New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-03-14


sign bills that have been passed bv the
session and until that time no final
aDpraisement can be made of the
entire effect Of legislation enacted
Road matters took IN a good deal
sf the attention of the lawmakers
this week and keen interest in the
pronosit;on Of raising four and a
half millions Of dollars in some way
during the next two wears in order
10 secure the federal governments
xift of an equal amount for this
much needed advancement in the
state was evidenced by members
from all sections. Var'cus were the
methods suggested and such of the
legislation acted upon was in the
direction OF getting together this
big road fund.
Careful attention was also given
to reclamation and drainape as re-
f1ected In several Of the bills intro
duced. Eariy in the morning and
late a. night have both houses work.
ed, and many speeches on the floor
have been crowded into the proceed.
logs.
Bin. Become Law
Senate Bill No. 81 amending the
1917 session laws and improving the
statutes in regard TO the comper sa-
ton bv employers of injured work.
men has been sipned Senate HTN
No. 2s creating .he positions ~ law
transl,tors is also signed Ho"'c
bill No. IA amending the l9's
statutes in record to The maximum
rates Of tayation is now law, as IS
House bill II allowing irrigation d's-
tricts 70 organize in such a way as
TO receive the benefits contcm0''ted
in the recent national reclamation
laws.
Other House Bills
Other house bill passed and sign
I'd include:
No 81, for the consolidation OF
rural districts.
No. IS, Appropriating $500 for
the arrest and conviction OF the MUIR
terers of Antonio De Vargas
No. ll3. Providing for the payment
Of county salaries monthly.
No. III. Fixing salary OF game
warden at $2400.
No. Is. To pay for printing the
governors inaugural address and
message to the legislature.
No. 68 Regulating incorporation
Of municipalities.
No. n. Providing for resignation
Of members of the legislature and
appointment of successors in such
cases.
No. l3o. Carrying $4,000 to pro-
,ecute title to water rights Of New
Mexico users Of the, La Plata river
near Colorado.
No. 22. Rules for quo warrantto
proceedings. =.
No. q. That oral testimony and
testimony from previous trials may
BE used in courts. .
No. IS. Makes state highway Of
post route from Las Vegas to Fl
cuervo in Guadalupe county. .
No. ~. Amend. Defines crime OF
conspiracy and penalties therefor. =.
No. 70. Relates to vcrificat'on OF
oieadings.
No. 7o Amend. Prohibiting red or
anarchist flags. and forbiddi1g. desc
Grafton of the flag by its use in ad'
vert'sements and otherwise.
No. 83. Placing penalty on fradu-
tent registry certificates for live
No. es. Amended. creating state
board Of dental examiners.
No. 81. Making state highway
from Albuquerque to Pennington:
No. 100. Forbidding justices Of the
seace and constables from being
eartv to collection agencies.
lO1. Regarding the service of ven'
-. .od ororece
No. 10. For the alteration and
enlargement of community bitches
No. 1877. Provides appeals from
orohate court to district courts.
No. rs. Amend. Relates to Triga'
tion districts.
No. 2ss. Provides means to pay
current expenses of village during
rs incorporation into a town.
Othsr Senate Bile
Fewer in number are the senate
bills that have been enacted into
law. Up to the middle of the week
they include besides those mentioned
previously:
carding cattle mortgages.
No. i8. Making a state highway
from Vaughn to Montoya, San Nj
guel county.
No. a. State Highway from Ribera
San Miguel county, to White Lakes
In Santa Fe County.
No. Is. To pay the railway tare
Of certain students to the various
uormal schools of the state.
Resolutions Approved
Resolutions on the death Of Chas
A. Spiess, John A. Gordon, VIM: n
Mcdonald, w. H. Andrews and Luis
F. Larrazolc have the governors
signature.
The prohibition amendment reso-
luton las been ratified by the gov
ernor.
A rJDolution directed to congress
asking for care of returned soldiers.
and a vote of thanks to New Mexico's
soidiers, sailors and marine, en-
bodying the proposal to present
medals on behalf of the state to
certain military officers, have been
approved also.
Senate Joint memorials to congress
asking consideration for the resolu-
tions Of the American Livestock
Association and asking congress. the
.secretary Of agriculture and the