New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-01-28
WITH los BILLS TO
STUDY, BOTH SENATE AND
HOUSE ADJOURN THURSDAY
By Guthrie Smith

BY Guthrie smith
The House made a fine start this
week on passing bills that will put
into effect the program of retrench-
ment that has been pledged by both
Democratic and Republican conven-
tions. In one afternoon there were
passed the bills to abolish the mou-
nted police force and the legal ad-
visor to the governor. The bill to aD-
olish the county road superinteu-
dents, with the emergency clause
attached, was carried over until the
printed copies We're received, aHd
then passed by a vote of IS to Is,
which preserves the emergency cl-
ause. The bill to abolish the office
of insurance commissioner also was
passed This bill will put the insur-
ance work under direction OF the
state corporation commission.
The bill abolishing the office OF
legal advisor to the governor has
been passed by the senate also, that
body concurring in the house meas
ure, with an amendment that rem
ed ed a defect IN the title. The
house Immediately eoneurred in the
amendment, and the bill now needs
only the signature OF Gov. Mechem
TO become a law of the sunshine
state.
When both Senate and House ad-
journcd on Thursday afternoon to
Tuesday afternoon, the former had
introduced Of bills and 10 joint res
olutions, the latter 90 bills and Is
Joint resolutions. A large number OF
these bills had not been translated
and printed, and the report of the
budget committee, translated Thur
sday, was to be printed. 1t was be-
iieved that the printing would be
finished by Tuesday afternoon on
the bills, resolutions and budget re-
port, so the adjournment was taken
until thai time.
Both Senate and House have in
troduced new resolutions and bills
TO abolish the state corporation COM
mission, substituting therefor CO.
mmissioner of public utilities; to
create a game commission; to supp
ress and prohibit gambling.
The senate has a new bill to ere
ate new cattle sanitary board, the
state to be divided into districts
each district to have a representa-
tive, and two members to be chos-
en- at large. The six members are
10 serve six years, under appoint
ment by the governor Members to
be eligible must be raisers and own
ers of neat cattle in New Mexico
and must have been residents OF the
state for three years. Removal of
any member from his district Will
automatically create vacancy IN
that district The house has already
passed a similar measure with res
pect to the sheep sanitary board.
Among the new house bills is one
to furnish free textbooks to all pu-
pills OF the public schools; another
to limit the expenditures of school
funds by boards of education.
Reinburg's senate Joint resolution
10 submit a constitutional amenl-
ment to prohibit aliens ineligible to
citizenship from owning real estate
has been passed by the senate by
unanimous vote. With one rcsolu-
ton on this subject already under
consideration in the house. still ano-
ther one, more drastic has been in
troduced 1t specifically designateS
subjects OF the japanese Empire.
Baca. OF Santa Fe, chairman Of
the capitol committee has introduc-
cd a house bill to construct an e.
tension to the capitol, at cost Il
100000
Otero. also of Santa Fe, has IN
troduced house joint resolution 10
increase the pay OF legislators from
s. TO $40 a day.
The revenue measures had not
been introduced either IN senate or
house, at the time of adjournment
on Thursday afternoon, although
the Democratic members Of The ser
ate had begun 10 insist that the Re
publicars ought to introduce the
bills without further waiting