HOUSE RESOLUTIONS.

HOUSE RESOLUTION I.

THANKS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TERRITORY FOR COURTESIES. H. R. 1. Filed in Secretary's Office February 11, 1899.

Resolved by the House of Representatives in regular session assembled, that the most sincere thanks of this honorable body are hereby given to the Hon. Geo. H. Wallace, Secretary of the Territory, for his faithful and polite treatment rendered by him to this body in the organisation [organization] of the same.

As also for the decent and appropriate locality which he prepared for the session.

HOUSE RESOLUTION II.

PLACING THE NAME OF DOMINGO ORTEGA UPON THE PAY ROLL OF THE HOUSE AS POST MASTER. H. R. 14. Filed in the Secretary's Office March 14, 1899.

Be it resolved by the House of the 33rd Legislative Assembly:.

That the Chief Clerk of this body is hereby instructed to place the name of Domingo Ortega upon the pay rolls of this House as post master, which position he has filed [filled] since the meeting of this Assembly and for which he has not yet received any remuneration, and that he be paid for such services at the rate of $2.00 per day during the entire time that this body has been, or may hereafter be in session. Provided, that it is not the intention of this resolution to in any manner effect [affect] the pay which the said Domingo Ortega has received or may receive, as sweeper, but the amount herein directed to be paid to him is in addition to such in consideration of additional services.

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JOINT MEMORIALS.

JOINT MEMORIAL I.

DEMANDING THE ADMISSION OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO AS A STATE. C. J. M. 1. Approved February 2, 1899.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled:

Your memorialists of the 33rd Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico now in session at Santa Fe most respectfully represent, that

Whereas, By the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, made between the United States and the Republic of Mexico on the 2nd day of February, A. D., 1848, by which treaty the territory of New Mexico was ceded to the United States, it was solemnly declared that at the proper time such territory should be incorporated into the union of states and clothed with all the powers of a sovereign state; and since which time and in accordance with the terms of said treaty, the great states of California Colorado and Utah have been formed out of said territory and admitted to all the privileges and right [s] of the original states of the Union; yet New Mexico, although as great and as rich in resources as the states named, has been denied that which under the treaty might be called her absolute and perfect right; although a half a century has elapsed since the date of said treaty, still New Mexico and the citizens of the great Territory, regardless of political affiliations, seek and demand admission to the great sisterhood of states; and

Whereas, There are about 550 public schools in the territory with an enrollment of 30,000 pupils, besides various private schools having an attendance of about 4000; also splendid territorial institutions consisting of a University, Agricultural College, Military School, School of Mines and Normal Schools, each having a substantial attendance; and

Whereas, The illeteracy [illiteracy] of this Territory according to the report of the Superintendent of Schools, has been reduced from 46 per cent as shown by the census of 1890, to 21 per cent in 1898; and

Whereas, According to the best information obtainable the population of the Territory at this time is 280,000; and

Wheresas [whereas], The value of taxable property of the Territory for the year 1898 was fully $100,000,000.00, and

Whereas, Her tremendous wealth of live stock and the enormous output thereof yearly into the markets of the world amounting to at least 300,000 head of cattle annually and a million head of sheep and sixteen million pounds of wool; and

Whereas, Her sugar factories, although the industry is in its infancy has added largely to the product of that article to the necessities of the people; and

Whereas, Great progress has been made in the last six years in bringing under irrigation large areas of land which has provided splendid farms and homes for her citizens; and

Whereas, The output of her mines and the other natural resources of the Territory are large and almost unlimited, and especially call attention to the splendid fruit, vegetable and cereal products of the Territory. The wheat of New Mexico taking the first prize at the World's Fair, Chicago, 1893 and the second prize on oats; and

Whereas, It is a fact known to history that the people of the states and of foreign countries are slow to immigrate and settle in a country under territorial government and that capital is slow to invest, being suspicious of the safety of investments in therritories; and

Whereas When the United States took possession of New Mexico, not a drop of blood was shed nor a shot fired, but she voluntarily submitted and gladly came under the authority of her government and ever since her people have been zealously loyal to the United States and her constitution, and in war between the states she furnished over 6500 volunteers and over 2600 militia to the United States army; and

Whereas, Your memorialists especially call attention to the action and conduct of our citizens in the recent Spanish American war. When the call for troops was made, this Territory furnished more than her quoto [quota] and about one-half of Roosevelt's gallant Rough Riders were enlisted from the citizens of the Territory of New Mexico, and America never witnessed, and history never recorded, greater bravery or more splendid gallantry than was displayed upon the battlefields of Cuba by these New Mexico troops; greater patience and devotion to a great cause was never shown than by them in camp and field; and

Whereas, Wherein in the past few years there has been admitted into the union states not having more than half the population and not more than half the development, with much less natural resources and wealth than this Territory; the state of Ohio was admitted into the Union with a population of 46,000, and Minnesota had less than 7000 at the census preceding her admission.

Now therefore, be it resolved by the 33rd Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico that justice to the people of the Territory and treaty stipulations heretofore made imperatively demand that the Territory be admitted into this Union as a state upon an equal footing with the original states at as early a day as it can properly be done. The Congress of the United States is hereby respectfully requested to pass an enabling Act authorizing the people of New Mexico to form a state government, believing as your memorialists do that a probation of a half century to which New Mexico has been subjected, is sufficient time for any portion of the civilized American people to wait for full citizenship and equal rights under the constitution.

Be it further resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Council and of the House of Representatives are hereby directed to transmit copies of this memorial to the Hon. H. B. Fergusson, our Delegate in Congress, and through him to the President of the United States and to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the Chairman of Committees on Territories in the Senate and House of Representatives.

JOINT MEMORIAL II.

ASKING THE INTERVENTION OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT FOR A PORT OF ENTRY WITH THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO UPON THE

SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF NEW MEXICO. H. J. R. M. 1. Approved February 8, 1899.

Resolved, (the Legislative Council concurring) that the following be adopted as a joint memorial of the 33rd. Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico.

To the President of the United States.

Your memorialist, the 33rd. Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, most respect fully represent that the ports of entry and custom houses, on the international boundary line between the United States and the Republic of Mexico have been closed between the city of El Paso in the state of Texas and the town of Nogales in the Territory of Arizona and that the closing of the same on the part of the Republic of Mexico works a great hardship upon the people of New Mexico and Arizona, comp[e]lling persons desiring to bring cattle and sheep out of said Republic of Mexico and into the United States to go either to the said city of El Paso, Texas or the said town of Nogales, Arizona and likewise compelling citizens of the United States who desire to enter said Republic of Mexico with mining machinery or livestock to go [to] one or the other above named places.

This action in closing the ports of entry on the above named line inflicts serious injury, hardship and great financial loss to the citizens of the Territory of New Mexico.

Wherefore, your memorialist respectfully prays that the friendly intervention of the Government of the United States be exercised to the end that the relief asked for may be granted.

And be it further resolved, That this joint memorial be presented to his Excellency, the President of the United States through Hon. H. B. Fergusson, Delegate in Congress from said Territory of New Mexico, and that the President of the Council and Speaker of the House, transmit certified copies to them for that purpose.

JOINT MEMORIAL III.

FOR AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ADDITIONAL BONDS FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE TERRITORIAL CAPITOL BUILDING. C. J. M. 2. Approved February 8, 1899.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress Assembled.

Your memorialist, the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, in its thirty-third session assembled, respectufully represents and shows,

That in the years 1884 and 1885, this body caused to be constructed and furnished, a capitol building at the city of Santa Fe, from the proceeds of territorial bonds issued for that purpose to the amount of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars.

That in the year 1892, the said building was totally desroyed by fire, there being no insurance upon the same.

That at the 1895 session of this body an issue of bonds was authorized in the sum of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars for the purpose of reconstructing the said building, which issue of bonds was authorized and approved by you by an Act becoming a law, January 15, 1897, Chapter 30, Second Session 54th Congress-29 Statutes at Large, p. 487, under which Act the reconstruction of said building has progressed in a most economical and satisfactory manner so that with the further appropriation prayed to be validated in this Memorial, it can be completed, furnished and ready for occupancy by the autumn of the present year.

That the capitol re-building board under whose care and direction the said building has been reconstructed, represents to us, and we are fully convinced of the fact, that it has been found impossible, for the reasons stated in the report of the architects transinitted with this Memorial, to complete and furnish the building with the proceeds of the Seventy-five Thousand Dollars of bonds,