Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-24
CITY INCORPORATION.
The Momentous Question to be voted
Upon June 2-Call for the Election

June 2 is the date that has been fixed
for submission to the voters of Santa te
the all-importsnt question of city incor-
poration. Folio wing is copy OF the pro-
clamation issued on this subject by the
"Creamer" board of county commission
ers:
CALL FOR ELECTION ON INCORPORATION.
Whereas, Pursuant to statute, the in
habitants of the territory to be embraced
within the limits of the proposed city OF
Santa Fe, in the county of Santa Fe and
territory OF New Mexico, have expressed
their desire to organize into city, by
petition in writing signed by over 200 OF
the qualified electors, permanent residents
of the said territory to be embraced with
in the limits of said proposed city, and
who had, at the time of presenting said
petition, resided therein not less than Six
months (the name of said city to be the
| Getty of Santa Fe"); and
Whereas, Said petition has annexed
thereto an accurate description and map
within the limits OF said proposed city,
and which said petition together with
said accurate description and map or plat,
was, pursuant to law, on the 9Th day OF
April, A. D. 1891, duly presented to the
board of county commissioners OF said
county of Santa Fe, at session of said
board held on said day in said county,
and was duly filed on said day in the
office of the clerk of the probate court of
said county and
Whereas, The said territory to be en-
braced within the limits of said proposed
city is accurately described in said petit
ton and upon said map or plat annexed
thereto, as follows, to wit:
All that certain tract of land situated
in the county of Santa Fe, territory of
New Mexico, beginning on the west side
at a stake marked No. 20, which is
situated 200 feet west of the northwest
corner of Irvine and Dunlop streets, and
running thence north fifty chains to a
stake marked No. 80, which is the north
west corner; thence east 100 chains to a
stake marked AZ, which is the northeast
, corner; thence 1913 chains and % links
to stake marked No. AZ, which is the
southeast corner thence west 100 chains
to stake marked No. "a, which is the
southwest corner, and thence north rs
chains and % links to the said stake No.
20, the point of beginning. The center
point is "a chains and IA links due
.. north of point upon the south boun-
dary, which is 6 chains and As links west
of a stake marked No. 10; and, where
as, upon the receipt of said petition
. duly and properly signed and filed, as
aforesaid, the said board OF county COM
= missioners, pursuant to law, did order
the sheriff of said county to take an
accurate census CT all the permanent
d residents who have resided within the
T. said limits OF said proposed Incorporated
t city, not less than six months prior tc
the said presentation and filing OF said
petition and said accurate description and
map or plat as aforesaid; and, where
n as, said petitioners have paid the expense
E of making such census or enumeration
and, whereas, the said sheriff did &C.
cordingly take an accurate census as
aforesaid and return the same to the said
board of county commissioners, on lists,
as provided by law, and which said re-
turn was duly presented to said board
at a session thereof held on the Goth
day of April, A. D., 1891, at Santa Fe,
N. NJ, and was duly filed in the said
office of the probate clerk of said county
on the same day; and, whereas said
census shows that there are $3.50 in
habltants within said limits of said
proposed city, an amount amply su11l'
Gent under the law to entitle said pro-
= posed city to be incorporated.
s. Now therefore, In pursuance OF the
= statutes in such case or cases made and
5 provided, the said board of county COM
0 missioners for the county and territory
aforesaid, do hereby call an election of
all the qualified voters residing within the
said territory embraced within said limits,
as described and plated as aforesaid, said
election to be held on the second day OF
June, A. D., 1891, from the hours OF 8
O'Clock a. m. to O'Clock p. m, at the
county school house, situate in precinct
No. 3 of said county, and at the coun-
ty school house situate in precinct No. 4
Of said county (such polling places being
within the territory embraced within the
limits of said proposed city as aforesaid).
And in further pursuance of the statute
in such case made and provided, the said
board of county commissioners do here
by divide said territory to be embraced
within the limits of said proposed city,
lulO IWO WhIuo dAu WAiSA ooiA DooAu
hereby names and designates, as the
First Ward" and the "Second Ward;"
the said LIST ward to embrace within it's
limits all that portion of the present pre-
cinct No. 8, of said county of Santa Fe,
which lies within the said limits of said
proposed city; and the I'd ward, to en-
brace within it's limits, all that portion Of
the present precinct No. 4, of said county,
which lies within the said limits of said
proposed city. And, in further pursuance
of the statute in such case made and pro-
vided, the said board does hereby appoint
Larkin G. Read, Sol. Spiegelberg and
Epifanio Vigil as judges of said election,
and Jose D. Sena, jr., and Samuel ID.
Baldwin, as clerks OF said election for said
let ward, and Aniceto Abeyta, Charles G.
Probst and Marcilino Garcia, as judges
OF said election, and Perfecto j. Gonzales
and Adolfo p. Hill, as clerks Of said cleo
ton for the said I'd ward, and saio judges
and said clerks shall qualify as required
by law for judges and clerks at general
election, and shall report the result of the
ballot to the said board Of county COM
missioners. The ballot used at said cleo
ton shall be "for incorporation" or
against Incorporation.
Dated, Santa Fe, N. M, April 20, A. D.,
1891.
Attest The Board of County Commits.
sioners Of Santa Fe, by
| [SEAL] G. M. DREAMER, Chairman,
PEDRO DELaADo, Clerk,
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