Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-17
PRIMARY BILL IS
BEFORE SENATE
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reform school girls welfare home
and the insane asylum; senate bill
"a, joint guardian law; senate bill
10, allowing interest on school
warrants to teachers; senate bill
Sc, repeating the six months limit
for correction of assessments; SEN
ate bill so, relative to the agsess-
ment Of express property.
The Rcinburg Bill.
The Reinburg bill, requiring the
words State Of New Mexico: for
official business only to be paint
ed on the sides of all state cars in
letters three inches high, passed
the senate.
Amendments were offered re-
During state employees to carry
similar slogans on their clothing
and to properly light sides of cars
at night; but the original draft of
the bill prevailed.
The house passed house bills IL,
defining embezzlement by public
officers; 131. regulating mutual in
surance societies; 40, creating a
state highway in Union county; so,
extending the police powers to
municipalities beyond their bound
aries; 148. relative to management
of Chaperito land grant; 149, state
highway in Santa Fe county; 107,
requiring males to pass physical
examinations before securing mar
riage licenses, and 1855, state high
way between Abiquiu and Taos
Junction.
Ask Congress for n Hospital.
The house also passed joint me-
mortal 8, asking congress to locate
"A hospita! for disabled soldiers in
New Mexico.
Among the new bills was one by
Santos Garcia providing a mini
mum weekly wage of SIS for wom-
en- in certain industries. and an
other by Garcia to create a state
highway between Tiieras and
Chilli. Sanchez and Roehl pro-
posed bill for the creation of
drainage districts upon petition to
the district court.
The first definite suggestion rel
alive to the improvement of mining
assessments along the lines dis
cussed in the hearing of yesterday
was made in the house of repre-
sentativcs today in a bill by Clancy
and Otero. The measure proposes
to enact into law the rulings of the
Arizona tax commission for the
assessment of mines and mineral
lands. In the Arizona system. the
net profits are used together with
a capitalizing factor in arriving at
figure which is taken as the value
of the mine.
The committee on education of
the house this morning reported
favorably on the bill to provide
free text books in the public schools
ed and the bill re-referred to the
committee on finance.
Two Hundred House Bills.
The two hundred mark in the
introduction of house bills was
passed today. Clancy and Otero in
PRODUCED a bill to provide for the
salaries of court reporters in the
district courts. The committee on
military affairs introduced a meas
ure to define the status of, mem
bers. of the national guard with en-
ployers. a new workingmen's COM
pensation law was proposed by
Roehl
The gambling bill of the senate
judiciary committee was lying on
the speakers table without refer
erence. Winston moved that it be
read by title and referred. His
motion prevailed and 1t was sent 10
the committee on state affairs.
Under the third reading of bills
the house this. morning passed
committee substitute for house bill
s, relative to the boards of trustees
of land grants; house bill 1924. de-
scribing the duties of the state
treasurer, and house bill 113. maxi
ing the county agent the head of
all extension work and requiring
the county commissioners to aid in
organizing farm bureaus, II also
passed house joint memorial II,
TO amend the grand jury provision
of the state cons, zap, reducing
the size OF the grand jury to twelve
members. The vote by which house
bill SO. providing for a dog tax,
passed the house was reconsidered