steering Beard
A committee including Barnes,
Armijo, Curns, Baca, Ramirez and
was named in the house
Tuesday to take charge of bills in-
troduced henceforth for the purpose
of seeing that they are properly
and come to the due atten.
tion of the assembly. This is what
is usually termed the steering" COM
lnittee.
A senate resolution unfavorabie
to the consideration of county pro-
jects from now on. was repudiatei
by the house on the ground that it
ity.
Damage By Game
An interesting bill placed before
the senate by Sanchez provides that
damage done to crops by elk, beaver
and other protected game may he
for from the state.
The house on Tuesday killed
bill exempting hOfders of land in
land grants from taxa
lion.
For Equal Rights
Padilla and Armijo have offered
in the house a bill that places al
penalty on hotel keepers and theatre
that deny admission to
SOuo OCNouSC VI kuCI IdNC.
The highway from Albuquerque to
the San Juan country is one of the
avs to receive the endorsement of
both houses up to this point. ~
provides tax levi3 distributed among
the several counties interested.
a resolution passed the session
which favors the encouragement of
the San Juan basin railroad, whether
built by the government or private
enterprise.
The senate turned down a house
bill providing pay for state law
State Holiday
The state federation of Womens
Clubs has memorialized the leg 'sla-
lure asking that each February
twelfth be set aside as New Mex
co day. No formal action was taken
On this proposal during the week.
Water Bill Quashed
A bill introduced by Herbert in
he house which would make it un
awful to divert water from one val
ey into another. was lost in the
house Tuesday. 1t was intended as
IN estoppel of the E. P. & s. W..
.ailway from taking water from the
1eadwaters of the Ruidoso for its
ises.
Senate Incident
An incident of the senate this |
week was the apology by Senator
Smith of Union to Senator Reinberg
If Dona Ana for the tenor Of an
article which appeared in news
PAPER at Clayton owned by the for
ner. in which aspersions were cast
On Reinberg for the conduct of the
contest by which Isaac Barth was
dismissed from the senate, it hav-
ng been established that the cleo /
ion of Barth was irregular.
Chrisman who succeeds Barth made |
his first appearance in the senate
~ delivering the invocation one day !
n the absence of the chaplain.
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