Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-05-07
Official Proceedings of the Board OF
County commissioners,

| County Commissioners.
Special meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners Of the county of Santa Fe
held at the town of Santa Fe, in the ter
rtory of New Mexico, on Wednesday
May 9th A. d. 1891.
Present-Messrs. Joseph B. Mayo and
Juan Garcia, county commissioners. The
said board therefore proceeded to organ.
ize. 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 Pc
tition, (to-wit, March %, A. D., 1871 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 to-
gether 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 appeared 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, having
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 sheriff, did take a
census of all the permanent residents who
have resided in such 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 inhabi-
tants, an amount more than sufficient to
entitle said city to be incorporated under
and pursuant to said statute in such case
made and provided, and which said re-
turn was filed on the 10th day of April,
A. D. 1891, in the said Office of the pro-
bate clerk Of said county; and it appear
ing 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 county will not
be responsible for any portion Of the
expense of taking such census or
enumeration, it is hereby ordered
and pursuant to the power and
authority vested in this board, this board
does hereby order that the filing of said
petition together with said accurate des-
cription and map or plat thereto annex
ed, 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 emu
meration by the said Sheriff and the re-
turns thereof on lists as aforesaid and the
filing of said return in the said office of
said probate clerk, be and same and in
all things ratified, approved and con-
frmed, and this board does hereby ratify,
approve and confirm the same and in
further pursuance of the statutes in such
case made and provided this board does
hereby issue the following.
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 signedahy 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 Nance of said city to be the
Getty Of Santa Fe'O and
Whereas, Said petition has annexed
thereto an accurate description and map
or plat Of said territory to be embraced
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
May, 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 the 9th day OF
April, A. d. 1891, 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 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
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 128 chains and % links
to stake marked No. Al, which is the
southeast corner; thence west 100 chains
to a 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 bonn
Diary, which is chains and 40 links west
OF stake marked No. 10; and, where.
as, upon the receipt of said petition
duly and properly signed and filed, as
aforesaid, the sheriff Of said county did take
an accurate census of all the permanent
residents who have resided within the
said limits of said proposed incorporated
city, not less than six months prior to
the said presentation and filing of said
natition and said accurate descrintiOn opd
map, or plat as aforesaid; and, where
as, said petitioners have paid the expense
of making such census or enumeration;