Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-04-11

of that Office.
CHAPTER Xiv
An act to collect amounts due
to the Territory from sheriffs and
ex-oficior collectors Of taxes.
Be it enacted by the Legislative
assembly of the Territory of New
Mexico.
Section l. IL shall be the duty
of the several county %treasurers to
investigate the accounts Of the
sheriffs and ex-oficlo collectors Of
their respective counties and re-
port the standing of the same every
three months to their respective dis
trlct attorneys whose duty it shall
be to enforce the collection of all
amounts due and payable from the
several sheriffs and ex-oficio col
lectors of taxes within their re-
pectlve districts on account of tax
es, licenses and assessment payable
to the territory and collected or
collectible and unlawfully detained
or negligently uncollected by such
sheriffs and collectors, respectively;
and for that purpose to commence
and prosecute to final judgment all
necessary actions and proceedings
upon the official bonds of such
several collectors or otherwise as
may be requisite.
Sec. 2. If any district attorney
shall fail, neglect or refuse, to in
s%titute such necessary action or
proceeding for the collection of
said amounts SO payable to the
territory within ninety days from
and after the passage Of this act,
and thereafter to prosecute the
same to final judgement with due
diligence, it shall be the duty Of
the treasurer of any county in
which the same may occur to certi-
fly such neglect, refusal or failure,
to the governor, who shall there
upon remove such district attorney
from Office and appoint his sue
cessor as in case of vacancy in such
office.
Sec. 3. This act shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after
its passage.
Approved Feb. %, 1898.
CHAPTER XIV.
An act to repeal Chapter XII of
the Session Acts of 1891 making
an appropriation for reward for
arrest and conviction of assassin
of j. A. Ancheta.
CHAPTER XLVI.
An act relating to municipal
corporations and for other pur.
poses.
BE it enacted by the Legislative
assembly of the Territory of New
Mexico:
Sec. L. Hereafter all trustees
and other officers of incorporated
towns and villages now elected by
law shall be elected annually Oh
the first Tuesday in April of eacl
| year.
/ Sec. 2. Boards of trustees o
incorporated towns and village
= under the provisions Of chapter 3.
session acts of 1891, in the Terri
tory of New Mexico, shall hav
and possess all the general an.
other powers now by law confere
/, on Incorporated towns for tn
Q good government, order and wei
fare thereof.
Sec. 3. All vacancies in an
city council or board of trustee
of any Incorporated city, town c
village may be filed by appoint
9 ment of such council or board, tn
person so appointed to hold hi
office until the election and quail
fication of his successor at til
next succeeding annual election fC
municipal officers.
n Sec. 4. All Incorporated cite
y towns or villages may call, upo
% thirty days notice in the publ
n press, special elections to vo.
d upon the question of issuing bono
d for the construction of sewers
other public improvements, an
d for the issuance of bonds to pre-
vide funds to pay outstanding il
N debtedness; provided, howeve
n that no bonds shall be issued j
excess of the amount necessary
e, cover the actual cost and expeni
d of such sewers or other public in
L provements, as may be estimate
n under oath by the engineer {
10 other officer submitting plans an