Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-07-15
COUNTY AFFAIRS.
The Tax Levy Materially Reduced-ser
yi"es OF the County Coroner and
Physician Dispensed with.

The county board of commissioners at
its session this forenoon, reconsidered
the resolution passed yesterday relative
to the office and pay of q county coroner,
and declared the resolution void, adopting
the following instead:
Whereas, The City of Santa Fe, the
county seat of the county Of Santa te has
become an incorporated city under the
laws of the territory of New Mexico and,
Whereas, Juan Holmes, coroner OF
said county, has been officiating as chlel
of police of said county and city, receiving
salary for such service and,
Whereas, there no longer exists any
necessity for his continuance as such chief
of police; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That pursuant to the 9Th
section of an act of the legislative assem-
bly,, entitled IAN act creating police
force at the county seats in each county
and for the protection OF citizens and
their property in the territory OF New
Mexico" approved September IL, 1887,
the said Juan Holmes is hereby relieved
of the duties of said office for the reason
that, by the incorporation Of the City OF
Santa Fe, there is no authority for his
holding the said office ofchiet of police.
The following was also adopted by the
board:
Whereas, The services heretofore per-
formed by the county physician OF the
county of Santa Fe have been confined
almost entirely to the territory now en-
braced within the corporate limits OF the
city of Santa Fe, and whereas the neces'
sity no longer exists for county physl
clan, now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That in the interest of econo
my the county declines longer to fill such
office by appointment until such time az
it is imperatively necessary to appoln
such competent physician to the place.
The vital question OF the tax levy wa
then taken up and an order made fixing
the tax levy in Santa Fe county as fol
lows:
For territorial purposes as fixed by tn
act of February 26, 1891, 6,50-l00 mills OF
the dollar.
For penitentiary interest and sinkin
fund 50-l00 of mill.
For capitol interest fund, 42-100 mills
For current expense interest fund, q
100 OF mill
For capitol contingent fund ITO of on
mill.
For territorial institutions fund mil
For provisional Indebtedness fund, IS
100 of mill.
. Total levy for territorial purposes, 9.lI
100 mills on the dollar.
For the public school fund, 2 mills.
For ordinary county revenue, q OF
per cent.
= And it appearing that the tax collec
ed during the past fiscal year are not su
icient to meet the current expenses {
: the county OF Santa Fe, therefore an &C
ditional levy of Z of mill on each dolla
= of taxable property in the county is here
by levied for the purpose of making u
such deficit, making the total levy 10
5 general county purposes mills on tn
dollar.
For interest on the ounty funded
bonds of 1882 and 1884, mills on tn
. dollar.
In addition to this the board also mad
provision for collecting in the severa
? school districts special tax to fund tn
school bonds issued under the act c
. February %, 1889, but the exact amour
of this levy in the several districts ca
not be precisely stated until access is ha
= to the collectors books.