Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-05-09

equalization and prescribing It's
duties
Be It enacted by the Legislative
assembly Of the Territory Of New
Mexico:
Sec. l.. The Governor shall ap-
point with the consent aud con-
frmaiion Of the council, one tax
pnyer for each Of the FIVE judicial
districts to constitute the Terrific
rial hoard Of equalization: such
tax payers TO represent aud be Of
the different leading industries of
the Territory. Such board shall
rot have more than three repre-
rentatlves of either of the great
political parties.
Sec. q The board shall meet
the first week of January Of each
year at Santa Fe for the purpose
Of fixing the valuation of the diff
ferent kinds Of property through
ont the Territory forthe next year
and shall likewise meet on the
first Monday in August of each
year to examine into the assess
ments made by the various county
assessors of property for the cur
rent year and determine all ap-
peals from the county assessors
and commissioners.
Sec. 3. In fixing the value Of
live stock the board of equaliza-
ton shall take into consideration
the location of such live stock and
the grade and value it according
to the value, distance from the
market, freight rate and shipping
facilities.
Sec. 4. The compensation for
such board Of equalization shall
be 50 per day for actual time not
to exceed eight days in each year.
Sec. 5. This act shall take ef-
feet from and after its passage
and all acts in conflict with this
act are hereby repealed.
Approved, February %, 1893.
CHAPTER LXV.
An act providing for the recov-
cry of damages done by animals.
Be it enacted by the Legislative
assembly of the Territory of New
Mexico.
Sec. l. That any person or per
sons owning or having in his, her
or their possession or charge, any
horses, mules, cattle, burros, sheep
goats, hogs or any such animals,
which shall break over or under
or through or into any lawful en-
closure belonging to any person
or persons other than the owners
or person or person having pos
session or charge Of such animal
or animals, or which shall trespass
upon the cultivated fields or land
or lands sown ID domestic grasses
or clovers for hay or pasture or
orchards or vineyard lands of any
such person or persons other than
the owner or owner or person or
persons having in charge such an
imal or animals, when no enclosure
of such cultivated fields or land or
lands sown in domestic grasses OF
clovers for hay pasture or orchard
or vineyard lands as required by
law shall be liable to the party OF
parties sustaining injury by such
breach or trespass for all damages
he, she or they may have sustained
by reason of such preaching OF
t~respassing as aforesaid, to be re-
covered in a civil action by the
owner or tenant of such enclosur,
or such described lands or fields
before any competent tribunal Of
by arbitration, each party to select
a property owner, aud the arbitra
tors to select a third.
Sec. 2. Said arbitrators befor,
entering upon their duties shall
be sworn by a justice of the peace
and it shall be- the duty Of sale
nrbitrators to carefully examine
the fence and the lands therein
enclosed, or the cultivated fields
land or lands sown in domestic
grasses or clovers for hay, pasturi
or vineyard lands, when no fenc,
is required by law, as the cas-,
may be, and assess the damage.
done.
Sec. 3. The arbitrators shall
when necessary examine witnesse.
under oath, one of them to admin
lister said oath to the witness
They shall make a written report
signed by at least two OF said arbi
traitors to the justice of the peace