Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-02-20
TERRITORIAL.

she IS offering Tor SAFE at tne Ca
tremely low price of s. per hive.
All district clerks who do not make
a report of, and pay over all poll tax
collected, to the treasurer within the
next thirty days, will be sued accord
ing to law.
The New West academy at Albu-
querque is offered to the city school
board for $22, 900, and will probably
be purchased and converted into a
ward school.
G. l.. Mace, of Lamy, connected
with the A. r. & S. f. road, has been
appointed postmaster there vice
Thomas, resigned. d. NJ. Souther-
land has also been named as the new
postmaster at La Luz, Dona Ana
county.
Hon. Z. S. Slower, president of the
New Mexico bureau of immigration
has appointed the following members
of the bureau as delegates TO the Las
Vegas irrigation convention: Hon.
L. A. Fiske, Col. A. j. Fountain, E.
+. Otero, Hon. Juan Santistevan and
Hon. Il. b. Mills.
On Monday the American mine
and buildings at Hachita were sold
at sheriff's sale and were bought in
by the company controlling the Sur
prise mine at Cooks Peak. The
mine and buildings brought $1,000,
and the holster, tools, etc, $500.
This sale ends all litigation over the
property, and the outlook for Hachita
Is once more bright.-Advance.
There is nothing new in reference
to the bank situation here. Although
it has been nearly two weeks since
the doors of the First National bank
were closed by the examiner, the
statement of the assets and liabilities
of the bank Is not yet ready, and
probably will not be much before the
end of the month, as it will have to
90 to Washington for the examina-
ton and approval of the comptroller
of the currency.-Silver City Senti-
mel.
Prof. G. w. Miles, county super
intendent of public instruction of
Grant county, has just completed
the apportionment of the school
money of the county for the first
quarter of this year. The census
shows 1884 children of school age
in the county and the amount of the
general fund apportioned is $4,000.
This does not include licenses, fines,
etc, which go to the different dis
tricts. The amount apportioned to
the Silver City district out of the
general fund, is Sl,778.
Secretary Noble rendered a decis-
ion in the case of Atlantic 81 Pacific
Railroad company VS.. Chaves, on APP
plication by the railroad company
for certiorari on commissioner of the
land office to certify proceedings to
the department, and a refusal by the
commissioner to allow any appeal
from his decision, holding the Cha
yes entry for cancellation, but deny
ing the railroad company's claim to
tract in Santa Fe, New Mexico land
district. The secretary held that as
the railroad company had no right to
the land it is moi a party in interest.
The application is therefore denied
Governor Prince is very anxious
that New Mexico should be repre-
scented at the trans-Mississippi con-
gress which meets at New Orleans
on the 23d. As far as has been
learned none of the delegates named
in New Mexico are preparing to at
tend. The governor thinks it is es-
pecially desirable and important that
this representative body of western
men give some expression favoring
the repeal of the alien act so far as
it concerns the investment of money
in mining property, and it is now
qnite probable that the governor him.
self will go to New Orleans. If it is
possible for hlm to make the trip he
will leave Friday and be absent at
least ten days.
ADJUSTMENT OF SALARIES.
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