Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-07-15
FIRST MEETING OF THE MAYO BOARD.

Special meeting of the board of county
commissioners of the county of Santa Fe,
held at the town of Santa Fe, in said
county of Santa Fe, in the territory OF
New Mexico, on Wednesday, May 6, A.
D. 1891. Present: Messrs. Joseph B.
Mayo and Juan Garcia, county commits
sioners. The said board thereupon pro-
ceeded to organize. On motion duly made
and seconded Mr.. Joseph B. Mayo was
duly elected chairman and Chas. A..
Spiess temporary clerk of said board.
Mr.. Geo. W. Knaebel, on behalf of the
central committee on incorporation of the
proposed city Of Santa Fe, appeared be-
fore the board and presented petition in
writing signed by over 200 of the qualified
electors, permanent residents of the terri
tory to be embraced in the proposed city
of Santa Fe, and has annexed thereto an
accurate description and map or plat
thereof, and who at the date of said petit
ton Ito wit: March 20, A. d. 1891, and
at the time of presenting the same have
resided therein not less than six months,
and which said petition designates the
name of the proposed city to be the City
of Santa Fe, and which said petition
together with said accurate description
and map or plat was duly filed in the
Office of the probate clerk of said county
of Santa Fe, on the 9Th day Of April, A.
d. 1891, and the contents thereof appear
to be In full compliance with the statutes
in such case made and provided, and
said George W. Knaebel, on behalf of
said central committee as aforesaid, hav-
ing also presented to this board return
on lists by Francisco Chavez, the sheriff of
said county showing that after said petit
ton and accurate map or plat were filed
as aforesaid, he, said said sheriff, did
take census of all the permanent resi-
dents who have resided in said limits not
less than six months prior thereto, and
did return the same on lists, as provided
by said statute, and which said return
shows that within said limits there are
$3.50 inhabitants, an amount more than
sufficient to entitle said city to be incor-
porated under, and pursuant to said stat
utes in such case made and provided, and
which said return was filed on the Goth
day of April, A. D. 1891, in the said Of
fee OF the probate clerk of said county;
and it appearing to the satisfaction of this
board that the expense of making such
Census or enumeration has been fully
paid by said petitioners and that said coun-
ty will not be responsible for any portion
of the expense of taking such census or
enumeration. 1t is hereby ordered and
pursuant to the power and authority
vested in this board that this board
does hereby order that the filing of said
petition together with said accurate de-
scription and map or plat there annexed
on said 9th day Of April, A. D., 1891, in
the Office of the probate clerk as afore
said, and the taking of said census or
enumeration by the said sheriff and the
return thereof or lists as aforesaid, and
the filing of said return in the said Office
of said probate clerk, be and the same is
in all things ratified, approved and con-
firmed, and this board does hereby ratify,
approve and confirm the same. And in
further pursuance of the statutes in said
case made and provided this board does
hereby issue the following
ITO be Continued.