Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-08-29
NOTIFICATIONS CALLED FOR
A Large Gathering of Citizens Pass
Judgment on the City Ooun-
ellis Work.
Demand for Notifications that Seem to
be Eminently just and Proper
viii Petition the Council.

The court house was filled with citizens
Yesterday afternoon called together for the
purpose of passing judgment upon some
of the recently enacted city ordinances.
BENJAMIN M. Read called the meeting to
order and explained its object. Hon.
Aniceto Abeytia was selected president,
DR.. Andrews and Frederick Grace vice
I.presidents, and II. l.. Ortiz secretary
The proceedings were conducted with in
telligence and good decorum. The OBJ
iectionable clauses in the several city laws
we're read, considered at length, and it
WAS resolved to select committee to go
before the municipal board and re-
quest modification of the ordinances as
follows
That section IA of chapter II, relative
TO the sale of merchandise be amended
SO as to exclude in express terms the
sellers of wood, fruit and country pro-
duCe.
Section chapter 7, relative to the kill
ing of animals be amended SO as to apply
only to persons engaged in the butcher
business.
Sections and 8, chapter 7, relative to
the marshal, mayor or aldermen entering
private houses in search OF nulsances or
for quarantine purposes, amended SO
that said officers shall proceed to enforce
such section only on the sworn affidavit
of some reliable person who has personal
knowledge OF the facts.
Section 9. chapter II, relative to per-
sons who sell mutton, to be amended SO
that the license shall apply only to butch
ers who offer for sale meats in public
establishments.
Section II, chapter II, relative to laun-
dries, to be amended, so as to apply only
to public establishments conducted Tor
that purpose and in no case to include
persons who do not live entirely from this
class of labor, nor who do not advertise
them as such.
Section 5, chapter Is, relative to service
| of notice by mail on persons who. having
elected to work out their poll tax, to be
amended SO that said notice be served
on said delinquent party by the marshal
or police in the same manner as processes
from the justice OF the peace courts are
served, that is, the delinquent party shall
be personally served and have five days
notice.
Section |, chapter Is, to be amended
so that the tax, instead of being 8 mills
on the dollar, shall he but mills on the
dollar.
Chapter 16, relative to animals running
at large, is particularly Objectionable, ant
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New Mexico laws of 1889, in that i
gives only twenty-iour hours for the salt
of animals impounded by the city authori
ties. 1t is demanded that this chapter
= be amended so as to conform with the
territorial law on the subject, giving own
ers of impounded animals ample time tt
claim and redeem their property.
1t is also recommended that the mer
chants ordinance be amended so as tC
provide for licensing all merchants, the
amount of license to be based upon an
nual sales to be sworn to by the said mer
chants.
The meeting also asks the council tt
nrovd for, the publication OF complete
record of all their proceedings within forty
eight hours after their meetings.
Mr.. AniCeto Abeytia also brought W
the social evil question, and the commit
tee will ask that certain restrictions
be placed about people engaged in its
practice.
The committee named to lay these
matters before the city council consists o
Messrs. b. M. Read, Anto. Ortiz J
Saazar, Enos Andrews, II. L. Ortiz
Miguel Silva, Ascension Silva, M. B
Apodaca, Antonio Jose Rael and Juan B
: Sandoval.