Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-10

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to water courses; "a, creating a
state highway between Carrizozo
and San Antonio, and 50, relative
to the granting Of temporary per
mits to teach school.
New Counties Proposed.
A new county division bill APP
peared in the house. It provided
for the creation of the counties of
Aguilar and Harding from the
present county of Mora and part
of Union and ColfaX, Harding
would be created from the eastcaH
portion of the present Mora and a
lower part of Union county. 1t
would take three and a half mil
lion dollars valuation from Union
and three million seven hundred
thousand from Mora. The county
seat would be Mosquero, north Of
Tucumcari on the FL Paso and
Southwestern railroad. Agu1lar
county would embrace the remain
der of Mora county and a strip
from the southern end of ColfaX
coftnty, so that its valuation would
be about that of the present Mora
county. The county seat would be
Wagon Mound on the Santa Fe
railroad. The present seat of Mora
county is Mora and it is not on a
railroad.
Substantial returns are expected
! from the passage Of bill which
was presented to the house of rep
resentatives yesterday by Speaker
! C1opc,- 1p1 NJ Dtprn Tho
| bill provides for the assessment of
monies, notes and credits and fol-
lows the Kentucky plan. 1t pro-
| vides for a two mill tax on bank
deposits, a two mill tax on mort
cages which run for less than five
years and a three mill tax on mort
cages which run for five years or
more, ana a two mill tax on prom
! issOry notes unsecured.
| Under the terms of the bill the
banks would serve as collecting
agencies for the tax on deposits
This would be levied but once a
year and at the flat two mill rate
This system would exempt this
money from ordinary taxes.
The mortgage tax would be col
lected by county clerks at the time
the mortgage was recorded. The
tax on pTomissory notes would be
collected by the individual return
of possessors. The combined taxes
should yield in the neighborhood
of 100000 annually.
The bill proposed by Gray for the
! alteration of existing school laws
specifics that attendance shall be
compulsory between the ages of 6
and 16 inclusive. There may be
exemptions between the ages of ii
and l6, but stricter Requirements
are imposed. The three-mile limit
| Is eliminated and fine is pre-
scribed in case teacher fails TO
report absences. For three viola
tons of the compulsory attendance
law a child may be sentenced to a
reform school for ninety days.
The bill introduced to divide
Socorro county and create the
county of Frisco would create a
county with a population of 5000,
an area of $500 square miles and
property valuation of $6,0O0,OO0
Reserve would be the county seat,
Senator's Hedgcock and Brickley
introduced yesterday the joint res
olution which is intended to permit
the Legislature to provide for the
CONSOLIDATED state institutions. This
resolution was endorsed in the re-
port Of the special revenue COM
mission. 1t provides that section
13 of article IL Of the constitution
be amended to read:
The legislature may provide for
the merger, consolidation, change
of location, management and con-
troll of state institutions and state
educational institutions"
Senator Garcia proposed a joint
resolution to section /. article b,
and section 2 of article 10 of the
state constitution. This relates to
the office of commissioners of pub
lie lands. It provides for the en-
ployment of a commissioner by a
land commission of three members,
their salaries to be fixed by the
state legislature.
Senate bill 90 proposed an
amendment to the matter of appeal
bonds to the supreme court. S. b.
80 proposed the creation Of state
board of accountancy; S. B. 100. to
punish for the robbery of occupants
of automobiles.
House bill 40, to provide a new
system for the creation of precints
was re-committed to the committee
on judiciary.
House Joint Memorial No. A. tC
require the corporation commission
to make an effort to reduce grain
and hay rates within the state, was