Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-03-17
OFFICIAL NEWS.
Interpretations, Duties of Assessors and
Land Patents-A Large Batch of In
terestIng and Timely Ohlcial
Notes, Gathered at the
Capital.
TIE NEW ASSESSORS LAW.

THE NEW ASSESSORS LAW.
BY request, and it being an important
matter, the New MEXICAN publishes the
following extract from chapter 81 of the
session laws of 1891, concerning assessors
and the making out of assessment rolls,
etc; THAT the said assessors shall only
be paid on the amount of tax collected,
which shall be actually collected under
their assessments and shall receive per
cent of all the licenses collected, unless
otherwise hereafter provided by law,
which said provision shall also be APP
pllcable to the county funds and no as
SCISSOR shall receive any compensation on
account OF any amount assessed or col
lecled from the school fund.
Provided further; that it shall be the
duty of each assessor to make out, perfect
and complete all assessment books, rolls,
lists and abstracts of assessment required
by law to be made for any purpose what
ever free OF any additional charge there.
Tor and no further or other compensation
shall be paid to any one for making out,
pertectlng or completing any tax or as
sessment books, rolls, lists, schedules or
other abstracts required by law to be
made in any county either for the use OF
the board of county commissioners or for
the auditor of the territory OF for the col
lector OF such taxes"
For the next two years the following
hospitals receive territorial aid Thesis
tiers hospital, st. Vincent's, Santa Fe,
$4,000; the Grant county hospital, Sill
yer City, $4,000; the Sisters Of Mercy
hospital, Silver City, $1,000; the Ladies
Relief society at Las Vegas, s., 1000. These
sums are paid each year.
Hon. Demetrio Perez is here, having
completed his bond upon the governor s
return from Espanola the bond will be
approved and Mr.. Perez will relieve Hon.
Trinidad Alarld tomorrow of his duties.
he bond is for 500, 900 and is signed by
responsible San Miguel and socorro coun-
ty citizens.
County Assessor Manuel Valdez is dis
trlbutlng tax schedules. Every property
owner must make return this year as
the exemption of $500 for heads of fami-
lies has been discontinued, and as there
is heavy penalty prescribed for failing
to make tax returns.
The following notaries public have been
appointed and commissioned: George
ii. Brown, Bernalillo county, at Abu-
querque; Edward j. Willis, San Juan
county, at Largo; Louis J. Marshall,
Grant county, at Separ; John Borradaile,
BernalllIo county, at Albuquerque Will
lam F. Blanchard, Lincoln county, at
White Oaks.
Governor Prince has offered a reward
of 500 for the conviction of the murder
ers of Asher Jones, citizen of Colfax
county, who was murdered on the 18th
day OF November, 1890, on the Vermejo
creek, in Colfax county.
On April l, COL w. G. Marmon, of
Laguna, will commence to take the CEN
sus of the Navajo Indians under the di-
rectlon of the census office. 1t will take
several months to complete the work.
NEW INTERPRETATIONS.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed as follows:
The Florence Silver company desig-
mates II. M. Dougherty, of Socorro coun-
ty, as its agent.
The Salafage Herb Company of Eddy,
n. M.-Incorporstors: E. Oscar Hart,
Charles F. Benson, Harold F. Brown,
of Eddy; Charles Ludlam, Colorado
springs, Colo. Object, production, pur.
chase and sale of medicinal herbs. Cap
ital stock, 100000 in 1000 shares.
Bosque Redondo Irrigation Company
of San Miguel Cuunty-Incorporat ::
Chas. W. Poor, Pablo Beoubrien, Manuel
Abreau, Joseph Colman and others. OBJ
Ject, construction of reservoirs and
bitches. Capital stock, $4,000 in 5000
shares.
Crescent Coal Company of Gallup,
Bernallllo County-Incorporators Chas.
W. Kennedy, John A. Lee and Wiley M.
Weaver, of Bernalillo county, and Eliza
j. CURSOR, of Los Angeles, Cal. Object,
purchase, lease and sinking of coal
mines, buy and sell coal and merchan-
disc. Capital stock, 100000 in 1000
shares.
Saint Helene Mining Company of Cen
trail City, Grant County-Incorporators
Il. H. Whitehill, Henry Woods, John
M. Wright, Gustave Wormser, of Grant
county, and Will H. Letord, of Cook
county, LII. Capital stock $l5O,OOO, in
shares of 81 each.
The Gentlemen's Driving Association of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS j. A. John
on, Wiley M. Weaver, w. L. Trimble, j.
[. Barraclough, G. +. Hunt, F. L. Jones.
). NJ Geach, J. E. Saint, of Albuquerque.
capital stock $4,000, divided into 5 700
hares.
The Silver City Northern Railroad
Jompany-InCorporators Lawrence Per-
Tins, Robert P. Perkins, of New York;
Thomas j. Condor, Henry f. Grerson,
# Las Vegas, and G.. &. Posey, of Silver
lily. Principal office, Silver City. Capt.
al stock 100000, in 1000 shares. OBJ
ect to construct, maintain and operate a
abroad from Whitewater station on the
l., I. u s. F. r. r. to Georgetown, in
1rant county. Nineteen thousand dol
ars have been subscribed, and the length
t the road is to be nineteen miles.
The Roswell Park, Fair & Improve
1ent company of Roswell, N. M. Incor-
orators: j. W. Poe, w. S. Prayer, Jo-
eph G. Lea, Nathan Jafa, Frank Lesnet,
has. A. Sparks, G. A. Richardson and
theirs. Capital stock, $4,000 in 10000
hares. Object: Establish parks, fair