Albuquerque morning journal., 1921-01-27
NUMBER OF STATE JOBS
ABOLISHED IN BILLS
PASSED BY THE HOUSE
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cial district which is called for
Monday. The present jury law re-
quires that 20 per cent Of the le-
gal voters be used as a basis for
a drawing of jurors. AS only males
are eligible for jury service, theI
Fifth district drew only 20 perl
! cent of the males or 10 per cent
| Of the total number of voters. The
new law, as passed today by both
senate and house, will validate such
| a proceeding by making the legal
| minimum 10 per cent of the total
number of voters, instead of 2Ot
per cent, as heretofore. With
woman suffrage, this means prac-
tically the same number The bill
will be enrolled and engrossed at
once and will become law before
Monday.
The house passed bill IS, relative
to the qualifications of mayordo-
mos Of irrigation bitches.
One of the new bills introduced
prescribes a tax of 81 on male
dogs and SO on female dogs, the
proceeds of the tax to go to the
county road funds,
Inheritance Tax.
Among the new bills of the SEN
ate introduced late were So byl
Hedgcock, prescribing an inherit
ance tax of per cent upon imme-
date relatives who inherit prop
erty over $4,000 and tax OF 8
per cent on distant relatives orl
strangers to the blood who inheritl
money from estates valued at
more than $500 Senate bill SO pro-
videS for the repayment to santa
Fee, Grant, Luna and Hidalgo coun-
ties of about $250,000 for the in
! terest they paid on railroad bonds
which were taken care of at the
time statehood wac achieved by the
grant of million acres of land
by congress. The bonds were for
the construction of the branch
Santa Fe to Lamy, and the line
from Rincon to DeminG and Silver
City.
would Limit Train Crews.
Legislation attempting to regu-
late railroad business in so far as
the size of train crews is concerned !
is sought in a bill presented ia the
house of representative this after |
noon by Representative c. f. Grey. |
Mrs. Grey presented the request
Of organized labor a fun crew bill, |
similar to the ones which have !
been before other sessions of the !
legislature but which have hereto |
fore been defeated.
Mr. Grey's proposal is that when |
a single locomotive is moved a dis !
tance of twenty-five miles, its min |
imum crew shall be an engineer, a !
fireman and a conductor or flag. |
man.
For passenger train of less
than six coaches, the minimum |
crew shall be an engineer, fire
man, a conductor, a baggagemaster |
and a flagman. For passenger
train of six or more coaches a |
brakeman is added to the above
force. a. ".
For a freight of less than forty |
cars, the minimum crews shall be
one engineer, one fireman, one con- |
ductor, flagman and brakeman. !
When the freight has more than
forty cars, the minimum crew shall
include an additional brakeman.
Health Program Presented.
In addition to the labor bill |
there was presented by James i. |
Wade of San Juan county, the Leg |
islative program of the stater de-
partment of health. House bill 70
provides for the amendment of |
3,435, 3,42S, 3,440. 3,441 and |
S,442 of the 1915 code rela-
tive to marriage licenses, in
creasing the fee to SO from 81, the
extra 50 to be paid into a birth
registration fund. House bin so
amends the 1919 health law to al
low an increase in the pay of the |
state commissioner OF health frora !
$4,000 to $4,000, abolishes munich
pal health officers and provides
for sub-registrars for the registra- |
tion Of births and deaths. n
House bill Sc repeals 400, 500, |
sol, SOP, 500 and 504 of the 1915 |
code relates to births and deaths
as these are covered in existing |
regulations. House bill SIS amends |
chapter two, laws of the special |
session of 1920 making special |
health levies applicable to the |
county as a whole, including mu-
inequalities.
Two bills of the bank program |
We're passed by the senate this .af |
ternoon. They were S. r. 20. relat-
ing to the qualifications of eXecu- |
tives and S. b. %, defining burg |
larry with explosives and setting the |
penalty at from ten to thirty years. |
Both bills passed unanimously.
Exit Governors Adviser, /
The senate also passed house bill |
13, which abolishes the office of |
legal adviser to the governor. This |
was taken up under suspension |
Of the rules.
The senate also passed senate |
bill 81, relating to the service of |
jury venires. 1t permits witnesses
to be summoned by registered |
mail or by telephone.
Senate bill 40, amending sections
5,753 and 5,789 of the 1915 code |
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