Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-10-20
AN OFFICIAL AFFIDAVIT

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State OF Kansas, 49,
Shawnee Countv.j o.
On this 18th day of October, 1890, per.
sonally appeared before me the under.
signed, notary public, in and for the
county aforesaid, George T. Anthony, who
being duly sworn according to law de-
poses and says:
That he was resident director of the
New Mexico and Southern Pacific Rail
way company at the time and during its
construction through the territory of New
Mexico, and that as such director and rep
| resentative of such railway company he
submitted TO the citizens of Santa Fe
county proposition for the construction
of branch of said New Mexico and
Southern Pacific Railway from a junction
with its main line at what is now known
US Lamy junction to the city of Santa Fe,
and that among the terms and considera-
tons upon which said branch line should
be constructed, was that the county of
Santa Fe should issue and deliver to said
railway company upon the completed con-
struction of said branch railway county
bonds to the sum of one hundred and fifty
tons of 81 900 each;
That said railway was 80 constructed,
and the aid thereto voted by the people,
and that the blanks for said bonds were
received by the atfiant from Thos. Nick
erson, then president of the Railway
company and resident in Boston, and
that one of the commissioners of said
county, whose duty it was to make an
execute these bonds was one A. Staab, a
citizen of the city OF Santa Fe, n. NJ.
That said bonds being filled out under
the direction of the affiant according to
the terms and provisions of the PROPOSE
ton voted upon, were presented to the
county commissioners for their signature,
and that said board, including Mr.. Staab,
did voluntarily without hesitation or the
| interpostion of any conditions whatever,
sign such $50 bonds of 81, 900 each,
and delivered them to the atiant, and
IT, at each and every of said bonds were
by him forwarded by express to President
Nickerson at Boston, from whom a re-
ceipt therefor WAS received.
Atfiant further testifes that neither
Mr. Staab nor any other member of said
board OF county commissioners ever
asked, ueuanueu UT leCcl'tu CoIn peusd-
ton or return in any form, by valuable
consideration or otherwise, for their ex-
erution and delivery Of said bonds, or
for any official or personal act in relation
to them.
Attiant further states that the bonds
executed as herein described and for
warded to President Nickerson, each and
every ole of them were made part OF
the net assets of the Railroad company,
subject to no drawback in any form to
ANY citizen of the territory of New Mex
leo, and that nc one of said bonds was
ever leiiinquished, returned, or in any
manner used as part of consideration
for their issue as related to the county
com missioners or any one else.
s gnedl GEO. T. ANTHONY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 10Th day Of October, 1880.
TSigned] E. w. LoNasHoN,
Notary public.
My commission expires January II, '93.
(Seal.)
The late VIM. H. Manderield, Hon E.
Antonio Ortiz y Salazar and Mr.. A. Staab
ere county commissioners at the time
the bends above reIerred to were turned
over to the railroad company.