New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-02-06
GOVERNOR CALLS
SPECIAL SESSION


ira session to consider ten matters
only.
Legislation for the defense of the
state, ratification OF the woman'S sur
frage amendment, authorizing Hidal-
go County to provide a special tax
levy for transcribing the records OF
property, giving counties and towns
power to cooperate with the sta,e
board of health. amend the income
tax law, enact soldier settlement leg
islation, provide funds for pay sala-
ries of the soldier settlement com
missioner and his clerk. authorizing
Grant and Sierra counties to make
special tax levy for roads from File
phat Butte dam to the Arizona state
line, giving Socorro county authority
to levy special tax for state No S,
aud appropriate funds for expenses
Of the session.
The Governors proclamation is as
follows:
The public interest demands that
certain legislation be enacted to in
sure an uninterrupted continuance of
that peaceful and orderly state gov
ernment which the citizens of this
state have enjoyed in the past t.
the end that the people living with
N our borders may devote them
selves to the performance OF their
peaceful pursuits without apprehen-
sion Of any danger threatening them
in the exercise OF their daily occu-
pations; and an emergency exists de-
manding that such legislation be en-
acted without delay In view, there
lore, of this existing emergency and
for the purpose OF enacting that leg
islation which is imperatiyely de-
manded at the earliest possible date,
|, o. A. Larrazolo, Governor of the
State of New Mexico, in virtue of
the authority vested in me. by the
constitution of the state, do hereby
call Special Session OF the Fourth
State Legislature of the State of
New Mexico, to meet and convene
at the State Capitol Building, in the
County of Santa Fe, in the State of
New Mexico, at the hour of y o'clock
noon on Monday the 10th Day of Feb
ruary, A. d. 1920 for the purp Sc OF
enacting such legislation a. in the
wisdom of said body may be deemed
necessary and sufficient upon the fol-
lowing subjects land none other), to.
wit
l. To enact laws and to provide
funds for the suppression OF insur.
rection and for the public defense
2 To consider and to act upon
the question of the ratification by
the Legislature of the Joint Resolu-
ton of the Sixiy-sixth Congress OF
the United States of America pro-
~ h..
constitution, extending the right OF
suffrage to women. which said
amendment consists OF the following.
ARTICLE
THE right of the citizens of the
United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United
States or by any State on account
of sex.
Congress shall have power to en-
force this article by appropriate leg
islation."
). To enact such legislation as
may be deemed sufficient authorizing
the county of Hidalgo. in the State
of New Mexico, to levy a special tax
for the purpose of transcribing the
records properly belonging to said
the county clerks or county clerk of
the counties or county from which
said county of Hidalgo was created.
4. To enact such legislation as
may be deemed sufficient in order to
enable the boards of county COM
missioners OF the various counties in
the state, the city councils and boards
of trustees of incorporated munich
palities in the state, at their option,
and whenever they may deem it nee
essary and in the interest of the pub
lie health, to make special levies for
the purpose of aiding the State De-
partment of Health to carry into eff
feet such rules, regulations and
measures as they may consider nee
essary in combating disease and in
the preservation of the public health
in their respective counties or locali-
ties.
S. To amend Chapter I23 of the
Laws of the Fourth Regular Session
of the Legislature of the State of
New Mexico, being "An Act to Pro-
vide for Taxation of Incomes, Pres
cribing Penalties, and Enforcement
of Delinquent Income Tax Assess
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said law non n-discriminative. and 9th
erwise to make it conformable TO the
constitutional limitations on that
subject. or else to take such other
legislative action in regard thereto
as to the legislature may appear to
be wise and proper.
6. To amend Chapter lZ7 of the
Laws of the Fourth Regular Session
of the Legislature of this State, be-
ing AN Act providing for cooper
alton between the State and United
States in the Settlement of Soldiers.
Sailors, Marines and others upon state
lands and lands acquired under this
Act; Creating a Soldier Settlement
Board, Defining its powers and du-
ties, and making an appropriation
therefor" by providing available
funds to carry into effect the provi-
sions of said act, and otherwise as
he legislature may see fit and prop
er, in order to make the said act
and its provisions operative, or to
enact such other legislation in lieu
! of that contained in said Chapter, so
as to more effectively render the de
sired assistance to the soldiers. sail
ors, marines and others who have
served with the armed forces of the
United States in the various wars in
which the United States have taken /
part. including former American citi-
zens who served IN the allied armies
against the Central Powers of I
Europe. in the war of 1914 to 1913
and who have been reoatriated and
have been honorably discharged. or
else to take such legislative action in i