Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-04-25

some o. he Aets % the Legislature.
CHAPTER LVI.

assembly Of tho Territory Of New
Mexico.
Sec. !. Hereafter the bonds
given by all persons elected or APP
pointed to Office in this Territory
shall DO recorded
Sec. 2 The bonds Of all Terri
torial and district officers shall be
recorded in a record book to be
provided for that purpose and
known as the record Of official
bonds, in the Office of the secre-
tary of the Territory.
Sec. 3. The bonds Of all county
and precinct officers in each Of the
several counties in this Territory
shall be recorded in the Office Of
the probate clerk Of the county in
a book to be provided by the coun-
ty commissioners and designated
as the record of official bonds.
Sec. 4. Each and every person
holding any Territorial, county or
precinct Office at the time Of the
passage and approval of this act
shall file the bond or bonds given
by him for record on or before the
first day of May 1898. And with
in 20 days after the approval of
this act. the secretary Of the Ter
ritory shall notify each and every
Territorial and district officer re-
qnired by law TO give a bond, and
the probate clerk of each of the
several counties shall notify all
county aud precinct officers of the
requirement of this act to file such
bonds for record on or before said
date.
Sec. 5. Each and every person
who may hereafter be elected or
appointed for Office in this Terri
tory, required by law to give bond
shall file the same for record as
provided in this act, before enter
ing upon the discharge of the du-
ties OF the office.
Sec. 6. In all actions at law
upon the bond of any officer in
this Territory, wherein the orig
inal bond of such officer can not
be produced in court, the certified
copy thereof under the seal of the
officer making the record shall be
received by any court forthe same
uses and purposes as the original
bond; and any judgment rendered
and execution issued against the
principal and sureties therein
shall be as valid and binding and
of full force and effect as if the
original bond had been produced
in court in said action at law.
Sec. Z. The secretary of thu
Territory shall be entitled to a fe,
Of $3.50 for filing and recording
each bond, and the probate clerl
of each of the several countie.
shall be- entitled to a fee of S2.5l
for filing and recording each bone
of a county officer, and S1.00 70
filing and recording each bond o
a precinct officer. The fees 70
such fling and recording TO b
paid by the officer filing the same
at the time of such filing.
Sec. 8. This act shall take ei
feet from and after its passage.
Approved Feb. %, 1893.
CHAPTER LVII.
An act for the relief of tax pay
ers.
Be it enacted by the Legislative
assembly of the Territory of Nev
Mexico:
Sec. l. The time for the pay
ment of taxes of any description
which are now due and unpaid i
hereby extended until the frs
day of July 1898: and upon al
such taxes which may be paid o
or before said first day of July
1898, no interest shall be charge
or collected; but this shall not b
considered as relieving the tal
payer from the payment or an
costs or expenses which may hey
accrued in connection with sal
taxes on account Of the non-paJ
ment thereof.
Sec. 2. This act shall take e.
feet and be in force from and aftt
its passage.
Approved, Feb. %, 1893.
CHAPTER LVIII.
An act to prevent the incurrin
Of debts by or on behalf of TER
torial institutions and to prescrit
a penalty therefor.
BE it enacted by the Legislative
assembly of the Territory of Ne