Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-10

of the New Mexico volunteers during the
war of the rebellion.
The possession of these records will be
of very great value to the territory, not
only in procuring the payment of these
services = ! the general government, but
also to prevent the payment of large
amount Of fictitious and fraudulent claims
for such services believed to be in exist
ence.
Deeming it important that the territory
should at all times maintain n we'll equip
ped and organized militia, toward which
the general government has made provi-
sion for yearly donation of arms and &C.
couterments, earnestly indorse the rec
ommendation of the adjutant general of a
thorough revision and strengthening of
the present militia law, especially in re.
spect to the terms of enlistm ent and iabil-
ity to duty.
The cattle sanitary board makes two
suggestions in its report, which | deem of
sufficient Importance to reproduce, and to
recommend for adoption by the legislative
assembly, as follows:
That the quarantine law "be so
amended as to include within the district
prescribed against on account of Texas
fever, that portion Of the states of the
Republic of Mexico which lies between
the Rio Grande and the Mexican Central
railway, extending from FL Paso, Texas,
to the 26th parallel Of latitude, and max
ing Ell Paso, Texas, the port of entry for
cattle passing through (and none to be
driven in from March to November of
each Year, by rail, coming from any point
within said district of New Mexico into
the territory of New Mexico"
This amendment is recommended for
the reason that in no other way can the
evasion of quarantine regulations be pre-
vented as to cattle in the quarantined dis
tricts on the eastern bank OF the Rio
Grande, in Texas. In the absence OF
such provision Texas cattle from the lower
Rio Grande need only to be driven across
the river into Mexico and thence up into
New Mexico, to evade the quarantine reg
ulations.
This would also subject to the quaran.
tine regulations for cattle from the western
bank of the Rio Grande, in Mexico,
which should of right be subjected TO fully
as rigid quarantine as cattle from the
eastern bank.
The other amendment recommended is
that the scope of the board be enlarged
by making it also bureau OF statistics,
especially of the live stock industry, if
for nothing else. With its present facii-
ties for collecting such information, the
work Of the board could be made of great
value without adding largely to its labor
or expense. We have now no reliable
iheaus lor tile collectlon OF feally valuable
statiSt,cs OF thls character, ana such
%oik Deihg difectly IN tne line OF the
uutles OF snls poafd, lts existence would
seem 70 al1ru proper opportunity ana
means 1of the collectloh Oh very valuable
ih1ormaIion.
IN addltlon 10 the foregoing recommen-
eations' thls seems TO De a proper time
lor tne suggestion OF such modlhcations
OF the quarantine Ia" US VIII permit the
admitance, at all times OF the year, after
proper lhspection ana unoer proper regu-
latlons, oi parties VINO come TO the border
WIN nmlted number OF cattle, EVIDENT
Y with the intention OF permanent set
tiemeht ana cltlzenshlP.,
MANY cases OF hardship OF that char
acter nave occurred curing the past TWO
years where parties nave come to the
border with their families and household
goods and belongings, including their
STOCK OF al KINDS, with the manifest in
tent OF locating and becoming, in good
ialth, permanent citizens OF the territory,
but they were not permitted to enter, by
reason OF the exclusion OF their small
hefds OF cattie uhder the rigld provisions
OF the quarantine law. 1t ls apparent
that a conslderable number OF people,
VINO. would have become citizens OF the
territory, have thus been Kept out, and
settlement and development correspond
'ngiy retarded,
The report OF the capitol building COM
mlttee contains one special rec,ommenda-
ton to which ask the immediate atten-
ton OF the legislative assembly.